What Michelle Williams Recalls About Being on ‘Baywatch’ at 12 Years Old

Baywatch was a legendary show that featured cameos by many A-list stars, and Michelle Williams is among that group. 

While speaking on Entertainment Weekly‘s The Awardist podcast, the Dying for Sex actress spoke about appearing on season 4 of the bikini-and-beach series in 1993 as Bridget Bowers, who had a crush on Jeremy Jackson‘s character, Hobie.

“I don’t remember much,” Williams, 44, said of her time on the show. “I just remember the bikini hanging in my trailer.”

The Baywatch episode titled “Race Against Time, Part I” actually marked Williams’s television debut. She then returned a few months later as “Hobie’s Groupie.”

When asked if those two characters were the same person, the five-time Academy Award nominee laughed, “Whoa… I mean… I don’t know who is equipped to answer that question. Not me. That might be some stuff for the chat.”

The Brokeback Mountain star was merely 12 years old when she appeared on Baywatch, so she wasn’t exactly overanalyzing her role or her time on the set.

“I didn’t know what thoughts to think,” the mother of four admitted. “It was all kind of experience and very little processing.”

Others who made cameos on Baywatch over the years include Bryan Cranston, Mila Kunis, David Spade, Sofia Vergara and Mariska Hargitay. 

Williams, meanwhile, earned her two Emmy nominations for Dying for Sex, one for Outstanding Limited Series and another for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.