Why Michelle Williams wasn’t at the Golden Globes to accept her award

The "Dying for Sex" actress won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category.

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on January 11, 2026 11:14 p.m. ET

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Michelle Williams won a Golden Globe for her turn as a cancer patient in FX's *Dying for Sex* on Sunday, but she wasn't present at the ceremony to claim her award.

Instead, presenters Melissa McCarthy and Kathryn Hahn accepted the trophy for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television on her behalf.

Williams is currently starring in the stage production of Eugene O'Neill's *Anna Christie* at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to the venue's website. Also starring Tom Sturridge and Mare Winningham, the show is scheduled to run through Feb. 1.

** has reached out to Williams' reps for comment.**

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She won the award for her performance in the limited series, besting a stable of talented peers, including Claire Danes for *The Beast in Me,* Rashida Jones for *Black Mirror,* Amanda Seyfried for *Long Bright River,* Sarah Snook for *All Her Fault,* and Robin Wright for *The Girlfriend*.

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This is the five-time Oscar nominee's third Golden Globe. She previously won for her performances in the series *Fosse/Verdon* and *My Week With Marilyn*. She was nominated five other times as well, for movies including *Blue Valentine* and *All the Money in the World*.

'Dying for Sex' starred Michelle Williams as a cancer patient.

In *Dying for Sex, *Williams brought to life the true story of cancer survivor Molly Kochan, who, after discovering that her cancer has returned and is terminal, leaves her husband to live her best sexual life.

In August, she told EW's The Awardist that listening to the podcast that Kochan hosted before she died in 2019 "absolutely gut-punched me. I couldn't stop crying, the way that she chose to take her last breaths, and what was on her mind, what was on her heart, and the... I don't mean to cry, but how she went out was, she lived, and it got me bad. It got me."

*Dying for Sex* is available to stream on Hulu.**

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