Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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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- 2025 · Rich Flu as
- 2024 · A Gentleman in Moscow as Anna Urbanova
- 2023 · Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as Ramona Flowers (voice)
- 2023 · Ahsoka as Hera Syndulla
- 2023 · Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action as Self
- 2021 · Kate as Kate
- 2020 · Long Way Up as Self
- 2020 · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis as Self - Ramona Flowers
- 2020 · Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress
- 2019 · Gemini Man as Danny Zakarweski
- 2019 · Love, Death & Robots as Gail
- 2019 · The Parts You Lose as Gail
- 2018 · All About Nina as Nina Geld
- 2018 · AAA - Worldwide From Monterrey as
- 2017 · Danger & Eggs as Trix Blixon (voice)
- 2017 · So It Goes as Samantha
- 2016 · The Hollars as Gwen
- 2016 · Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio as (voice)
- 2016 · Swiss Army Man as Sarah
- 2016 · BrainDead as Laurel Healy
- 2016 · 10 Cloverfield Lane as Michelle
- 2016 · Mercy Street as Mary Phinney
- 2015 · Alex of Venice as Alex
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · The Returned as Rowan Blackshaw
- 2014 · Kill the Messenger as Anna Simons
- 2014 · Fargo as Nikki Swango
- 2014 · Faults as Claire
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · A.C.O.D. as Lauren Stinger
- 2013 · The Spectacular Now as Holly Keely
- 2013 · A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Kate
- 2013 · A Good Day to Die Hard as Lucy McClane
- 2012 · The Beauty Inside as Leah
- 2012 · Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as Mary Todd Lincoln
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Casque as Girl
- 2012 · Smashed as Kate Hannah
- 2011 · Magnificat as Lynn
- 2011 · The Scarf as Woman
- 2011 · The Thing as Kate Lloyd
- 2011 · Cost of Living as The Computer (voice)
- 2010 · The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' as Self
- 2010 · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Ramona Flowers
- 2008 · Make It Happen as Lauryn Kirk
- 2007 · Live Free or Die Hard as Lucy McClane
- 2007 · Death Proof as Lee
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Lee Montgomery (segment "Death Proof")
- 2007 · May All Your Christmases Be Black as Self
- 2006 · Factory Girl as Ingrid Superstar
- 2006 · Black Christmas as Heather Fitzgerald
- 2006 · Bobby as Susan Taylor
- 2006 · Dead Teenager Movie as Self
- 2006 · Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' as Self
- 2006 · Final Destination 3 as Wendy Christensen
- 2005 · Sky High as Gwen Grayson / Royal Pain
- 2005 · Checking Out as Lisa Apple
- 2005 · The Ring Two as Young Evelyn
- 2004 · Monster Island as Maddy
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Bridget Elkins
- 2001 · Wolf Lake as Sophia Donner
- 2001 · Wolf Lake as Sophia Kohanek
- 1999 · Passions as Jessica Bennett
- 1999 · The Long Road Home as Annie Jacobs
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Promised Land as Chloe
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Kristy Cordis (uncredited)
- 2024 · The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as