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Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Birthday: 1984-11-28 | Place of Birth: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Her first significant role came as Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera Passions (1999–2000) and she went on to appear in series such as Tru Calling (2004) and films including the superhero film Sky High (2005). She came to wider attention as a scream queen for her roles in the horror series Wolf Lake (2001–2002), the giant monster film Monster Island (2004), the supernatural horror film Final Destination 3 (2006), the slasher film Black Christmas (2006), and the exploitation horror film Death Proof (2007). Further success came with her roles as John McClane's daughter Lucy Gennero-McClane in Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Her critically acclaimed performance as an alcoholic struggling with sobriety in the Sundance drama Smashed (2012) was followed by a series of roles in other well-received independent films, including The Beauty Inside (2012), The Spectacular Now (2013), Faults (2014), Alex of Venice (2014), and, Swiss Army Man (2016). Winstead continued her Scream Queen roles in the sci-fi horror film The Thing (2011), as Mary Todd Lincoln in the fantasy horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), and in the psychological horror thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). She reprised her role as Lucy Gennero-McClane in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) and returned to television with roles in the supernatural drama series The Returned (2015), the political satire science fiction comedy series BrainDead (2016), the period medical drama series Mercy Street (2016–17) and the black comedy crime drama anthology series Fargo (2017). Other roles include the comedy drama All About Nina (2018), the action thriller Gemini Man (2019), and as the Huntress in Birds of Prey (2020).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
A Gentleman in Moscow

as    Anna Urbanova

2024
Rich Flu

as    Laura Palmer

2024
Jack and Jim: Mayhem in Handsville

as    Ramona Flowers (cameo)

2023
Ahsoka

as    Hera Syndulla

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

as    Ramona Flowers (voice)

2021
Kate

as    Kate

2020
2020
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis

as    Self - Ramona Flowers

2019
Gemini Man

as    Danny Zakarweski

2019
The Parts You Lose

as    Gail

2018
All About Nina

as    Nina Geld

2017
So It Goes

as    Samantha

2016
The Hollars

as    Gwen

2016
BrainDead

as    Laurel Healy

2016
Mercy Street

as    Mary Phinney

2016
10 Cloverfield Lane

as    Michelle

2016
Swiss Army Man

as    Sarah

2015
Alex of Venice

as    Alex

2015
The Returned

as    Rowan Blackshaw

2014
Kill the Messenger

as    Anna Simons

2014
Faults

as    Claire

2013
The Spectacular Now

as    Holly Keely

2013
A.C.O.D.

as    Lauren Stinger

2013
A Good Day to Die Hard

as    Lucy McClane

2012
Smashed

as    Kate Hannah

2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

as    Mary Todd Lincoln