- Born
- Birth nameAllison Howell Williams
- Height5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
- Allison Howell Williams, born April 13, 1988, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Marnie Michaels" on the HBO comedy-drama series, Girls (2012). Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor, Brian Williams, and Jane Gillan Stoddard, a TV producer. She graduated from Yale University in 2010.
- IMDb mini biography by: scaryofmonsters
- SpousesRicky Van Veen(September 19, 2015 - 2019) (divorced)Alexander Dreymon(? - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenArlo
- ParentsJane Gillian Stoddard
- RelativesDouglas Williams(Sibling)
- Frequently plays characters who are cold and distant
- In 2010, she graduated from Yale University, with an English degree.
- Her dream since childhood was to play Peter Pan which she was given the opportunity to do in Peter Pan Live! (2014).
- She wrote a letter to R.L. Stine in 1996 when she was 8 years old and got a response back in 2014 at age 26.
- Was in consideration for the role of Susan Storm in Fantastic Four (2015).
- During her freshman year at Yale University, she was turned down for a part in the mainstage musical by Yale Dramatic Association.
- I wanted to be an actress before I understood anything else about my life -- before I went to school, before I understood what it is that my dad does. It was innate. Everything, everything that ever happened in my life happened in the framework of my knowing that this was where I was going to end up. So in school, I could learn purely for the sake of learning. It gave me this almost gluttonous sense of intellectual curiosity. I never want to stop learning.
- I think if I'd used my middle name professionally - Howell Williams - I'd have a totally different career. I'd be an indie darling, fighting with Greta Gerwig for parts
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