Michelle Williams

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1980-07-23 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Rockford, Illinois, USA

Also Known As Destiny's Child

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Williams (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Roller Jam

as Self - Special Guest Judge

2023
Praise This

as Finals Host

2023
Snake Oil

as Self - Celebrity Guest Advisor

2022
2021
You're Watching Video Music Box

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Christmas in Harmony

as Melo D Star

2021
Name That Tune

as Self - Contestant

2020
I Can See Your Voice

as Self - Performer

2019
Revival!

as Mary Magdalen

2019
2019
American Soul

as Diana Ross

2019
The Masked Singer

as Butterfly (archive footage)

2019
The Masked Singer

as Butterfly

2017
Raven's Home

as Shinée Dubois

2014
BEYONCÉ

as Self

2013
Life Is But a Dream

as Self (archive footage)

2012
2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

as Self - Destiny's Child (uncredited) (archive footage)

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2005
Live 8

as Self

2002
2002
Half & Half

as Naomi Dawson

2000
106 & Park

as Self

1997
Leute heute

as Self

1993
1981
Entertainment Tonight

as Self - Special Correspondent

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

1957
Bravo Otto Verleihung

as Self - Awardee / Performer

Sound

2001
The Proud Family

as Theme Song Performance