Ashley Williams ( actress ) - wikipedia Ashley Williams ( actress ) Not to be confused with Ashley C. Williams. Ashley Williams Dodson Ashley Churchill Williams ( 1978 - 11 - 12 ) November 12, 1978 ( age 39 ) Westchester County, New York, U.S. Years active 1993 -- present Spouse ( s ) Neal Dodson ( m. 2011 ) Children Ashley Williams Dodson ( professional name Ashley Williams ) ( born November 12, 1978 ) is an American film, television, and theater actress. She is best known for her starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Over the many years of its run, Williams played fan favorite Victoria on the hit CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She 's worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off - Broadway, and on Broadway. Williams is also a certified birth doula. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Personal life Williams was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Linda Barbara ( née Payne ), a fundraiser for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Gurney Williams III, a freelance health and science writer. She is the younger sister of actress Kimberly Williams - Paisley and is sister - in - law to country music star Brad Paisley. Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. In May 2001 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre. Williams married independent film producer Neal Dodson on May 29, 2011. They have two sons : Gus Williams Dodson ( b. October 5, 2014 ) and Odie Sal Dodson ( b. May 17, 2017 ). In the summer of 2016, Williams was two months pregnant and suffered a miscarriage. She partnered with the Human Development Project to speak publicly about the experience, in hopes of reducing the stigma of miscarriage and encouraging more women to talk openly about it. Career Williams made her big - screen acting debut in a non-speaking role in the 1993 drama Indian Summer, which also featured her sister Kimberly. She then spent from 1994 to 1996 playing teenage Danielle Andropoulos on the soap opera As the World Turns. Williams starred in the television series Good Morning, Miami ( 2002 -- 2004 ). Since then she has also appeared in episodes of Psych, How I Met Your Mother, multiple episodes of E-Ring, multiple episodes of Huff, Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, multiple episodes of Side Order of Life, The Mentalist, Monk, C.S.I., Royal Pains, multiple episodes of Saving Grace, Love Bites, The Protector, The Mentalist, Retired at 35, and multiple episodes of Warehouse 13. Williams also had a guest - starring role on American Dreams, playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw 's 1964 hit `` ( There 's ) Always Something There to Remind Me '' on American Bandstand. In 2006, she starred in the Off Broadway play Burleigh Grime $ and appeared as Victoria, a cupcake baker, on six episodes of the television series How I Met Your Mother ; a role she reprised in the concluding seasons of the show. In 2010, she starred in the made - for - TV Lifetime movies, Patricia Cornwell 's The Front and At Risk, which premiered on the channel on April 17, 2010. She also won an on - line straw poll conducted by the How I Met Your Mother production staff as to which ex-girlfriend of Ted Mosby, the show 's main character, is the fans ' favorite. Her character, Victoria, won 128 to 117 over Robin Scherbatsky, with a smattering of votes for other candidates. In 2011 and 2012, she played the role of Claire in a film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, and her college roommate Ginnifer Goodwin, and she also reprised her role as Victoria on How I Met Your Mother. She made her Broadway debut in John Grisham 's A Time To Kill playing law student Ellen Roarke, on September 28, 2013, with the opening night on October 20, 2013. She had previously worked at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and also worked as the understudy for both Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol opposite Paul Rudd in the world premiere Off - Broadway production of Neil LaBute 's play The Shape of Things. She performed both lead female roles multiple times during the run. In 2015 and 2016, Williams starred as a fictionalized version of comedian Jim Gaffigan 's real life wife in The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy central, a sitcom about a couple raising their five young children in a two - bedroom New York City apartment which also starred Michael Ian Black and Adam Goldberg. