Personal details
Born:
- Birthday: 1988-04-13
- Born Place: New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As:
アリソン・ウィリアムズ, 艾莉森·威廉姆斯, الیسون ویلیامز
Allison Williams
Allison Williams is an American actress, producer, and singer, born on April 13, 1988, in New Canaan, Connecticut. She is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and TV producer Jane Gillan Stoddard. Williams graduated from Yale University in 2010, where she was a member of the improv troupe Just Add Water . She gained prominence for her role as Marnie Michaels on HBO's Girls (2012–2017), earning a Critics' Choice Award nomination . Her film debut came with Jordan Peele's Get Out (2017), where she portrayed Rose Armitage, a role that showcased her ability to subvert audience expectations and earned her nominations for Best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards . Williams has since expanded her repertoire, starring in and producing the horror-comedy films M3GAN (2022) and its sequel M3GAN 2.0 (2025) . She also appeared in the Showtime miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023), which won a Peabody Award for chronicling LGBTQ+ history over 50 years . In her personal life, Williams was previously married to Ricky Van Veen, co-founder of CollegeHumor, from 2015 to 2019. In late 2019, she began dating German actor Alexander Dreymon, whom she met while filming Horizon Line. They have a son, born in late 2021, and became engaged in December 2022 . Williams is known for her versatility, often portraying characters that are ambitious, intense, and driven, a persona that has become a hallmark of her acting style . She is also known for films such as Regretting You (2025).
