Michelle Williams was born in 1980 in Montana to Carla and her husband Larry Williams. Their family included a younger sister called Paige and they moved to San Diego when Michelle was a child. Many of her classmates were pursuing some small jobs in acting and doing commercials and she decided to try her luck. She went to different schools over the years but at the age of 16, she decided that she should go back home to earn a GED. Getting a GED means that she was able to work long hours and she would not be considered as minor any longer. She got emancipated when she was only 15. She said that she has no problem with her family but she decided to do this in order to improve her chances in her career.

Her first remarkable job was when she was 16 and she had to play as a teenager Jen Lindley in the Dawson’s Creek. She played her since 1998 to 2003.

Michelle Williams’s boyfriend was a co-star in Brokeback Mountain called Health Ledger. They meet in 2004 while shooting the film. They have a daughter together called Matilda Rose Ledger. Even if there was no marriage, they lived together in New York. However, after 3 years in the relationship, they separated. Ledger died in 2008 because of an overdose of prescription medicines and the actress was of public interest for some time. After grieving period, she came back stronger and she released four movies in a succession.  She is also rumored to be in some other relationship such as with Jeremy Jackson, Donald Lardner Ward, Billy Dec, Bobby Cannavale, Andy Herold. Other well known relationships are with Cary Fukunaga, Spike Jonze, Dustin Yellin and Jason Segel. However, there is no record of marriage or divorce.

Michelle Williams’ net worth is estimated to be 16 million.  She started to earn money for her acting when she appeared for the first time in Dawn’s Creek. She got also the salary in the role she played in Blue Valentine, Shutter Island, and Brokeback Mountain.  She got nominated for the Two Oscars.  Her first role as an actress was in Lassie and she graduated at 15 years old.  She was nominated for the Academy Award for the role she played in the Brokeback Mountain as a battered wife.  She attended the Oscar in a Yellow gown of Vera Wang.  However, she did not get any award for all the nomination she had.

Michelle Williams says that her first job is to be a mother to her daughter but she is still acting in many movies both low budget and mainstream production. Among her triumph as an actress is when she played Marilyn Mornoe in My Week with Marilyn.