Not "The" Michelle Williams
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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.
Carolyn Pickles
publication date: Tuesday, October 1, 2019
category: Television
clue: 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.
explanation: Pickles played the character Shelley Williams for three years on Emmerdale. more…
intended difficulty: very hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
Michael C. Williams
publication date: Monday, September 30, 2019
category: Movies
clue: He played himself in a surprise hit horror movie, which was not Shutter Island.
explanation: Williams used his own real name to play Mike Williams in The Blair Witch Project. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
Michael Williams
publication date: Sunday, September 29, 2019
category: Theater
clue: When he starred in Henry V with his wife Judi Dench, neither he nor the character he played were the actress who won an Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon.
explanation: Actor Michael Williams played the Shakespearean character Michael Williams in Henry V in 1989. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
Michael K. Williams
publication date: Saturday, September 28, 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
Michelle Toro
publication date: Friday, September 27, 2019
category: Sports
clue: In 2016, this swimmer was too busy winning an Olympic medal for Canada to have been nominated for a Tony Award for Blackbird on Broadway.
explanation: Toro competed as Michelle Williams before changing her name after marrying her childhood teammate Guillermo Toro. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
Michelle Ann Williams
publication date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
category: Education
clue: This renowned Jamaican scientist is a dean at Harvard, which is in Cambridge, not in nearby Manchester-by-the-Sea.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
Michelle Williams
publication date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
category: Music
clue: This former member of Destiny's Child starred in Chicago on Broadway, not in Brokeback Mountain.
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates