The 31-year-old actress Michelle Williams takes on the iconic star Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming film, “My Week With Marilyn,” playing the American iconoclast in the story of her disastrous 1957 experience filming “The Prince and the Showgirl” with Sir Laurence Oliver.  By agreeing to capture Monroe at her most bombastic guarded and joyous, Williams took on the massive responsibility of becoming the late actress, both physically and emotionally.  Williams told vogue that it was an intense crash course consisting of a multi-media experience of film, books and music.

According to her, she would go to bed every night with a stack of books next to her and fell asleep to movies of her.  She said it was like when you were a kid and you would put a book under your pillow hoping you would get it by osmosis.  Learning the role, especially such a nuanced one, is the most important aspect for an actress’s performance, but Monroe’s public image was as much tied to her looks as her inner-self. She was a star in a bygone era that celebrated more women’s bodies in more natural shapes, which required the petite Williams to add weight to create those famous curves. As she tells the magazine, the weight went to her face, instead, and so while she learned Monroe’s walk, she had to pad herself hips to acquire the body.

Still, the normally modest Williams felt a certain transformation in her appearance and power in the role.  According to her, she does remember one great moment of being all suited up as Marilyn and Walking from her dressing room onto the soundstage practicing her wiggle.  She said there are three or four men gathered around a truck and she remember seeing that they were watching her come and feeling that they were watching her go and for the very first time she glimpsed some idea of pleasure she could take in that kind of attention; not their pleasure but her pleasure.  In addition, she thought the maybe Marilyn felt that when she walked down the beach.

On an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Williams was asked if this is something that she has thought, she answered that the thought had never crossed her mind until she read the script and when she does she knew immediately that she wanted to do it she did not have an inkling of an idea of how.  Michelle told Ellen she had a picture of Marilyn on her bedroom wall as a child and it was inspiring.  She said she had this picture of her wearing a white dress and she was barefoot running through grass in Connecticut.  According to her, that was sort of her primary connection to her and that was the Marilyn she loved.

The film will make its world debut at the New York Film Festival.  Williams’ new relationship drama, “Take This Waltz,” premiered in Toronto last month though she was not in attendance.  Michelle has been into a variety of transformation from the other roles she portrayed on many films but this transformation will weigh a bit more than all of those.

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The 30-year-old American actress was born on September 9, 1980 in Kalispell, Montana, to Carla Ingrid and Larry Richard Williams, a homemaker and a stock and commodities trader. She was baptized with the real name of Michelle Ingrid Williams. In addition, when Williams was on the young age of nine, her family relocated to San Diego, California and at the very young age, Williams showed some passion when it comes to acting. After finishing her ninth grade at the Upper School of Santa Fe Christian Schools in Solana Beach, California, she left the school for her to pursue her acting job in the series show of Dawson’s Creek.

The TV career of Williams started when she appeared in the programs like, Baywatch, step by step and in Home Improvement. On the other hand, her first film role took place on year 1994, when she appeared in the motion picture film entitled, Lassie. Williams rose to fame when she was included as one of the lead stars of the WB show called, Dawson’s Creek in year 1997. For the successful six seasons of the show, William portrayed the role of Jen Lindley. After the said show ends, Williams starred in various films.

Her first starring role was said to be in the film entitled, Dick, where she portrayed the role of Arlene, the film was said to be satire of the controversial, Watergate scandal, together with Kirsten Dunst. She also appeared the 2001 independent film of Prozac Nation alongside Christina Ricci. In year 2000, she also appeared in the film entitled, If These Walls Could Talk 2, of the cable network of HBO.

In year 2006, appeared in the film called, Te Hawk is Dying, together with Paul Giamati. On the following year, Michelle Williams starred in the directorial film of Ethan Hawke called, The Hottest State as well in the film of I’m Not There, together with Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Julianne Moore. The said film has been directed by Todd Haynes. In year 2008, she also appeared together with Ewan Mcgregor and Hugh Jackman in the film of Marcel Langenegger called, Deception. Williams invited to join the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences on year 2009. She nesxt appeared alongside Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama film of Blue Valentine, wherein she garnered nominations for Best Actress from the renowned Golden Globe and the Academy Award. In May 2011, Michelle Williams has been included as one of the stars on the upcoming film of Oz: The Great and Powerful.

In her personal life, Michelle Williams and the actor Heath Ledger became engaged and live together in the Boerum Hill in Brooklyn New York. On October 2005, Williams gave birth to their first child but the former couple parted ways. Soon after that, Williams dated the film director Spike Jonze. The two walked as a couple on July 2008. However, the former couple announced their break up in September 2009.

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