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Indian Summer Ida Heinken List, The The List Short film 2007 Numero Dos Ashleigh Short film 2009 Eight Percent, The The Eight Percent Laura Short film Heterosexuals Rhonda 2011 Scents and Sensibility Elinor Dashwood Margin Call Heather Burke Something Borrowed Claire 2012 Hearing Voices Short film 2013 Sequin Raze Rebecca Short film Christmas in the City Wendy Carroll 2014 Lovesick Felicia A Most Violent Year Lange Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 -- 1996 As the World Turns Danielle Andropoulos Recurring role 2002 Dawson 's Creek Lory Glory Episode : `` Swan Song '' 2002 -- 2004 Good Morning, Miami Dylan Messinger Main role, 39 episodes 2003 American Dreams Sandie Shaw Episode : `` High Hopes '' Snow Sandy Brooks Television film ( ABC ) 2005 Monk Darlene Coolidge / Theresa Scott Episode : `` Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding '' 2005 -- 2006 E-Ring Beth Wilkerson Recurring role, 6 episodes 2006 Amy Coyne Amy Coyne Television film ( Fox ) Huff Alyssa Recurring role, 8 episodes Him and Us Nina Television film ( ABC ) 2006 -- 2014 How I Met Your Mother Victoria Recurring role ( seasons 1, 7 -- 9 ), 15 episodes 2007 Imperfect Union Ronnie Television film ( TBS ) Making It Legal Julie Television film ( ABC ) Psych Trish Connors Episode : `` Forget Me Not '' Montana Sky Willa Mercy Television film ( Lifetime ) Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Laura Kozlowski Episode : `` Haystack '' Side Order of Life Becca Main role 2008 Night Life Jenny Television film ( Fox ) Snow 2 : Brain Freeze Sandy Brooks Television film ( ABC Family ) Novel Adventures Lizzie McKenzie 8 episodes 2009 -- 2010 Saving Grace Amanda Dewey Recurring role, 5 episodes New Adventures of Old Christine, The The New Adventures of Old Christine Store Clerk Amy Episode : `` Sweet Charity '' At Risk Stump Television film ( Lifetime ) The Front Stump Television film ( Lifetime ) Untitled Adam Carolla Project N / A Unsold television pilot 2011 Retired at 35 Lilah Fabricant `` Stuck in the Meddle '' Bird Dog Gail McGrath Television film ( TNT ) Love Bites Bridget Episode : `` Too Much Information '' Protector, The The Protector N / A Episode : `` Rats '' Warehouse 13 Sally Stukowski 4 episodes Mentalist, The The Mentalist Anna Dugan Episode : `` The Redshirt '' 2012 Wedding Band, The The Wedding Band Denise Episodes : `` End of the World as We Know It '', `` 99 Problems '' CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Debbie Hicks Episode : `` Stealing Home '' Royal Pains Sydney Bartlett Episodes : `` You Give Love a Bad Name '', `` About Face '' 2014 The Good Wife Christina Barrett Episode : `` We, the Juries '' 2015 -- 2016 The Jim Gaffigan Show Jeannie Gaffigan Main role 2015 October Kiss Poppy Summerall Television film ( Hallmark ) 2016 Love on a Limb Aimie Television film ( Hallmark ) 2017 Girls Ginny Episode : `` All I Ever Wanted '' Christmas in Evergreen Allie Television film ( Hallmark ) References Jump up ^ Karger, Dave ( September 13, 2002 ). `` Good Morning, Miami ''. Fall TV Preview. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 28, 2006. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Ashley Williams : Overview ''. TV.com. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ Parker, Heidi ; Enriquez, Justin ( 23 October 2014 ). `` How I Met Your Mother star Ashley Williams welcomes first child Gus into the world ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ `` It 's a Boy ! Ashley Williams Welcomes Son Odie Sal ''. PEOPLE.com. 2017 - 06 - 07. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. Jump up ^ Williams, Ashley ( September 9, 2016 ). `` I Need to Talk About My Miscarriage ''. Retrieved October 1, 2016. Jump up ^ Isherwood, Charles ( June 14, 2006 ). `` Burleigh Grime $ : A Vengeful Financier and His Clueless Apprentice ''. Theater Review. The New York Times. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth ( 13 June 2006 ). `` Burleigh Grimes, Wall Street Comedy With Music, Opens June 13 ''. Playbill. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ HIMYM Production ( @ himymprod ) ( 26 Aug 2010 ). `` Victoria has 128 votes ! Robin follows closely with 117, Stella rolls in with 26 and Blah Blah rounds out the top four with 22. : ) '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ `` TV Land releases extended scene from new comedy `` Younger '' featuring Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff '' ( PDF ) ( Press release ). Viacom. December 4, 2014. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 17. 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Question: who plays victoria on how i met your mother
Answer: Ashley Williams Dodson (professional name Ashley Williams)