Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1984
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 46 (Actor)
Biography submitted by survivorfan
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The Ring Two
The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller (Watts) and her son Aidan (Dorfman) in Seattle. To escape her haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However, Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local crime scene-including an unmarked videotape-seems eerily familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death. (DreamWorks)
+7
Sky High
Freshman Will Stronghold must learn to live up to the legacy of his superhero parents when he attends Sky High, a special high school for teens with superpowers.
Final Destination 3
When high school senior Wendy (Winstead) joins her friends for a Grad Night celebration at the local amusement park she experiences a vivid premonition of a fatal accident in which the roller-coaster becomes a death trap for her and her friends. But that's only the beginning. (New Line Cinema)
+6
Checking Out
A snappy, smart and heart-warming comedy for the 21st century unfolds against modern day Manhattan. Peter Falk stars as Morris Applebaum, a feisty retired thespian with deep roots in Broadway theater. On the eve of his 90th birthday, Morris invites his three middle-aged children back to his stylish apartment for the party of a lifetime. As a postscript, Morris informs them bluntly that after the party he plans to bring the curtain down on himself and make his "final exit." (imdb)
Bobby
Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California presidential primary. As day breaks Robert Kennedy arrives at the Ambassador Hotel; he'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend... (imdb)
Black Christmas
The remake of the classic 1974 horror thriller in which a sorority house is terrorized by a killer who makes frightening telephone calls before murdering the sorority sisters during the Christmas break. (Dimension Films)
+3
Factory Girl
Factory Girl imaginatively unfolds the comet-like rise and fall of 60s "it girl" Edie Sedgwick (Miller), the blazing superstar who came to define both the glamour and the tragedy of our celebrity-obsessed culture. (The Weinstein Company)
+9
Grindhouse
A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. "Grindhouse" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for "grinding out" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. (imdb)
Death Proof
Two separate pairs of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
+7
Live Free or Die Hard
On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle - but he never figures on an old-school "analog" fly in the "digital" ointment. Bruce Willis is John McClane. No mask. No cape. No problem.
+7
Monster Island
Trapped in the dreaded Bermuda Triangle with only an MTV camera crew to protect them, six freaked out friends attempt to rescue Carmen Electra and escape Monster Island. (First Look Studios)
+4
Make It Happen
Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery. (imdb)
+8
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
+5
The Thing
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. (imdb)
+4
Smashed
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter... and getting smashed. When Kate's partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something's got to give. But change isn't exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she's been spinning at work and her troubling relationship with her mother. (mubi.com)
+2
Magnificat
Magnificat (2011) - Short Film
A young woman is tormented by malevolent visions that begin to bleed into reality. (imdb)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. (imdb)
+2
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
A graphic designer's enviable life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him. (imdb)
The Spectacular Now
Sutter is a high school senior who lives for the moment; Aimee is the introvert he attempts to "save." As their relationship deepens, the lines between right and wrong, friendship and love, and "saving" and corrupting become inextricably blurred. (sundance.org)
+7
A.C.O.D.
Carter is a well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. So he thinks. When he discovers he was part of a divorce study as a child, it wreaks havoc on his family and forces him to face his chaotic past. (sundance.org)
+4
A Good Day to Die Hard
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. (imdb)
+2
Faults
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth. (imdb)
+10
Kill the Messenger
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. (imdb)
+3
The Hollars
Aspiring NYC artist John Hollar returns to his middle America hometown on the eve of his mother's brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind as his dysfunctional family, high school pals, and over-eager ex flood back into his life ahead of his mother's operation. (imdb)
+4
Alex of Venice
Workaholic attorney Alex is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves. Now faced with the humdrum and sometimes catastrophic events that permeate the fabric of our lives, Alex discovers both a vulnerability and inner strength she had not yet tapped all while trying to hold together her broken family. (imdb)
+6
Casque
Casque (2012) - Short Film
A girl recites French phrases, some less common than others.
The Returned
Focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, having not aged and unaware of their own fatality. As they attempt to resume their lives, strange phenomena and gruesome murders begin to occur. (imdb)
10 Cloverfield Lane
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter by two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack. (imdb)
+7
Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake (2001) - TV Series
Set in the Pacific Northwest, this suspense thriller explores what happens when werewolves overtake a small Seattle suburb.
Swiss Army Man
A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
+3
BrainDead
BrainDead (2016) - TV Series
A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians. (imdb)
All About Nina
Nina Geld (Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a difficult ex and to prepare for a prospectively life-changing audition, Nina flees to Los Angeles where she meets Rafe (Common), who challenges almost every preconception she has -- including those around her own deeply troubled past (imdb)
+9
The Parts You Lose
The film follows the unlikely friendship that unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family's rural North Dakota farm.
+12
Love, Death & Robots
An animated anthology series presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Gemini Man
An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
+11
The Long Road Home
After his mother died, 12 year old Seth George (T.J. Lowther) goes to live with his grandparents on their farm. Grouchy old Murdock (Michael Ansara) is not very happy with the presence of his grandson and is rather hard on him. He was strongly opposed to the mixed marriage of his daughter and doesn't want to hear anything about Seth's Indian father who died a hero in Vietnam when Seth was still a baby.
Showing Up
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell and Eli Wallach.
Exposed
Exposed (2015) - TV Movie
An investigative journalist relies on questionable methods in order to expose the truth.
Kate
A female assassin has 24 hours to get vengeance on her murderer before she dies.
Ahsoka
Ahsoka (2023) - TV Mini-Series
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. (imdb.com)
Fargo
Fargo (2014) - TV Series
+2
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
A 20-something Toronto indie rocker's adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.
The Beauty Inside
The Beauty Inside (2012) - TV Mini-Series
The story of "The Beauty Inside" is the story of a guy named Alex who wakes up every day as a different person. He is always the same person on the inside, but on the outside he is somebody else. When he meets Leah and falls in love, everything changes for him. He knows he will see her again, but she will never see him. (imdb)
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him. (imdb)
+7
Rich Flu
A strange disease kills off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively… Then it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune. With the whole world panicking, people try to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants.