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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1984-11-28

Birthplace:
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Credits:
72 Total Roles

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Acting

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She's best known for her movie roles as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress in Birds of Prey (2020), John McClane's daughter Lucy Gennero-McClane in Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), Holly Keely in The Spectacular Now (2013), Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), and Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Her best known TV roles are as Anna Urbanova on the Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow, Laurel Healy on CBS's BrainDead, Mary Phinney on PBS's Mercy Street, and Nikki Swango on the FX series Fargo.

In 2010, she married filmmaker Riley Stearns, whom she had met at age eighteen on an ocean cruise. She starred in and produced Stearns's debut feature film, Faults, in 2014. She announced their separation in May 2017 and their divorce was finalized later that year.

In May 2017, she began a relationship with actor Ewan McGregor, whom she had met on the set of the third season of the Fargo television series. Their son, Laurie, was born on June 27, 2021, and they married in April 2022.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle MOVIE Caitlin Morales
2024 Rich Flu MOVIE Laura Palmer
2024 A Gentleman in Moscow TV Anna Urbanova
2023 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off TV Ramona Flowers (voice)
2023 Ahsoka TV Hera Syndulla
2023 Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action MOVIE Self
2021 Kate MOVIE Kate
2020 Long Way Up TV Self
2020 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis MOVIE Self - Ramona Flowers
2020 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) MOVIE Helena Bertinelli / Huntress

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