Allison Howell Williams (born April 13, 1988) is an American actress. Following several minor roles in television, she played Marnie Michaels in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012–2017), which earned her a Critics' Choice Award nomination. After playing the titular role in Peter Pan Live! (2014), she earned several accolades for starring as Rose Armitage in the horror film Get Out (2017). She has since appeared as Kit Snicket in the series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019) and starred as Gemma in the horror film M3GAN (2022).
Early life
Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor Brian Williams and TV producer Jane Gillan Stoddard. She has a brother, Doug, three years her junior. Williams attended New Canaan Country School and Greenwich Academy. She later attended Yale University majoring in English; she was a member of Morse College and the St. Elmo secret society.
While in New Canaan, Williams worked in a Ralph Lauren outlet store. She was also a member of the improv comedy troupe Just Add Water for four years and acted in the YouTube series College Musical. The project featured Sam Tsui and was directed by Kurt Hugo Schneider, both of whom...More about Allison Williams...
