Biography
She was perhaps a bit too often cast as quietly suffering stiff-upper lippers, but able to carry off the "sensitive beauty" with humor, strength or wilting melodrama as called for. Williams worked in Hollywood as a supporting player in big budget studio films like "The Sixth Sense" (1999), but also split her time between American and British independent films. She showcased an accessibility and wicked wit in comedies like "Rushmore" (1998) and …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Made her West End debut, playing the sister to Matthew Fox in Neil LaBute's "In a Forest, Dark and Deep" | |
2010 | Played Pierce Brosnan's wife in Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" | |
2009 | Played Carey Mulligan's teacher in "An Education" | |
2009 | Cast as Adelle DeWitt in Joss Whedon's short-lived Fox series, "Dollhouse" | |
2008 | Portrayed British author Jane Austen in the BBC drama, "Miss Austen Regrets" | |
2006 | Had a small role as Dr. Moira MacTaggert in "X-Men: The Last Stand" | |
2003 | Portrayed Mrs. Darling in P.J. Hogan's live-action adaptation of "Peter Pan" | |
2003 | Co-starred with Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany in the British drama, "The Heart of Me" | |
2001 | Played the trophy wife of a successful older novelist in "The Man From Elysian Fields"; screened at Cannes | |
2001 | Co-starred in the British comedy, "Lucky Break" | |
1999 | Cast as Bruce Willis' wife in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" | |
1998 | Cast as a first grade teacher who becomes the object of affection for a high school student and a wealthy married man in Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" | |
1997 | Made her feature film debut, opposite Kevin Costner, in "The Postman" | |
1996 | Played Jane Fairfax in the British TV adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma" | |
| Toured the U.S in a production of Shakespeare's "Richard III," starring Ian McKellen | ||
| Worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London | ||
Awards
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in An Education |
2010 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Ghost Writer |
2010 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Ghost Writer |