Michele, Michael 1966–

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael Michele Williams; born August 30, 1966, in Evansville, IN; daughter of Jerry (an entrepreneur and business consultant) and Thersa (a corporate manager) Williams; children: (with restaurateur Jimmy Rodriguez) J. Brandon. Avocational Interests: Basketball, running, jazz.

Addresses: Agent—Jonathan Perry, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Monique Huey, PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actress. Appeared in commercials for Revlon cosmetics, Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, Old Spice, and other products; worked as a model; also worked at a Gap store.

Awards, Honors: Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2000, for Homicide: Life on the Street; Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with others), outstanding ensemble in a drama series, 2000, 2001, and Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 2001, all for ER; Teen Choice Award nomination, choice movie villain, 2003, for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; Black Reel Award nomination, best supporting actress in a film, 2004, for Dark Blue.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Holly Williams, Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992–93.

Nikki Sheridan, Central Park West (also known as CPW), CBS, 1995–96.

Detective Rene Sheppard, Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide), NBC, 1998–99.

Dr. Cleo Finch, ER, NBC, 1999–2002.

Jessie Grey, Kevin Hill, UPN, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Maxine Phillips, Trade Winds, NBC, 1993.

Tauna, Creature (also known as Peter Benchley's "Creature"), 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Kara Lavelle, The Substitute 2: School's Out (also known as The Substitute II and The Substitute: Out of Siberia), HBO, 1998.

Detective Rene Sheppard, Homicide: The Movie, NBC, 2000.

Detective Ellen Baines, The Hunt for the BTK Killer, CBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Saturday, Bloody Saturday," 1st & Ten (also known as 1st & Ten: Do It Again, 1st & Ten: Going for Broke, 1st & Ten: In Your Face!, 1st & Ten: The Championship, and 1st & Ten, Training Camp: The Bulls Are Back), 1988.

Sandra "Sandy" Gill, "After Shakespeare," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994.

Sandra "Sandy" Gill, "Private Enemy No. 1," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1995.

Sandra "Sandy" Gill, "Downtown Girl," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1995.

Sylvie, "Con-tinental," Players, NBC, 1998.

Detective Rene Sheppard, "Sideshow," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1999.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2000.

"Ali," HBO First Look, HBO, 2001.

Herself, Mad TV, Fox, 2001.

The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2003.

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (also known as The Last Late Show), CBS, 2003, 2004.

Dennis Miller, CNBC, 2004.

Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004.

Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Bridget Wilson, Company Town, CBS, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

New York anchor, The All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS, 1995.

The Making of "Ali," 2001.

Christmas in Rockefeller Center, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Golden Hanger Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2000.

The 2000 Essence Awards, Fox, 2000.

Presenter, My VH1 Music Awards, VH1, 2001.

Presenter, The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2001.

The 32nd Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2001.

The 2001 TV Guide Awards, Fox, 2001.

Film Appearances:

Lady number six, Def by Temptation, 1990.

Selina, New Jack City, Warner Bros., 1991.

R. C. St. John, The Sixth Man, Buena Vista, 1997.

Veronica Porche, Ali, Columbia, 2001.

Herself, Won't Anybody Listen? (music documentary), 2001.

Beth Williamson, Dark Blue, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

Judy Spears, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (also known as Wie werde ich ihn los—in 10 tagen?), Paramount, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Appeared in music videos by Freddie Jackson.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, July, 2000, p. 166.

Ebony, May, 2005, p. 156.

Entertainment Weekly, February 19, 1999, p. 116.

Esquire, March, 1999, p. 118.

Movieline, December, 2001, pp. 74-75.

People Weekly, May 10, 1999, p. 133; April 10, 2000, p. 193.

Premiere, March, 2003, pp. 84-85.

Redbook, May, 2005, p. 128.

TV Guide, December 23, 2000, pp. 30-31; September 28, 2002, p. 44.