Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Truth’s Price Tag: The Unyielding Spirit of Kill the Messenger
What happens when one journalist’s truth shakes the foundations of power? Kill the Messenger (2014), directed by Michael Cuesta, doesn’t just tell the story of Gary Webb it thrusts you into his relent... Read more
A Farting Corpse and the Poetics of Absurdity: Unpacking *Swiss Army Man*
Swiss Army Man (2016), directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, is a cinematic oddity that wields its absurdity like a philosopher’s stone, transmuting the grotesque into a profound meditation on... Read more
Fleeting Joys and Quiet Truths: The Delicate Dance of The Spectacular Now
In The Spectacular Now (2013), director James Ponsoldt crafts a coming-of-age tale that sidesteps the genre’s predictable beats, opting instead for a raw, lived-in portrait of youth teetering on the e... Read more
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Director: Michael Cuesta
Director: Riley Stearns
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Director: John Moore
Director: James Ponsoldt
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
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