Jen Lindley (Played by Michelle Williams)
Jen Lindley (Played by Michelle Williams)
Character Profile
Jen is
the sophisticated beauty who once captured Dawson
Leery's heart after moving to Capeside to live with her grandparents.
As the new girl in town who tries to fit in, she can't quite overcome the
small-town mentality that her grandmother represents, nor can she escape
her past in New York, where she made some regrettable mistakes. Jen succeeded
last year in transforming the dynamic duo, Dawson
and Joey, into a troublesome
triangle - then she let Dawson go, only to want him back. But it was too
late, as Dawson had discovered the true nature of his feelings for Joey.
This season her on again off again friendship with trouble-making Abbey
Morgan contributes to Jen's downward slide.
Actor Biography
"Dawson's" may be her first starring role in a series, but Michelle Williams is already a veteran of numerous feature films and television projects.
The proverbial small town girl, Williams was born and raised in rural Kalispell, Mont., before moving with her family to San Diego when she was 10 years old. She became involved in community theatre productions and was soon commuting to Los Angeles for professional auditions.
At age 14, Williams made her big-screen debut in the 1994 family film "Lassie," and was soon cast as the young alien in the film "Species." Most recently, Michelle was scene in the dramatic feature "A Thousand Acres," starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards and Jessica Lange. In television, she starred in the television movie "A Mother's Justice."
In her free time, 18-year-old Williams is an avid reader, with her current favourite authors being Hermann Hesse, Dostoyevsky and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. She also enjoys boxing, which feeds into her early childhood fantasy of becoming the first female heavyweight champion of the world.