Bio: Allison Howell Williams, born April 13, 1988, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Marnie Michaels" on the HBO comedy-drama series, Girls (2012). Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor, Brian Williams, and Jane Gillan Stoddard, a TV producer. She graduated from Yale University in 2010.
Tivia: In 2010, she graduated from Yale University, with an English degree.Her dream since childhood was to play Peter Pan which she was given the opportunity to do in Peter Pan Live! (2014).She wrote a letter to R.L. Stine in 1996 when she was 8 years old and got a response back in 2014 at age 26.Was in consideration for the role of Susan Storm in Fantastic Four (2015).During her freshman year at Yale University, she was turned down for a part in the mainstage musical by Yale Dramatic Association.Ranked #77 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.She is of Irish, Swedish, German, English, Scottish, and distant French descent.During her time at Yale University, she was a part of the improvisation group 'Just Add Water'.She was Josh Trank's first choice to play Sue Storm in Fantastic Four (2015), but the studio cast Kate Mara instead.