Ashley Churchill WilliamsWatts, Cindy (April 24, 2016). "Shining a Light on Dementia: Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley hopes her new book will bring knowledge, comfort to families". The Tennessean. p. E4. Retrieved August 30, 2024."Death Notices: Betty Jane Willis". The Raleigh News and Observer. May 10, 2006. p. 27. Retrieved August 30, 2024. (born November 12, 1978 See also:) is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Williams played Victoria in 15 episodes of the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She has worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway.
Early life and education Williams was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Linda Barbara, and Gurney Williams III, a freelance health and science writer. She is the younger sister of actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and is sister-in-law to country music star Brad Paisley.
Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York.. In May 2001 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre.
Career Williams made her acting debut in a non-speaking role in the 1993 drama Indian Summer, which also featured her sister Kimberly. She then spent from 1994 to 1996 playing teenage Danielle Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns.
Williams starred in the television series Good Morning, Miami (2002–2004). Since then she has also appeared in episodes of Psych, How I Met Your Mother, multiple episodes of E-Ring, multiple episodes of Huff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, multiple episodes of Side Order of Life, The Mentalist, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Royal Pains, multiple episodes of Saving Grace, Love Bites, The Protector, Retired at 35, and multiple episodes of Warehouse 13. Williams also had a guest-starring role on American Dreams, playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw's 1964 hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand.
In 2007, she starred in the Off Broadway play Burleigh Grime$ and appeared as Victoria, a cupcake baker, on six episodes of the television series How I Met Your Mother; a role she reprised in the concluding seasons of the show.
In 2010, she starred in the made-for-TV Lifetime movies, Patricia Cornwell's The Front and At Risk, which premiered on the channel on April 17, 2010.
In 2011 and 2012, she played the role of Claire in a film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and her college roommate Ginnifer Goodwin, and she also reprised her role as Victoria on How I Met Your Mother.
She made her Broadway debut in John Grisham's A Time to Kill playing law student Ellen Roarke, on September 28, 2013, with the opening night on October 20, 2013. She had previously worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and also worked as the understudy for both Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol opposite Paul Rudd in the world premiere Off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play The Shape of Things. She performed both lead female roles multiple times during the run.
In 2015 and 2016, Williams starred as a fictionalized version of comedian Jim Gaffigan's real life wife in The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy Central, a sitcom about a couple raising their five young children in a two-bedroom New York City apartment which also starred Michael Ian Black and Adam Goldberg.
She wrote, directed, and starred in a short film, Meats, about a pregnant vegan who wrestles with her newfound craving for meat. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020.
Personal life Williams married independent film producer Neal Dodson on May 29, 2011. They have two sons, Gus, born October 5, 2014 and Odie Sal, born May 17, 2017. In the summer of 2016, Williams was two months pregnant when she suffered a miscarriage. She partnered with the Human Development Project to speak publicly about the experience, in hopes of reducing the stigma of miscarriage and encouraging more women to talk openly about it. Williams is a certified birth doula.
Filmography
+Film Year Title Role Notes2004Short film2007Numero DosAshleighShort film2009LauraShort film2010HeterosexualsRhonda2011Scents and SensibilityElinor DashwoodMargin CallHeather BurkeSomething BorrowedClaire2012Hearing VoicesShort film2013Sequin RazeRebeccaShort film2014LovesickFeliciaA Most Violent YearLange2016Six LA Love Stories Robin Butterman2020Meats Lane Short film; wrote and directed
+ Television Year Title Role Notes1994–1996As the World TurnsDanielle AndropoulosRecurring role2002Dawson's CreekLory GloryEpisode: "Swan Song"2002–2004Good Morning, MiamiDylan MessingerMain role, 39 episodes2003American DreamsSandie ShawEpisode: "High Hopes"2004SnowSandy BrooksTelevision film (ABC)2005MonkDarlene Coolidge / Theresa ScottEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding"2005–2006E-RingBeth WilkersonRecurring role, 6 episodes2006Amy CoyneAmy CoyneTelevision film (Fox)HuffAlyssaRecurring role, 8 episodesHim and UsNinaTelevision film (ABC)2006–2014How I Met Your MotherVictoriaRecurring role (seasons 1, 7–9), 15 episodes2007Imperfect UnionRonnieTelevision film (TBS)Making It LegalJulieTelevision film (ABC)PsychTrish ConnorsEpisode: "Forget Me Not"Montana SkyWilla MercyTelevision film (Lifetime)Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaura KozlowskiEpisode: "Haystack"Side Order of LifeBeccaMain role2008Night LifeJennyTelevision film (Fox)Snow 2: Brain FreezeSandy BrooksTelevision film (ABC Family)Novel AdventuresLizzie McKenzie8 episodes2009–2010Saving GraceAmanda DeweyRecurring role, 5 episodes2010Store Clerk AmyEpisode: "Sweet Charity"At RiskStumpTelevision film (Lifetime)The FrontStumpTelevision film (Lifetime)Untitled Adam Carolla ProjectUnsold television pilot2011Retired at 35Lilah Fabricant"Stuck in the Meddle"Bird DogGail McGrathTelevision film (TNT)Love BitesBridgetEpisode: "Too Much Information"Episode: "Rats"Warehouse 13Sally Stukowski4 episodesAnna DuganEpisode: "The Redshirt"2012DeniseEpisodes: "End of the World as We Know It", "99 Problems"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDebbie HicksEpisode: "Stealing Home"Royal PainsSydney BartlettEpisodes: "You Give Love a Bad Name", "About Face"2013Christmas in the CityWendy CarrollTelevision film (Lifetime)2014The Good WifeChristina BarrettEpisode: "We, the Juries"2015–2016The Jim Gaffigan ShowJeannie GaffiganMain role, 2 seasons2015October KissPoppy SummerallTelevision film (Hallmark)2016Love on a LimbAimie RoarkeTelevision film (Hallmark)2017GirlsGinnyEpisode: "All I Ever Wanted"Christmas in EvergreenAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)2018InstinctNora CecchinoEpisode: "Wild Game"FBIAlexis MoranEpisode: "Family Man"Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to SantaAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)Northern Lights of ChristmasZoey HathawayTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)2019Holiday HeartsPeytonTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of JoyAllie ShawTelevision film (Hallmark)2020Chris Watts: Confession of a KillerShan'Ann WattsTelevision film (Lifetime)Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas SweaterMaggie O’DonnellTelevision film (Hallmark)2021The Good DoctorHannah PalmerEpisode: "The Uncertainty Principle"Sister Swap: A Hometown HolidayMegTelevision film (Hallmark)Sister Swap: Christmas in the CityMegTelevision film (Hallmark)2022Two Tickets to ParadiseHannah HoltTelevision film (Hallmark)Amber BrownAunt PamMain roleFive More Minutes: Moments Like TheseKaitlyn MorrisonTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)2023Notes of AutumnEllie Matthews Television film (Hallmark)2024Sister Wife MurderAnnaTelevision film (Lifetime)Falling TogetherNatalieTelevision film (Hallmark)A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen MysteryCrying ActressTelevision film (Hallmark)Jingle Bell RunAveryTelevision film (Hallmark)2025To Barcelona, with LoveAnna KellyTelevision film (Hallmark)To Barcelona, ForeverAnna KellyTelevision film (Hallmark)2026Much About LoveBeaTelevision film (Hallmark)
References
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