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Ashley Williams(I)

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Writer
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Ashley Williams
Hannah Holt and Josh Wyatt have both just been stood up at the altar and meet each other at the park. They will keep crossing paths as they land on the same resort for their honeymoon.
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Two Tickets to Paradise (2022)
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Ashley Williams is an American actress. She is known for playing Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She's also had a long relationship with The Hallmark Channel where she stars in movies, produces, directs, writes, and also founded their women's directing initiative called "Make Her Mark". She also wrote and directed the short film "Meats" which played at Sundance and sold to Showtime. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 200 episodes of television and television movies, in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway. She starred in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy Central and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami, as well as Warner Brothers' movie Something Borrowed.
BornNovember 12
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BornNovember 12
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 5 nominations

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Jim Gaffigan and Ashley Williams in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)
Ashley Williams directing her first feature film.
Ashley Williams as 'Victoria' and Josh Radnor as 'Ted Moseby' on "How I Met Your Mother"
John Krasinski and Ashley Williams in "SOMETHING BORROWED"
Ashley Williams
Ashley Williams at the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards.
Ashley Williams and Kylie Noelle Price in Christmas in the City (2013)
Ashley Williams and Shanola Hampton in Christmas in the City (2013)
Michael Durrell and Ashley Williams in Christmas in the City (2013)
Ashley Williams, Shanola Hampton, Jon Prescott, and Kylie Noelle Price in Christmas in the City (2013)
Ashley Williams and Kylie Noelle Price in Christmas in the City (2013)
Jim Gaffigan and Ashley Williams in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)

Known for

Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
How I Met Your Mother
8.3
TV Series
  • Victoria
Adam Goldberg, Michael Ian Black, Jim Gaffigan, Ashley Williams, and Tongayi Chirisa in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)
The Jim Gaffigan Show
7.5
TV Series
  • Jeannie Gaffigan
Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski, and Colin Egglesfield in Something Borrowed (2011)
Something Borrowed
5.8
  • Claire
  • 2011
Meats (2020)
Meats
5.5
Short
  • Actress
  • 2020

Credits

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Actress

  • Ashley Williams and Brady Droulis in Five More Minutes: Moments Like These (2022)
    Five More Minutes: Moments Like These
    • Kaitlyn Morrison
    • TV Movie
    • 2022
  • Carsyn Rose in Amber Brown (2022)
    Amber Brown
    • Pam
    • Aunt Pam
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series (2022)
    Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series
    • Lane
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Ashley Williams and Ryan Paevey in Two Tickets to Paradise (2022)
    Two Tickets to Paradise
    • Hannah Holt
    • TV Movie
    • 2022
  • Love, Classified (2022)
    Love, Classified
    • Nora Noble (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 2022
  • Ashley Williams and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021)
    Sister Swap: Christmas in the City
    • Meg Swift
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Ashley Williams and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday (2021)
    Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday
    • Meg Swift
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor
    • Hannah Palmer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Holly Robinson Peete, Barbara Niven, Colin Lawrence, Ashley Williams, Rukiya Bernard, and Antonio Cayonne in Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
    Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing
    • Allie Shaw
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Ashley Williams and Niall Matter in Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (2020)
    Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater
    • Maggie O'Donnell
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Stud Boob (2020)
    Stud Boob
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Meats (2020)
    Meats
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
    Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
    • Shanann Watts
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Hey Mama (2019)
    Hey Mama
    • Friend Mama
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Holly Robinson Peete, Barbara Niven, Colin Lawrence, Maggie Lawson, Ashley Williams, Rukiya Bernard, Jill Wagner, and Paul Greene in Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
    Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
    • Allie
    • TV Movie
    • 2019

Director

  • A Nashville Country Christmas (2022)
    A Nashville Country Christmas
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series (2022)
    Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Circle of Deception (2021)
    Circle of Deception
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Meats (2020)
    Meats
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2020

Writer

  • Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series (2022)
    Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series
    • Meats
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Stud Boob (2020)
    Stud Boob
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Meats (2020)
    Meats
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2020
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Videos17

Bad Hurt
Clip 1:20
Bad Hurt
Lovesick (2014)
Clip 0:53
Lovesick (2014)
Official Trailer
Trailer 0:48
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 0:35
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 0:46
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 1:38
Trailer
Official Preview
Trailer 0:36
Official Preview
Lovesick
Trailer 1:57
Lovesick
Something Borrowed: Trailer #2
Trailer 2:27
Something Borrowed: Trailer #2
Something Borrowed
Trailer 2:33
Something Borrowed
Montana Sky
Trailer 0:29
Montana Sky
The Jim Gaffigan Show
Trailer 0:22
The Jim Gaffigan Show

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • November 12
    • Westchester County, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Neal DodsonMay 29, 2011 - present (2 children)
  • Children
      Gus Williams Dodson
  • Parents
      Gurney Williams
  • Relatives
      Kimberly Williams-Paisley(Sibling)
  • Other works
    [2001] Member of the Acting Company at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival at Williams College in Massachusetts.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In an online poll, her character, Victoria was voted the best love interest of Ted (Josh Radnor) on How I Met Your Mother (2005), with 45.25% of the votes. Beating out even the show's main character, Robin (Cobie Smulders), who took second with 30.36% of the votes.
  • Quotes
    [After reading the Good Morning, Miami (2002) pilot script and researching her "Dylan" character] This is SO not me!
  • Trademark
      Wide, cheshire-cat smile High chestnut cheeks

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