A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was first known as bad girl Jen Lindley in the television series Dawson's Creek (1998).

Credits include: Fame, Everybody Hates Chris, Next Day Air, A Different World and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Credits include: Dr. Dolittle 2, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Good Hair, The Cosby Show and College Road Trip

Credits include: Kings, Raven's Home, Vending the Rules, Just Roll With It: You Decide LIVE! and Welcome to the Hot Prospect

Credits include: Raven's Home, Gotham Knights, Dream Moms, Switch or Treat and The Baxters Get Bounced

Credits include: Freaky Friday, Raven's Home, Glenn's Kids, Baxter's Back and Far from Raven's Home

Credits include: Raven's Home, Surviving Summer, Dream Moms, Surviving Summer - Season 2 and The Baxters Get Bounced

Credits include: The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, The Equalizer, The Equalizer, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny and Aftermath

Credits include: Superstore, St. Denis Medical, Customer Safari, Lady Boss and Cloud 9.0

Credits include: Lisa Frankenstein, M3GAN 2.0, Because, All Sewn Up and Switch or Treat

Credits include: Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, Unprisoned, Sleevemore Part One: Frozen, Sleevemore Part Two: Found and Sleevemore Part Three: Future