Michelle Williams Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Blue Valentine' to 'The Fabelmans'

Michelle Williams Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Blue Valentine' to 'The Fabelmans' | Vanity Fair

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Michelle Williams takes us through her illustrious career, including her roles in 'Lassie,' 'Dawson's Creek,' 'Brokeback Mountain,' 'Wendy and Lucy,' 'Blue Valentine,' 'Manchester by the Sea,' 'The Greatest Showman,' 'Fosse/Verdon' and 'The Fabelmans.'
THE FABELMANS is in theaters and at home now. www.thefabelmans.movie/
Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editors: Cory Stevens
Celebrity Talent: Michelle Williams
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Associate Producer: Clarissa Davis
Production Managers: Andressa Pelachi, Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Carolina Wachockier
Camera Operator: Omar Elgohary
Audio: Kari Barber
Post Production Supervisor: Nicholas Ascanio
Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Production Assistants: Phillip Arliss, John Brodsky
00:00 Michelle Williams's Career Timeline
00:25 Lassie
00:59 Dawson's Creek
02:16 Brokeback Mountain
03:27 Wendy and Lucy
05:24 Blue Valentine
07:47 Manchester by the Sea
09:49 The Greatest Showman
10:35 Fosse/Verdon
13:09 The Fabelmans
16:25 What comes next?
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@kiwibelt Жыл бұрын

I was cabin crew for an airline and we flew Michelle and her young daughter Matilda back to the United States not long after Heath died. She had been in Australia with Heaths family. There was just Michelle on her own looking after Matilda. She did not sit in the first class lounge, she sat in the main departure gate lounge with everybody else. Kept to herself and just concentrated on Matilda. During the long flight to the US, we assured her that we would look after Matilda if she woke in the night and Michelle could carry on sleeping. She was so grateful for this because she had a full schedule upon arrival back to Los Angeles. She was absolutely humble, kind and so sweet. Really restored my faith in celebrity after having a few very different encounters with much less famous people who thought they were more important than they were. I wish this woman all the success in the world.

@matd8653 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your post. Confirmed what I suspected.

@lulugoulart5014 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. You are just confirming what I always thought about her. A great human being!

@sandyb1464 Жыл бұрын

@@matd8653 Are you f**King serious?

@samsong24 Жыл бұрын

I love this anecdote x

@simonboccanegra3811 Жыл бұрын

She visited my town some years ago (around Brokeback Mountain time), and seemingly everyone who encountered her and recognized her had a good experience. Very sweet and kind.

@alexandraratliff7904 Жыл бұрын

Michele’s performance in blue Valentine is something I always come back to. That movie spoke to me in a way that no film had before and none has since. Truly beautifully written, directed, and performed. Michelle and Ryan did an absolutely incredible job. A movie I can’t help but rewatch over and over

@lari3966 Жыл бұрын

She is way overdue for a Academy Award, she is to me the best actress of her generation

@alenanela1743 Жыл бұрын

If I’m not mistaken, she won an academy award already!

@alenanela1743 Жыл бұрын

OMG SHE HAS NEVER WON AN ACADEMY AWARD! It was a golden globe, I was mistaken!

@elisam643 Жыл бұрын

@Alena nela I know, for some reason I was sure she won an Oscar already?? Like I have a picture in my brain and it's totally made up😅 I'm sure she will get one soon enough, she is so talented

@65g4 Жыл бұрын

@@alenanela1743 she should have one hopefully she might win for The Fabelmans.

@TalkAsSoftAsChalk Жыл бұрын

Yess!! For me, it's Michelle and Amy Adams. Leagues above everyone else. And sadly both have yet to win an Oscar.

@PeaceFan1 Жыл бұрын

She was BRILLIANT in Brokeback Mountain!!!

@plasticweapon 3 ай бұрын

her best.

@arontamas5639 Жыл бұрын

I wish My week with Marilyn would not have been cut out, that portrayal even with her GG win and Oscar nomination feels so underrated. Glad they left Blue valentine's part, that movie never fails to amaze me even after a decade I saw it. Michelle and Ryan gave, in my humble opinion, their A-game in that movie.

