Jane Stoddard Williams Works in the Journalism Field like Her Husband

Jane Stoddard Williams and Brian Williams. | Source: Getty Images

Radio host Jane Stoddard Williams is the wife of MSNBC reporter Brian Williams and a lifetime resident of an affluent commuter town an hour outside New York. Her daughter, Allison Williams, starred in the horror hit "M3GAN."

Jane Stoddard Williams raised two children with Brian Williams on the Connecticut Gold Coast. Both her kids have found success in their respective fields.

The Duke alum is fluent in Russian. Her father worked in the media industry, she met her future husband on the job at the TV station, and her son has also followed his parents into broadcasting.

Radio host Jane Williams attends the 38th Annual Gracie Awards Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 21, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California. | Source: Getty Images

Jane Stoddard Williams Is a Host and Executive Producer at Bloomberg

Jane Gillan Stoddard was raised by Patricia Stoddard and Hudson G. Stoddard in New Canaan, Connecticut, where she went to New Canaan Country School. She obtained a degree in political science and Russian magna cum laude from Duke University.

Her mother was the Director of Administration at Champion International Corporation. Her father was the Vice President of Marketing for WNET/ Channel 13 and helped build the PBS station in New York City. Abolitionist Owen Lovejoy was the producer's great-great-grandfather. He was a Congregational minister and Republican congressman from Illinois.

There are many educators in her family, a profession she is in "awe" of. She is the host of "Bloomberg EDU," a weekly radio show that covers education. She serves on the board of an education non-profit, Horizons National.

They Met When Jane Was the Executive Producer Of "Panorama"

The couple met in Washington while they were working on "Panorama" - she was an executive producer, and he was a new reporter on the public affairs television show.

Allison appreciates her mother's lessons, such as standing up for herself and other women and girls...

Jane and Brian said their wedding vows at the First Presbyterian Church in her hometown on June 7, 1986. Martha Gantsoudes and Richard Sims were the matron of honor and best man, respectively. The couple settled in New Canaan in a $2 million mansion.

Brian Williams, Jane Stoddard Williams, Alexander Dreymon, Allison Williams, Douglas Williams, and Emily Altieri attend the Los Angeles Premiere Of Universal Pictures' "M3GAN" at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 7, 2022, in Hollywood, California. | Source: Getty Images

Popular Actress Allison Williams Is One of Their Children

Jane and Brian have two children, Douglas "Doug" Williams, and actress Allison Williams. Doug is an anchor at CBS New York. Previously he worked for the Yankee Entertainment Network and hosted "Geico SportsNite."

He has been married to Emily Altieri since October 1, 2022, who works in marketing and strategy. The anchor was a "reverend" for a weekend when he officiated a friend's wedding at the beginning of that year.

The producer's daughter, Allison Williams, was born on April 13, 1988. Like her mother, she attended an Ivy League college, Yale University. She wrote and starred as Kate Middleton on the TV series "Will & Kate: Before Happily Ever After." She got her big break a year later as Marnie in Lena Dunham's "Girls."

Allison appreciates her mother's lessons, such as standing up for herself and other women and girls and using her "good fortune to the benefit of others." In March 2017, she honored Jane on International Women's Day:

“I am so fortunate to have had her to look up to. Fierce, brave, intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, curious, determined, beautiful, and fun. For those lucky enough to know her, there is no better teammate.”

Since Allison portrayed the worst girlfriend in the world in the Oscar-winning horror "Get Out" in 2017, she has not strayed too far from the genre. She was a child progeny cello player in "The Perfection" and played the lead role in the 2022 PG-13 box office hit "M3GAN."

Tom Hanks officiated her wedding to Ricky Van Veen on September 19, 2015, at the suggestion of her "Girls" TV mom, Rita Wilson. The couple got divorced after four years of marriage in 2019. As of December 2022, she is engaged to actor Alexander Dreymon, star of the Netflix epic, "The Last Kingdom."

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