Michelle Williams was born Michelle Ingrid Williams on September 9, 1980 in Kalispell, Montana. One of her earliest big screen exposures was as the young alien, Sil, on the 1995 film, Species. She then came to prominence when she landed the role of Jen Lindley on the series, Dawson’s Creek. She followed this up with movie roles in the Watergate Scandal satire, Dick and her breakout performance in 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Jen Lindley, played by Michelle Williams on Dawson’s Creek, was the newly transplanted New Yorker who breezed into Capeside with a mysterious and troubled past. More sophisticated than Dawson, Joey and the rest of the Capeside crew of teenagers, Jen was older than her years and more experienced in the ways of the world. In time, she became more mature while caring for her ill grandmother and she found true and lasting friendship with Dawson, Joey, Jack and Pacey.
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