@TripleC188 Жыл бұрын

Blue Valentine is devastating and heartbreaking, but I've watched it multiple times because their performances are so wonderful and mesmerizing!

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

Blue Valentine is one of my favourite movies of the genre

@simonboccanegra3811 Жыл бұрын

Blue Valentine may be her highlight to date, because she and Gosling are so much at the center of it and they're so great. But that big scene in Manchester by the Sea, the encounter on the street...it's as powerful the twelfth time as the first. That would get my vote for her greatest single scene. Randi is such a fully realized character in her limited screen time.

@Sol-dw1ew Жыл бұрын

It's a shame she didn't discuss My Week with Marilyn or Shutter Island, she's great in those movies!

@deerheart87 Жыл бұрын

I agree she’s brilliant

@casckettfriki Жыл бұрын

I was sad too. But then you think about her career and you see she has so many amazing performances that we could be an entire week talking with her about her movies.

@joshmerritt4953 Жыл бұрын

Michelle is incredible in EVERYTHING. It's a shame there's no discussion on 'The Station Agent', but sooo glad we got 'Wendy and Lucy'!

@BryanCostner Жыл бұрын

Wendy and Lucy was absolutely incredible, one of her most overlooked performance. Maybe The Station Agent wasn't here because her role wasn't even all that big

@tiananesbitt7156 Жыл бұрын

She’s so promising 😢

@amarofpatel Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I love that film and it was a great surprise to see her in it after a long absence (for me) post-Dawson's Creek.

@bodyofhope Жыл бұрын

Take This Waltz is one of my favorites, but I didn't see it on the lineup.

@gracetorre3195 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know about Wendy and Lucy until I saw this interview - so heartbreakingly good.

@Cristiggi Жыл бұрын

Dawson Leery’s room was pretty much a Steven Spielberg shrine, and Jen Lindley was the apple of his eye… SO, in a weird way, Michelle (Jen) playing Spielberg’s mom just makes perfect sense to me.

@gisellxe Жыл бұрын

yessss I just love how it came back full circle

@jaredtalbeaux8102 Жыл бұрын

Not even all her BEST movies were mentioned!!! Thats how good her CV is!!! like My week with Marilyn, All the money in the World, Shutter Island, Station Agent, Im not there. OMG She‘s sooo goood!!!

@j.cutrone Жыл бұрын

Michelle always chooses the best roles. She's so deserving of an Academy Award.

@j72726 Жыл бұрын

i would have loved to hear her talk about shutter island. her performance in that movie was so incredible.

@BryanCostner Жыл бұрын

When it comes to The Greatest Showman, I'm sad that she doesn't get enough appreciation. Especially on her singing, "Tightrope" was one of the movies best songs and Michelle was probably the most underrated singer in the movie compare to everybody else

@Zanessa757 Жыл бұрын

I know right, I feel the same. I'm like obsessed w Charity Barnum + her & Hugh's chemistry is 🔥🔥 #JusticeForCharityBarnum

@sunshinecity8351 Жыл бұрын

Michelle is so composed, eloquent and thoughtful in her answers. She always fascinates me when she gives interviews. A beautiful artist that grows more with each role that she takes on. Utterly perfect in anything she undertakes. Thank you VF for this!

@Enidscake Жыл бұрын

Not surprised her career has excelled, she was a standout in Dawson's creek and has become a versatile, conscientious and talented actress.

@BryanCostner Жыл бұрын

One of the best actress of her generation, so happy to see her breaking down her career. I'll forever so proud to be a fan of her ❤️

@IzabelBabic Жыл бұрын

Wish they talked about her role in 2011's Take This Waltz! Highly underrated!!

@amparonarbona5142 Жыл бұрын

The Blue Valentine segment is pure magic

@jazminpolanco3187 Жыл бұрын

Such an underrated actress

@duanerichardsii9307 Жыл бұрын

I totally get it but I love how 4-time Academy Award-nominee Michelle Williams is like “why would Steven Spielberg wanna talk to me?”

