Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 00:34

Michelle Williams

Short Bio

Michelle Williams was born at Kalispell, Montana, USA Michelle is (33) old and her birth sign is Virgo

Birth name
Michelle Ingrid Williams
Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)
Mini biography
Michelle Williams, a small town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell Montana, had numerous small Movie and TV parts before scoring a regular part in the now popular "Dawson's Creek" (1998). She was the young alien in the movie Species (1995) and then was seen in A Thousand Acres (1997).
Mini biography
Born in 1980, Michelle Williams is currently one of Hollywood's up and coming actresses. She first appeared in "Dawson's Creek" in 1998 playing the bad girl Jen Lindley who's presence changed everything for those around her...not all for the best. She appeared in the comedy "Dick" which was a parody of The Watergate Scandal along with Kirsten Dunst as well as "Prozac Nation" with Christina Ricci. Since then Michelle has worked her way into the world of independent films such as "The Baxter", "Imaginary Heroes, and "The Station Agent." But her real success happened in 2005 when she starred in Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" as Alma Beers Del Mar. A woman who realizes her husband is in love with another man. The talent she showed in "Brokeback Mountain" landed her an Academy Award Nomiation for Best Supporting Actress. Not only that, she met her future husband Heath Ledger on the set and they married afterward and had a baby girl named Matilda. She is also currently signed on to be in Woody Allen's next film giving her a whole new world to expand and show her talents.
Trivia
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21." [1999]
Loves reading in her spare time.
Legally emancipated from her parents at the age of 15.
Attended Santa Fe Christian High School.
Wrote a script called "Don't Blink" which was sold, but never made.
Collects rare books. Owns a first edition of The Great Gatsby amongst others.
Dated Conor Oberst. Some songs for his band Bright Eyes are about her.
Was on Entertainment Weekly's annual It List (2000)
Graduated from high school when she was 15.
At 16 won the Robbins Trading Company World Cup Championship of Futures Trading by turning $10,000 into $100,000. It is the second highest profit in the tournaments history.
Dated singer/songwriter Andy Herod (of "The Comas") for two years. His latest album "Conductor" is about their relationship and his heartbreak after it ended. Michelle also features in the accompanying short film of the same name.
Was roommates with Christina Ricci whilst filming Prozac Nation (2001) with her.
Has one younger sister Paige and three older half siblings from her father's first marriage - Jason, Kelley and Sara.
Her father Larry is a Commodities Trader and is divorced from her mother Carla.
Was one of ELLEgirl's 25 Favourite Hot, Young, Talented New Stars (2003)
Shares a birthday with actors Adam Sandler and Hugh Grant.
Michelle and her fianc�, Heath Ledger, had a girl, Matilda Rose, on October 28, 2005 in Brooklyn, New York.
The godfather of her daughter Matilda is Jake Gyllenhaal.
Personal quotes
"Outside of the business during a dry spell, I scooped ice cream at a country fair, and I ate more than I sold. Making a cone is difficult, and I lost so many scoops into the chocolate swirl"
[On working on her film Timemaster (1995)] "It was so awful. We turn the 'M' upside down and called it Timewaster".
"I can't watch myself [in movies]. I used to think I was cool. Now, my standpoint is that I can't be fair. So I can't pass any judgment."