Michelle Williams & Britney Spears' Connection Runs Deep

Michelle Williams and Britney Spears were born less than one year apart, in 1980 and 1981, respectively. When they were in their preteens, Michelle William decided she wanted to become an actor, and Britney Spears was making her debut as a child actor on "The Mickey Mouse Club." Both aspiring stars were committed to their careers from an early age and traveled frequently throughout the 1990s to pursue new performance opportunities. 

Unfortunately, Williams and Spears both fell victim to predatory behavior as young, vulnerable women in the industry. The "Greatest Showman" actress recalled her time as an emancipated teen in Hollywood in a 2012 interview with GQ, calling it a "very, very lonely time." While speaking to The Guardian, Williams elaborated, saying, "There are some really disgusting people in the world, and I met some of them." Spears, too, became well acquainted with the seeder side of Hollywood, having been hypersexualized and criticized by audiences and the media following her debut 1998 single, "... Baby One More Time."

Williams and Spears also share commonalities in their relationships with their fathers. Spears has publicly struggled with her relationship with her father Jamie Spears, who placed an involuntary Spears under a conservatorship in February 2008, per Billboard. While speaking to GQ, Williams revealed that she and her father Larry Williams haven't spoken since he and Williams' mother, Carla Williams, divorced. "We're not in contact at the moment," the actor admitted in regard to her father. "But maybe that will change."