Report: Michelle Williams and Jason Segel break up Actress Michelle Williams, a cast member in the motion picture adventure fantasy' "Oz The Great and Powerful'," attends the premiere of the film at El Capitan Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 13, 2013. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- New York-based actress Michelle Williams and Hollywood actor Jason Segel have broken up after about a year of dating, UsMagazine.com reported Tuesday. A source told the magazine the romance couldn't survive the long distance and the couple ended it this month. Segel recently signed up for a ninth and final season of the TV sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," which will keep him in Los Angeles. Williams lives with Matilda, her 7-year-old daughter, in Brooklyn. The little girl's father is the late actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2007 of an accidental drug overdose.