Michelle Williams is an American actress. She has received various accolades including three Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Critics' Choice Awards as well as nominations for five Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and a Tony Award.
For her roles on film, she has received five Academy Award nominations, three for Best Actress for playing a woman in an emotional romantic relationship in the drama Blue Valentine (2010), Marilyn Monroe in the comedy-drama My Week with Marilyn (2011), and emotionally unwell mother in semi-biographical drama The Fabelmans (2022) and two for Best Supporting Actress for playing a woman married to a gay man in the western romantic drama Brokeback Mountain (2005) and an emotional ex-wife in the drama Manchester by the Sea (2016).
For television, she earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for playing Gwen Verdon in the FX on Hulu biographical limited series Fosse/Verdon (2019). She returned to television for the miniseries Dying for Sex (2025), for which she once again received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, as well as another nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
On stage, she starred as a woman confronting her abuser in the Broadway revival of David Harrower's Blackbird (2016) for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain 2011Best Actress Blue Valentine 2012 My Week with Marilyn 2017 Best Supporting Actress Manchester by the Sea 2023 Best Actress The Fabelmans
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003Outstanding Cast in a Motion PictureThe Station Agent 2005Brokeback Mountain Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role 2011Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading RoleMy Week with Marilyn 2016Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting RoleManchester by the Sea Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2019 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Fosse/Verdon 2022 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Fabelmans 2025 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Dying for Sex
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2005Rising Star Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Brokeback Mountain 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role My Week with Marilyn 2016 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Manchester by the Sea
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2005 Best Supporting Actress Brokeback Mountain 2010Best Actress Blue Valentine 2011 My Week with Marilyn 2016 Best Supporting Actress Manchester by the Sea Best Acting Ensemble 2022 The Fabelmans Best Actress Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie Fosse/Verdon 2025 Dying for Sex
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards2019 Outstanding Limited SeriesFosse/Verdon Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 2025 Outstanding Limited SeriesDying for Sex Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Brokeback Mountain 2011 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Blue Valentine 2012 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy My Week with Marilyn 2017 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Manchester by the Sea 2018 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama All the Money in the World 2020 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Fosse/Verdon 2023 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Fabelmans 2026 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Dying for Sex
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Actress in a Play Blackbird
Other awards and nominations Organization Year Category Nominated work Result Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts 2012 Best Actress My Week with Marilyn 2017 Best Supporting Actress Manchester by the Sea 2023 Best Actress The Fabelmans Audie Awards 2024 Best Non-Fiction Narrator The Woman in Me Canadian Screen Award 2012 Best Actress Take This Waltz Gotham Awards 2005 Best Ensemble Cast Brokeback Mountain 2008 Synecdoche, New York 2022 Performer Tribute The Fabelmans 2023 Outstanding Lead Performance Showing Up Gotham TV Awards 2005 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series Dying for Sex Hollywood Film Awards 2011 Hollywood Actress Award My Week with Marilyn Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Best Female Lead Land of Plenty 2006 Best Supporting Female Brokeback Mountain 2009 Best Female Lead Wendy and Lucy 2011 Blue Valentine 2012 My Week with Marilyn 2026 Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series Dying for Sex MTV Movie & TV Awards 2012 Best On-Screen Transformation My Week with Marilyn Satellite Awards 2010Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Blue Valentine 2011 My Week with Marilyn 2017 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Manchester by the Sea 2020 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Fosse/Verdon 2023 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Fabelmans TCA Awards2019 Individual Achievement in Drama Fosse/Verdon 2025 Individual Achievement in Comedy Dying for Sex Teen Choice Awards 2010 Choice Movie Actress – Horror/Thriller Shutter Island 2013 Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Oz the Great and Powerful Young Artist Award 1995 Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Lassie 1999 Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 2000 Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film Dick
Critics associations and other awards Year Organization Category Nominated work Result 2000 Lucy Awards Excellence in a Motion Picture Made for Television If These Walls Could Talk 2 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Supporting ActressBrokeback MountainAwards Circuit Community Best Cast EnsembleVillage Voice Film PollBest Supporting ActressAwards Circuit CommunityBest Actress in a Supporting RoleCentral Ohio Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressGolden Schmoes Award Best Supporting ActressInternational Online Cinema AwardsBest Supporting ActressItalian Online Movie AwardsBest Supporting ActressOnline Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActressSoutheastern Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress 2008Online Film Critics SocietyBest ActressWendy and LucyToronto Film Critics AssociationBest ActressVillage Voice Film PollBest ActressAlliance of Women Film JournalistsBest ActressChlotrudis Award Best ActressIndieWire Critics PollBest ActressNational Society of Film CriticsBest ActressInternational Cinephile Society Best Actress 2010 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Actress Blue Valentine Dublin Film Critics' CircleBest ActressVillage Voice Film PollBest ActressAlliance of Women Film Journalists Best ActressAwards Circuit Community Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Actress Denver Film Critics Society Best Actress Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Golden Schmoes Award Best ActressInternational Cinephile SocietyBest ActressInternational Online Cinema Award Best ActressRembrandt AwardBest International Actress San Diego Film Critics SocietyBest Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Best Actress Utah Film Critics Association Best Actress 2011 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actress My Week with Marilyn Capri Hollywood International Film Festival AwardsEnsemble Cast Award Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationBest Actress Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Best Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best ActressOklahoma Film Critics Circle Best ActressPalm Springs International Film FestivalDesert Palm Achievement Award Toronto Film Critics Association Best Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Actress Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest ActressAwards Circuit Community Awards Best ActressCentral Ohio Film Critics Association Best ActressCríticos de Cinema Online Portugueses AwardsBest ActressEmpire AwardBest ActressGolden Schmoes AwardBest Actress Houston Film Critics Society Best Actress Iowa Film Critics Award Best ActressItalian Online Movie AwardsBest Actress London Film Critics' Circle Actress of the Year Online Film Critics Society Best Actress Phoenix Film Critics SocietyBest ActressRembrandt AwardBest International Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress St. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationBest ActressUtah Film Critics Association Best Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Actress 2012 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actress Take This Waltz Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Actress in a Canadian Film Village Voice Film PollBest Actress Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress 2016 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Blackbird Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Play Awards Circuit Community Best Supporting ActressManchester by the SeaBoston Online Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Santa Barbara International Film Festival Cinema Vanguard Award Toronto Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Supporting Actress Austin Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressAwards Circuit Community Best Cast EnsembleBlogos de Oro AwardBest ActressCentral Ohio Film Critics Association Best Supporting ActressChicago Independent Film Critics Circle Best Supporting ActressChlotrudis Award Best Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Denver Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Detroit Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting Actress Georgia Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting Actress Houston Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting Actress San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Manchester by the Sea / Certain Women 2017Central Ohio Film Critics Association Actor of the Year2022Chicago Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActressThe FabelmansDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationBest ActressFlorida Film Critics CircleBest ActressWashington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationBest ActressSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationBest Actress2023Palm Springs International Film FestivalChairman's Vanguard AwardSan Diego Film Critics SocietyBest ActressNational Society of Film CriticsBest ActressGeorgia Film Critics AssociationBest ActressHollywood Critics AssociationBest Actress
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