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Michelle Ingrid Williams is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Williams, youngest of five children, was born in Kalispell, Montana, the daughter of Carla, a homemaker, and Larry Williams, a well-known stock and commodities trader. In 1997, at age sixteen, she won the Robbins World Cup Trading Championship, as her father had done ten years earlier.
Her career began in television, appearing in programs such as the 1990's version of Lassie, Baywatch, Step by Step, and Home Improvement. Her first film role was in the motion picture Species. Her star profile rose considerably when in 1998, she was cast as one of the lead characters on the WB show Dawson's Creek. Her first starring role was as Arlene in the film Dick, a satire of the Watergate scandal, opposite Kirsten Dunst. For her performance in The Station Agent, she along with the rest of the cast received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination for Best Acting Ensemble. In 2005, critics and audiences took note of her performance in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. For her performance, she won a Critic's Choice Award and received Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She was engaged to Australian actor Heath Ledger and gave birth to their daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger, on October 28, 2005, in New York City. Related Celebrities
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