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broke her silence on on Sunday night at the .
Williams, 45, co-starred alongside Van Der Beek on the teen drama Dawson's Creek, which .
Van Der Beek died on February 11 at age 48 following a battle with colorectal .
Speaking with ET, Williams said about the late actor, 'I’m thinking about him and I’m thinking about his family constantly.
'It’s been such an amazing thing, as James‘s friend and a friend of the family, to see the response in the wake of his passing.'
She went on to reference the as she added, 'I just really want to say thank you to each and every person who has contributed to sustaining their lives and their children’s lives. It’s an incredibly meaningful thing to witness.'
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Michelle Williams broke her silence on James Van Der Beek's death on Sunday night at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards
Williams, 45, co-starred alongside Van Der Beek on the teen drama Dawson's Creek, which lasted six seasons between 1998 and 2003
Van Der Beek is survived by wife Kimberly and their six children – daughters Olivia, 15, Annabel, 12, Emilia, nine, and Gwendolyn, seven, as well as sons Joshua, 13, and Jeremiah, four.
After initially posting a $500,00 goal, the page has surpassed $2.7 million through more than 46,000 donations.
L-R Dawson's Creek castmates Joshua Jackson, Williams, Van Der Beek, and Katie Holmes
Williams as Jen Lindley and Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery
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Van Der Beek's widow Kimberly (far left) posed alongside Williams (right center), Busy Philipps (left center), and Katie Holmes (far right) in a September 2025 Instagram post depicting their close bond
She captioned, 'Going deeper with these ladies has been so bitter sweet. They are magic, kind, gifted, heart forward and... sacred.
'Missed my guy so. But the support and the love has been healing to the core. Will post more along the way. This was a fun spontaneous one as we all ran up and down several flights of stairs to our dressing rooms.'
On the day of his death, Philipps paid tribute to Van Der Beek with a touching Instagram post.
Sharing two throwback photos of them together, she wrote, 'My heart is deeply hurting for all of us today…every person who knew James and loved him, anyone who loved his work or had the pleasure of meeting him, all of his dear friends and community that surrounded him as he battled this illness, especially his parents and brother and sister.
'But I am profoundly heartbroken for his incredible wife Kimberly and their six magical children. There is a go fund me for them to help out and i’ll put the link in my stories.
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'James Van Der Beek was one in a billion and he will be forever missed and i don’t know what else to say. i am just so so sad. He was my friend and i loved him and i’m so grateful for our friendship all these years.❤️'
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