Michelle Williams

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
July 23, 1980

Place of Birth:
Rockford, Illinois, USA

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Michelle Williams

Biography

Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in the 2000s as a member of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female groups of all time with over 60 million records, of which more than 35 million copies sold with the trio lineup that included Williams.

During the group's two-year hiatus, 2001–2003, Williams released her debut solo album Heart to Yours (2002) which topped the US gospel album chart and became the best-selling gospel release of the year. Also in 2002, Billboard named Williams the fifth-best gospel artist of the year and she received a MOBO Award for "Best Gospel Act". Following this, she released Do You Know (2004) which gained her a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards.

After Destiny's Child's disbanded in 2006, Williams released her first pop album, Unexpected (2008), which spawned the internationally charting single "We Break the Dawn" and the US Dance number-one "The Greatest". Her fourth studio album, Journey to Freedom (2014), received positive reviews and became her highest-charting album in the US; it was preceded by lead single "If We Had Your Eyes" which reached the US Adult R&B top 20 and the Soul Train-nominated "Say Yes", which charted internationally and topped the US Hot Gospel Songs chart for seven weeks. Journey to Freedom was nominated for "Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)" at the 46th NAACP Image Awards and earned Williams four nominations at the 30th annual Stellar Awards, winning Music Video of the Year for "Say Yes".

Williams has found success as a television, Broadway and West End theatre actress, gaining a nomination for "Best Lead Female – Equity" in 2008 at the 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. Making her acting debut on Broadway in Aida (2003), she has since starred in the sitcom series Half & Half (2006) and the musical productions The Color Purple (2007), Chicago (2009–10), What My Husband Doesn't Know (2011) and Fela! (2013). She was a featured judge on MTV's Top Pop Group, a contestant in season 8 of Strictly Come Dancing in the United Kingdom and co-starred alongside gospel musician Deitrick Haddon in the Oxygen reality television series Fix My Choir. She has also appeared on both the American and British versions of The Masked Singer as "Butterfly" and "Rockhopper" respectively. She has earned several awards and accolades including a Grammy Award and star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of Destiny's Child, as well as a solo MOBO Award and Stellar Award.

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Known For

Filmography

Year TV Show Role
2024 Roller Jam Self - Special Guest Judge
2023 Snake Oil Self - Celebrity Guest Advisor
2022 Sherri Self - Guest
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show Self
2021 One Voice: The Songs We Share Self
2021 Name That Tune Self - Contestant
2020 I Can See Your Voice Self - Performer
2019 The Masked Singer Butterfly (archive footage)
2019 American Soul Diana Ross
2019 The Masked Singer Butterfly
2019 The Masked Singer Australia Microphone
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show Self
2018 Chad Loves Michelle Self
2017 Raven's Home Shinée Dubois
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self
2014 The Real Self
2009 40 Greatest Pranks 2
2009 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Guest Judge
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest
2008 MTV's Top Pop Group
2002 Half & Half Naomi Dawson
2000 106 & Park Self
1997 Leute heute Self
1996 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Self
1993 Intimate Portrait Self
1985 Victoires de la musique Self
1981 Entertainment Tonight Self - Special Correspondent
1975 Saturday Night Live Self - Musical Guest
1959 The Grammys Self
1957 Bravo Otto Verleihung Self - Awardee / Performer
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