Michael K. Williams
publication date: Saturday, September 28, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)
category: 
Television
clue: He rose to fame as the terrifying Omar in The Wire, not as teenaged Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
Not "The" Michelle Williams: After actress Michelle Williams devoted her Emmy acceptance speech to supporting women in Hollywood, online trolls started harassing singer Michelle Williams, who was amused at their confusing a black woman for a white woman. Her Instagram rant inspired this theme of seven celebrities who are all not Michelle Williams the actress, if you can possibly tell them apart.Similar Goos
Carolyn Pickles
Her character in a long-running British soap opera died in the 4000th episode, before she could meet great and powerful men like Oz, P.T. Barnum, and Venom. Go »
Tony Shalhoub
He has played such different roles as a high-flying cabbie, a monastic detective, a vegetative senator, and a marvelous father. Go »
Sandra Oh
She wasn't the Grey whose anatomy became a hit, but she is the Eve whose potential killing is attracting critical acclaim. Go »
John Stamos
He starred in two long-running hospital dramas, but despite recently becoming a grandfather, he'll always be best known as an uncle who pleaded for mercy. Go »
Michelle Williams
This former member of Destiny's Child starred in Chicago on Broadway, not in Brokeback Mountain. Go »
