- Legally emancipated from her parents at age 15.
- Collects rare books. Owns a first edition of The Great Gatsby amongst others.
- At age 16, she 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 tournament's history.
- The godparents of her daughter, Matilda, are Jake Gyllenhaal (her Brokeback Mountain (2005) co-star) and Busy Philipps (her Dawson's Creek (1998) co-star).
- Her ex-fiancé and father of her daughter Matilda, Heath Ledger, died on January 22, 2008.
- Accepted the role of Glinda in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) so that her daughter Matilda could watch a movie with her in it.
- After becoming known for acting in smaller independent films like Blue Valentine (2010), Williams surprised audiences by appearing in the musical The Greatest Showman (2017) and the comedy I Feel Pretty (2018) with Amy Schumer. In response to doing big budget movies, like All the Money in the World (2017) or Venom (2018), Williams told "Vanity Fair", "I always like to do things I haven't done before-genres, parts. I like a challenge.".
- Michelle and her fiancé Heath Ledger had a girl, Matilda Ledger, on October 28, 2005, in Brooklyn, New York.
- Is the most Oscar-nominated actor born in the 1980s, with 4 nominations as of 2022.
- Was in a relationship with Heath Ledger, having met on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005) (June 2004-September 2007). They were both nominated for Oscars for their performances in the film.
- Michelle Williams spent her early childhood years in her birthplace of Kalispell, Montana discovering a love of nature. In a recent interview, Williams said that she hopes her daughter has a similar childhood "exploring snake skins and arrowheads and cliffs and plants and abandoned houses, and having that sense of freedom and safety in the world".
- Wrote a script called "Don't Blink" which was sold but never made.
- Was once roommates with Jessica Chastain. They both were nominated for Oscars in 2012 and have remained good friends.
- Living in Brooklyn, New York with her daughter, Matilda Ledger. (February 2009)
- As of 2023, she has appeared in 3 films that have been Oscar-nominated for Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Manchester by the Sea (2016), and The Fabelmans (2022).
- First cast-member of Dawson's Creek (1998) to receive an Oscar nomination.
- Nominated for the 2016 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony Award for her performance in "Blackbird". She lost the award to Jessica Lange for her performance in "Long Day's Journey into Night".
- Was roommates with Christina Ricci whilst filming Prozac Nation (2001) with her.
- Was in a relationship with Conor Oberst (1999-2001). Some songs for his band, Bright Eyes, are about her.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 39, a son Hart Kail, in June 2020. Child's father is her second husband, Thomas Kail.
- Was on director Baz Luhrmann's shortlist for the role of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (2013). The role went to Carey Mulligan.
- Was five months pregnant with her son Hart when she completed filming on Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
- Katharine Hepburn is one of her favorite actresses.
- Loves reading in her spare time.
- Face of Louis Vuitton handbags and jewelry since 2013.
- Her father Larry is a former Republican candidate for Montana State Senate.
- Received the Desert Palm Achievement Actress award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 7, 2012.
- On March 2, 2017, Katy Perry used Michelle's platinum short hair as an inspiration for her new hairstyle. Perry posted on her official Instagram account a photo of Williams in her Fall/Winter 2013 Louis Vuitton campaign with the caption "shout out to my inspo".
- Appeared in two films with Ryan Gosling: The United States of Leland (2003) and Blue Valentine (2010). They lived in the same house for four weeks while filming Blue Valentine in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
- Was in a relationship with Spike Jonze, having met on the set of Where the Wild Things Are (2009) (July 2008-September 2009).
- Was director Liv Ullmann's original choice to play the title role of Miss Julie (2014), but she had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
- Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her daughter Matilda to begin filming The Hottest State (2006).
- Resides in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York.
- 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.
- Michelle Williams is a critically-acclaimed actress who has been nominated for four Academy Awards. She also has won a Golden Globe for My Week with Marilyn (2011) and a Tony award for "Blackbird".
- Michelle Williams, who plays Anne Weying, began acting at a young age, her first big role being in the 1994 Lassie (1994) movie when she was only 14. After that, she emancipated herself from her parents and relocated to Los Angeles, landing a steady role on Dawson's Creek (1998) in 1998.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Brokeback Mountain (2005).
- Two of her films premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Certain Women (2016). She couldn't attend the festival because she was in rehearsals for the Broadway play "Blackbird".
- (April 19, 2019) Had separated from her husband of 9 months Phil Elverum.
- Was offered the role of Miss San Antonio in Machete Kills (2013) but declined. The role went to Amber Heard.
- Narrated the audiobook version of Britney Spears' highly anticipated memoir "The Woman in Me".
- Has one younger sister Paige and three older half siblings from her father's first marriage - Jason, Kelley, and Sara.
- Gave birth to her third child at age 42 in October 2022. Child's father is her second husband, Thomas Kail.
- Michelle's father is of one-half Norwegian, one-quarter German, and approximately one-quarter English ancestry, along with distant Scottish roots. Michelle's mother is of three-eighths Norwegian descent, with Michelle's mother's other ancestry including Swedish, Swiss-German, Danish, English, Welsh, and Scottish.
- In 1999, she was chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21."
- The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is 5 years, between Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Blue Valentine (2010).
- Was considered for the role of Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight (2015). Jennifer Jason Leigh was cast instead.
- In 2003, she was one of Elle Girl's 25 Favorite Hot, Young, Talented New Stars.
- Has starred in three films directed by Kelly Reichardt: Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), and Certain Women (2016).
- Williams and her Shutter Island (2010) co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, have both appeared in Lassie productions. DiCaprio appeared in two episodes of The New Lassie (1989) when he was 15 years old, while Williams made her film debut in Lassie (1994), when she was 13.
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