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How Michelle Williams has quietly become an awards stalwart

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It’s been 17 years since Michelle Williams received her first Oscar nomination.
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Michelle Williams, lead actress Oscar contender for “The Fabelmans,” has quietly become an awards perennial.

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Years since Williams entered serious awards contention, at 25, for her beyond-her-years supporting performance in “Brokeback Mountain.”

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Nominations for “Blue Valentine” and “My Week With Marilyn” (both lead) and “Manchester by the Sea” (supporting) followed, bringing Williams’ total to four.

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Actors in history have received five or more nominations, a group Williams would join with a “Fabelmans” nomination.

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Years between Williams’ third and fourth nominations, and fourth nomination and now. During which time she …

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... scored a Tony nomination (for “Blackbird,” 2016), and Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe wins (for FX’s “Fosse/Verdon,” 2019).

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Although she has yet to win an Oscar, Williams won the first — and so far only — time she was nominated for an acting Emmy.

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Williams could share the lead acting category at the 2023 Oscars with a fellow portrayer of Marilyn Monroe, Ana de Armas (“Blonde”).

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