@jaredtalbeaux8102 Жыл бұрын

Definitlly one of the best actress out there!!!! She‘s a rare diamond and that diamond deserves an oscar!!!

@pachanas703 Жыл бұрын

It's about time she got to do one of these. Probably one of the best actresses of her generation. I think she and Paul Dano were better than Fabelmans deserved, but whatever increases their profile.

@manantial773 Жыл бұрын

It is criminal to not include My week with Marilyn and Shutter Island, what an incredible career she has.

@kianaaherrera Жыл бұрын

Jen in a Spielberg movie! Full circle wholesomeness ❤

@looney1023 Жыл бұрын

Would have loved to hear her take on Take This Waltz! Would have been especially interesting given her playing (surface level) similar characters in both that and Fabelmans, and costarring with Seth Rogen in both.

@CringerKitty Жыл бұрын

Same, I really love that movie. And not even a mention of it on her timeline. And yet both Venom movies got mentioned. This was not the best VF Career Breakdown tbh.

@keeshy Жыл бұрын

Yes, that movie is incredible!!

@annywind7609 Жыл бұрын

She should have won an Oscar long time ago! So many incredible and moving performances.

@mariannerady1137 Жыл бұрын

Love her so much! Have been a fan since Dawson's Creek

@defanged9630 Жыл бұрын

A wonderful, talented actor with a long list of great performances, many of which have been overlooked in this condensed overview. I'm surprised that She, Ms. Williams links "Wendy and Lucy" to Her "education" on location with "Dawson's Creek". Surely, Her first lead feature role in Sandra Goldbacher's brilliant "Me Without You" (2001) was her first step, with a female director, telling a passionate story about female friendship (ups and downs) over a twentysomething period. In which She nailed an English accent and like Gillian Anderson in Terence Davies' "The House of Mirth" (2000), showed that She wasn't some flash in the pan ingenue. Yes, it didn't do big business (not so important), but it is a key moment in Her creative life. Well I think it is. If You haven't see it. Check it out. If You've ever experienced a very intense friendship/relationship, I think You'll agree that there's a lot of emotional truth on screen.

@johnoconnor4616 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite actresses working today 😁😁

@chasehedges6775 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with you. She’s fabulous in whatever she’s in.

@RSB1949 Жыл бұрын

Ugh she’s magic 🪄

@hannw7 Жыл бұрын

She is one of the very best actors. Blue Valentine is heartbreaking.

@jedilazaro07 Жыл бұрын

She grows so much into each role that she performs in and when you see her in different shoes you think “it’s Michelle!” But you watch her perform and she becomes someone else COMPLETELY; Williams may not be as educated as she says but she really is a true master in the craft. One of the few who’s shown me sidelined how to be or try to be a better actor

@Swameh Жыл бұрын

First of all this deserves a part two -- she's immaculate

@curtismichael4703 Жыл бұрын

She elevates every movie that she’s featured in. If she’s in it, I watch it!

@wolf_biter Жыл бұрын

Fosse/Verdon was incredible. Everyone brought their A game.

@erikbergfeldt4007 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love Manchester by the sea!

@debcollins01 Жыл бұрын

Michelle is truly one of the greats of our time. Brilliant at her craft.

@caitx1248 Жыл бұрын

The performance in Blue Valentine is one of the best I’ve ever saw

@heatherheatherandheather846 Жыл бұрын

She’s so incredibly talented and underrated. The fact she hasn’t won an Oscar yet is insane

@barbiepombo Жыл бұрын

I love Michelle's career so much, fan since Dawson's Creek (which I still rewatch to this day) but also of her amazing film career. This woman in so unproblematic, such a chamaleon, so focused, how could you cut off "My week with Marilyn"?? Great film and she's done my favorite Marilyn in film since miss Monroe herself. The one film that did her (MM) most justice. Also, for DC fans: How funny would it be for Dawson to know that Jen lives in a Spielberg film as his mother? Amazing.

@ldrfan27577 Жыл бұрын

My Week With Marilyn should have been included. She was so great in that one, she should have won an oscar for that film.

