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Allison Williams

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Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Brian Williams and Jane Stoddard Williams
Ex-wife of Private
Fiancée of Private

Occupation: Actress
Managed by: Private User
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About Allison Williams

From Wikipedia (English):

Allison Williams (born April 13, 1988) is an an American actress and producer. For her work in horror films, she has been deemed a scream queen by the media. 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 Awards among other accolades. She went on to star in the horror films The Perfection (2018) and M3GAN (2022), the latter of which she also executive produced.

Early life

Williams was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and is the daughter of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and Jane Gillan Stoddard, a TV producer. On her mother's side, she is a three times great-granddaughter of the abolitionist Rev. Owen Lovejoy. Williams was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. She graduated from Yale University in 2010. While at Yale, Williams was a member of the improv comedy troupe Just Add Water for four years, as well as being a part of the YouTube series College Musical, and was inducted into St. Elmo.

Personal life

In February 2014, Williams became engaged to Private, the co-founder of CollegeHumor. They married on September 19, 2015, in a private ceremony in Saratoga, Wyoming.[59] Tom Hanks officiated the ceremony.[60] She and her husband lived in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.[61][62] On June 27, 2019, Van Veen and Williams released a joint statement announcing their separation.[63]

In late 2019, Williams began dating German actor Alexander Dreymon, whom she met while filming Horizon Line. In late 2021, they had a son.[64] In December 2022, it was reported that the couple had become engaged.[65]

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Allison Williams's Timeline

1988
April 15, 1988
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States