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Allison Williams
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American actress, comedian and musician
Film & TV
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Allison Howell Williams (born April 13, 1988) is an American actress. She first became known for starring as Marnie Michaels in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017), which earned her a Critics' Choice Award nomination. Her breakthrough came with the role of Rose Armitage in the horror film Get Out (2017), which earned her nominations from the MTV Movie Awards and the Screen Actors Guild…
Known for
- Kill Me — Margot2026
- We're Back! With Brian Williams — Self - Guest2026
- M3GAN 2.0 — Gemma2025
- Regretting You — Morgan Grant2025
- Fellow Travelers — Lucy Smith2023
- M3GAN — Gemma2022
- Drip — Alex2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
- Horizon Line — Sara2020
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1988-04-13 ) April 13, 1988 (age 38) , Hartford, Connecticut , U.S.
- Education
- Yale University ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Spouses
- Ricky Van Veen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2019 ) Alexander Dreymon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Father
- Brian Williams
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Canaan
- Father
- Brian Williams
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Allison Williams DSM-11 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Chelsea
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- Commons category
- Allison Williams (actress)
- date of birth
- 1988-11-30
- name in native language
- Allison Williams
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Alexander Dreymon
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Encyclopedic overview
Allison Howell Williams (born April 13, 1988) is an American actress. She began her career in comedy and rose to prominence as a horror queen beginning in the late 2010s. Her accolades include a National Board of Review Award and nominations at the Critics' Choice, GMSA and SAG Awards.
After performing on YouTube and with the improv troupe Just Add Water, Williams gained her first starring role in the comedy drama series Girls (2012–2017). She rose to wider prominence for co-starring in the psychological horror film Get Out (2017), and the science fiction horror films M3GAN (2022) and M3GAN 2.0 (2025)—both of which she produced. She also starred in the psychological horror film The Perfection (2018), the historical series Fellow Travelers (2023) and the romantic drama film Regretting You (2025).
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