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Williams at the 2012
San Diego Comic-Con
American actress
Michelle Williams ' first screen appearance was at age thirteen in a 1993 episode of the television series
Baywatch , and she made her film debut as the love interest of a teenage boy in
Lassie (1994).
[1]
[2] She had guest roles in the sitcoms
Step by Step and
Home Improvement , and played the younger version of
Natasha Henstridge 's character in the science fiction film
Species (1995).
[3]
[4] Greater success came to Williams when played the sexually troubled teenager
Jen Lindley in the teen drama series
Dawson's Creek (1998–2003).
[1]
[3] In 1999, she made her stage debut with the
Tracy Letts -written play
Killer Joe .
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In the 2000s, Williams eschewed parts in big-budget films in favor of roles with darker themes in independent productions such as
Me Without You (2001) and
The Station Agent (2003).
[5]
[6] Despite positive reviews, these films were not widely seen.
[7]
[8] This changed in 2005 when Williams played the neglected wife of
Heath Ledger 's character in
Brokeback Mountain , a drama about star-crossed gay lovers, which became a critical and commercial success; Williams gained a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress .
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[10]
[11] Her career did not progress much in the next few years, but
Kelly Reichardt 's
Wendy and Lucy (2008), in which she starred as a drifter searching for her missing dog, was critically acclaimed.
[7]
[8]
[12]
Martin Scorsese 's thriller
Shutter Island (2010), starring
Leonardo DiCaprio , in which Williams had a supporting part, became her most widely seen film to that point.
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Williams received two consecutive Oscar nominations for
Best Actress for starring as an unhappily married woman in
Blue Valentine (2010) and
Marilyn Monroe in
My Week with Marilyn (2011); she also won a
Golden Globe Award for the latter.
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[15] She next played
Glinda in the commercially successful fantasy feature
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
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[17] On
Broadway , she played
Sally Bowles in a revival of the musical
Cabaret in 2014, and a sexual abuse survivor in a revival of the play
Blackbird in 2016.
[18] For the latter, she gained a
Tony Award for Best Actress nomination.
[19] She earned another Academy Award nomination for playing a grieving mother in
Manchester by the Sea (2016).
[20] The 2017 musical
The Greatest Showman and the 2018 superhero film
Venom emerged as two of her highest-grossing releases.
[8]
[21] She returned to television in 2019 to portray
Gwen Verdon opposite
Sam Rockwell 's
Bob Fosse in the
FX miniseries
Fosse/Verdon , winning a
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress .
[22]
[23] Williams received her fifth Oscar nomination for starring as a troubled mother in
Steven Spielberg 's semi-autobiographical drama
The Fabelmans (2022).
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Notes
^ She played a dual role in the film.
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See also
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