@mkrowenp Жыл бұрын

They were all so amazing so its difficult to pick a favorite, but for me its Blue Valentine 💙

@suzywade7695 Жыл бұрын

'Me Without You' - much overlooked and Michelle Williams was pitch perfect in it. I also love her in all her collaborations with Kelly Reichardt.

@danieladamico5485 Жыл бұрын

It's crazy how many great movies she's been in in! Throughout the video I kept thinking "oh, you left out this movie and that movie". Beautiful actress and a great filmography as well.

@hanc2w Жыл бұрын

She's an incredible actress and she looks like an incredible person too

@SusanB16 Жыл бұрын

She has the warmest energy! I loved her performance in Manchester by the Sea ❤❤

@cristiansalazar4412 Жыл бұрын

I don't know about you guys but I think lee jung jae, the actor who plays player 456 in squid game, should be invited and should also break down his career because he has been famous in korea since 1994 and it would be interesting to hear him talk about the movies and tv shows he has appeared in . So he could talk about city of the rising sun, sandglass, typhoon, the housemaid, the thieves, New world, assassination, squid game and more.

@MichikoOkada Жыл бұрын

take this waltz is my favourite film in large part because of her performance, it needs to get more love!!

@octosparkTC Жыл бұрын

She’s transcendent. A prism. Gifted, and kind. ❤

@gavinhenderson7250 Жыл бұрын

Wendy and Lucy is one of the best films ever made.

@patrickferguson5349 Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget about her sleeper-hit role as Molly in Halloween H20. Thank you.

@MediaLover194 Жыл бұрын

Why did they skip over My Week With Marilyn?

@anairam22 Жыл бұрын

shutter island too

@Yeodoongiiie Жыл бұрын

she is just one of my very favorite actresses ever💕 she is so unique.

@primaprimotv Жыл бұрын

Wish she would have talked about her character in I Feel Pretty because she’s amazing in that

@ruth4137 Жыл бұрын

A true actress. She always encompasses her character and becomes them. I thought after Dawson creek she would just fade away but she is one of the best

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

She was great as Marilyn and looked and sounded remarkably like her. I feel like people have forgotten about that movie a bit.

@isabelaxalves Жыл бұрын

ela é uma das atrizes mais talentosas dessa geração. Que orgulho dessa mulher ❤❤❤

@aureliajoypae4596 Жыл бұрын

Nothing about " My week with Marilyn " ? She was so beautiful and charismatic in this movie. Ana de Armas did a great job but Michelle embodied Marilyn Monroe perfectly

@kauigirl808 Жыл бұрын

OMG I was googling her and all of a sudden this. Love her!!

@Jumbaride Жыл бұрын

I loved her in "I Feel Pretty". 💜

@glenngatlin8475 Жыл бұрын

I want to see all of her movies!!!

@65g4 Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite actors my god Blue Valentine broke me. She was amazing in Manchester by the Sea and The Fabelmans and My Week With Marilyn.

@tylerprice7667 Жыл бұрын

I love Michelle Williams. You should have Frances McDormand!!

@AlMoSiCe210 Жыл бұрын

That would be a dream!

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

Aww I wanted to hear her talk about Shutter Island

@nicolehall694 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to write this for the crazy, rare chance Ms. Michelle Williams will see this.... She was crazy, unprecedented, incredibly friggin outstanding in Fosse/Verdon. If you've never seen this run, don't walk, to Hulu now. It's beyond worth your time.

@blackforest825 Жыл бұрын

When is Nicole Kidman gonna do one of these? I want her to talk about To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Others, Dogville, The Hours, Big Little Lies, Lion, Paddington, and The Undoing

@StevieCooper Жыл бұрын

Omg I had no idea who this actor was until now but WOW! The way she explains her passion and her views. I loved this!

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

lol how

@irrumnaaz Жыл бұрын

You didn't even include Suite Francaise?? That movie was gorgeous and hugely underrated, she was amazing in it. That's criminal 😑

@AvecPoesie Жыл бұрын

I was quite moved by that film too.

