Former Dawson's Creek stars Busy Philipps and Joshua Jackson have congratulated Michelle Williams on her fifth Oscar nomination for her work on The Fabelmans.

Philipps, who joined the teen drama as Audrey in season five, posted a sweet throwback snap of Williams on Instagram along with a touching caption sharing how proud she is of her long-time friend.

"I’m just gonna go back in time and tell this kid that she’s going to have 5 OSCAR NOMINATIONS in the next 20 years," she wrote. "And a BEAUTIFUL family. And be surrounded by love."

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Phillips continued: "I love you MW. Proud of you forever for building the life and career you dreamed of, even though the absolute overwhelming grief of being human had you wondering if you could at times.

"But then you would dig deep and try again. It’s one of my favorite things about you. You have never NEVER stopped trying.

"A new way, a new recipe, a new parenting style, a new author, a new approach to work, a new love, a new role…but always the same loving brilliant gentle sensitive funny wild thoughtful beautiful beautiful BEAUTIFUL you."

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Jackson, who played Dawson's BFF Pacey Witter for all six seasons of the show, re-shared the post on his Instagram Stories and wrote: "5 Academy Award nominations!!! Holy Moses."

Poking fun at the nostalgic photo, he added: "I don’t know but I imagine that this was taken in some dingy watering hole when we were all kids. What an amazing journey you have been on. Congratulations!"

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Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans is based on the director's own life, following the young Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) as he falls in love with movies and begins to make his own at home.

His mother, Mitzi (Williams), is supportive of her son, but soon the Fabelmans' family life begins to spiral out of control.

The Fabelmans is released in UK cinemas on January 27.

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