From her childhood, Williams seemed destined for a life in the spotlight.
Born to parents who were both prominent journalists, Williams grew up with a passion for acting.
Now, all eyes are on Williams for the highly-anticipated release of “M3GAN.”
And yet, she managed to maintain a strong relationship with him through notes.
“I would leave him a note about what had happened in my day,” she toldGlamour.
“And I would wake up [to] his note.
It was like the tooth fairy coming every night.”
But she’s also proud of her skill.
“It doesn’t feel like a loss to admit [my privilege],” she toldWired.
“If you trust your own skill, I think it becomes very simple to acknowledge.”
“Most of my friends are still figuring it out.
Of course, being that set on one thing came with its fair share of stress.
In school, Williams explained toGlamourthat her ambition was sometimes intimidating for some of her peers.
“It would bring out the, like, ‘Who do you think you are?’
In their minds it would have been as if I’d said I would like to be president.”
Of course, now, she’s proven herself to everyone.
Andher friends couldn’t be prouder.
As Williams put it: “They can appreciate how long I’ve wanted this.”
“It was pretty obvious that that’s where I wanted to go.
I just never imagined I would get in!”
As she toldYale News, she “felt a lot of internal pressure” at the time.
One of these videos was aspoofmashup of the “Mad Men” theme song.
The “Mad Men” video ended up being life-changing.
Williams acknowledges that the viral video propelled her career.
… Judd saw me in that video,” she toldYahoo Entertainment.
“He called my agents, asked me to go in.”
And the rest, of course, is history.
Overnight, she went from being an aspiring actor with a fresh college degree to a primetime TV star.
Williams was deeply proud of “Girls” while it was on.
“That is the radical choice that ‘Girls’ made.
It came out when there wasn’t anything else around like this.”
When “Girls” came to an end after five years, Williams felt bereft.
After all, she had been living in Marnie’s shoes for half a decade.
“It’s difficult to picture my adult life without the series,” she toldVogueat the time.
“I’ve been playing Marnie since I graduated from university.
I just hope I learned from Marnie’s experiences.”
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a filmed version of the stage musical.
Everybody expected her to fail.
AsGlamournoted, numerous publications were prepared to “hate watch” the musical.
One critic even wrote: “Williams ruined hate-watching.”
As Williams toldAllure, she had wanted the role from the moment she heard about it.
“The minute they announced ‘Peter Pan,‘I emailed my agent.
I was like, ‘Too early?'”
Apparently, Peter Pan was the perfect antithesis of Marnie.
And this is exactly what Williams had been looking for.
“So I just want to keep making hard right turns and left turns.”
As Williams toldStylist, she first met Van Veen shortly after landing the role of Marnie.
When the pair married, she felt that she had grown up.
“We’re all very mature beyond our years.”
The couple would meet every week with friends to watch the popular match-making show.
Her first project couldn’t have been more different from “Girls.”
Ultimately, the character was an unflattering mockery of white women and Williams was up for the challenge.
“[People would] say, ‘She was hypnotized, right?'”
“And I’m like, ‘No!
She’s just evil!’
… and they’re still like, ‘But maybe she’s also a victim?'”
Williams refused to see her as one.
“I felt no warmth or humanity.
That obviously was really hard.”
For Williams, it was the wild, unpredictable script that attracted her.
“It was the most insane script I’ve read in a long time,” she toldPopSugar.
Williams was eager to play the multi-faceted Charlotte.
“First and foremost I was just fascinated by Charlotte,” the actor said toCinemaBlend.
We are grateful for the friendship that we have and will continue to have."
According to a source close to the couple, the pair’s differences were too great.
“Allison really is punch in A, a real go-getter.
While Ricky is far more relaxed and laid-back.
Things just haven’t been going well recently,” the source said.
Williams and Van Veen never spoke about their separation in interviews, but both seem to have moved on.
By September 2019, Van Veen was reportedly seeing another woman (via theDaily Mail).
Williams also began dating her “Horizon Line” co-star Alexander Dreymon (viaTown & Country).
“I couldn’t resist an ambiguous creator figure.”
In 2022, news broke that Williams and her boyfriend Alexander Dreymon had their first child.
Rumor has it, the pair are also engaged.
“I want to know what toys Gemma has.”
It seems that Williams enjoyed getting a bit more involved in the behind-the-scenes elements of filmmaking.
And by the sounds of things, she’s eager to dip her toe into producing again soon.