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

I'll have to check out Wendy & Lucy, sounds right up my alley. Had never really heard of it

@adrianatdottru Жыл бұрын

You guys need to get Radha Mitchell to do one of these !! Love Michelle williams, deserves every award

@jaredwalkingeagle Жыл бұрын

I cannot believe they skipped over Halloween: H20

@itsallanillusion4827 Жыл бұрын

What a gem she is!

@airelxo Жыл бұрын

Absolutely adored her as Jen lindley 🥺 didn’t like the character at first but towards the end she was my fav

@geoafe66 Жыл бұрын

More people need to watch Manchester by the Sea

@vincentmorris3617 Ай бұрын

She is my favorite actor by a mile...every one of these roles is so much better with her in it...thanks for this VF

@sarahgordino6695 Жыл бұрын

I adore her. All time favourite actress.

@angelduran7277 Жыл бұрын

She didn't mention her small roles in Baywatch (1993/1994) and Species (1995).

@rmannayr2129 Жыл бұрын

MICHELLE IS A BEAUTY!

@delrey874 Жыл бұрын

She's always been a great actress.

@georgenassr6133 Жыл бұрын

i love herrr 😫❤️

@ashleyclaunch7966 Жыл бұрын

My Week With Marilyn was one of her best ever performances. Real shame they cut it.

@mocowan6642 Жыл бұрын

She was amazing in Take This Waltz.

@lolamakron7514 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Vanity Fair for this interview! Michelle Williams is so talanted and so stunning! She deserves an Oscar and I hope she will get it soon!

@silvioluizantoniettoantoni7569 8 ай бұрын

Maravilhosa! Amo essa atriz

@flordeloto944 Жыл бұрын

Many projects I wanted to hear about were jumped. Why? Is that an actor's decision?

@BryanCostner Жыл бұрын

Either the actor doesn't want to talk about it or its because of her time in Vanity Fair is limited

@rmannayr2129 Жыл бұрын

SHE IS SO TALENTED!

@kimmieremis3180 Жыл бұрын

Manchester by the sea will haunt me forever

@anjquilinderino6634 Жыл бұрын

Blue valentine is good too, very intense!

@residentevil4life Жыл бұрын

Its interesting how unlike other TV actors turned big movie stars people don't seem to bug Michelle as much by constantly reminding us she got her big break on Dawson's Creek to the point you almost forget,

@AvecPoesie Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Michelle mentions Dawson's Creek quite a bit on her own with reverence, appreciation, and always an acknowledgement for how much the experience taught her, professionally and personally.

@user-pw1zk1ok1o Жыл бұрын

michelle williams deserves an oscar

@crashlikewaves Жыл бұрын

I love these so much.

@Helen-mh8mq Жыл бұрын

Oh,Wendy and Lucy!!!!I loved that movie!

@tyke2026 Жыл бұрын

Love her! Shame Synecdoche, New York wasn’t covered

@seevanhawkins4591 Жыл бұрын

Loved her since Dawson’s Creek!

@Lastofthescofflaws Жыл бұрын

I saw Wendy and Lucy. It is still fantastic!

@lulugoulart5014 Жыл бұрын

She is an adorable talented great person.

@vipulnarang4295 Жыл бұрын

She deserves an Oscar for her performance in "The Fabelmans".

@anderson_ptomaz Жыл бұрын

nah... yeoh is better... even cate.

@jj-if6it Жыл бұрын

I love Michelle but I found her performance so awkward!

@ezekel.4656 Жыл бұрын

She was just snubbed for a SAG nom. 😖 Hopefully Oscars nominate her

@anderson_ptomaz Жыл бұрын

@@ezekel.4656 i'm not... that's what u get when u try category fraud

@4512red Жыл бұрын

@@anderson_ptomaz Cate maybe. The other - WRONG!

@rmannayr2129 Жыл бұрын

MICHELLE IS INCREDIBLE!

@marquisstarks9471 Жыл бұрын

Wonderfully generous Mrs. Williams

@singingepi Жыл бұрын

Best actress or our generation , hands down. Incredible in everything she’s in.

@PopGunJames Жыл бұрын

6:05 wow well said and very relatable