Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Mary Elizabeth Winstead): filmography, biography and personal life of the actress (photo)

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American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28, 1984 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Five years after Mary's birth, her parents James Ronald and Betty Lou Winstead decided to move to Utah's capital, S alt Lake City.

Broadway

Growing up Mary Elizabeth did not play with dolls, she danced and sang from morning to evening. When the girl was 11 years old, her mother assigned her to the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School in New York. There, Mary got the opportunity not only to do ballet, but also to study acting. During her studies, she was accepted into the troupe of the theater on Broadway, which was just launching a new musical "Joseph and his amazing, colorful dreamcoat".

TV debut

Young Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose photos have already been sent to theatrical agents, participated in performances on Broadway for a while, but she was more attracted to a career in cinema,and she made her debut at the age of 13 in John Masius' series Touched by an Angel. The role was inconspicuous, episodic, but Mary felt like an actress. She then played Jessica Bennett on NBC's Passion, which ran from 1999 to 2000. In addition, Winstead took part in the television movie "Monster Island" and the TV series "Wolf Lake".

Debut in a big movie

In 2005, Mary Elizabeth Winstead made her film debut, landing the role of Lisa Apple in the comedy "Making Room" directed by Jeff Hare. During filming, the actress met horror director James Wong, and a little later, Glen Morgan, who also created horror films.

The further creative career of the actress in the cinema is primarily associated with her role as the "scream queen", the so-called performers of roles in horror films attacked by cruel murderers, sadists and tormentors. In 2006, Mary Elizabeth starred in the horror film "Black Christmas" directed by Glen Morgan, playing the role of Heather Fitzgerald, who died at the hands of a ruthless killer. In the same year, the actress played the role of Wendy Christensen in the horror film Final Destination 3 directed by James Wong. The heroine, in the course of the development of the plot, watches her friends and acquaintances die from accidents that cannot be predicted. However, Wendy has photographs in which fatal circumstances are seen in advance, whenpeople. No one sees the bloody pictures except her.

Creative aspirations of the actress

However, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is not going to act only in horror films, she is not inspired by the reputation of the "scream queen". Like every self-respecting actress, Winstead dreams of playing dramatic roles or, at worst, comedic ones. Therefore, she accepted the invitation of director Mike Mitchell to participate in the film "Aerobatics", where she was to play Gwen Grayson, a supporting role, but she was not accompanied by death screams. Fantastic comedy for family viewing is the best suited to the creative aspirations of the actress. Thus, films with Mary Elizabeth Winstead are presented in sufficient variety.

Success

In 2007, the actress starred in the fourth film in the Die Hard series with Bruce Willis as Detective John McClain. And although the plot of the picture turned out to be quite tense for Mary Elizabeth and did not exclude the chilling cries for help from her heroine, McClain's daughter, Lucy, she was satisfied with her role. In addition, according to the special rules of Hollywood, for the fact that Winstead starred in the same film with Bruce Willis, her rating was significantly increased. And it was really nice to get around such star actresses as Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Taylor Fry and Paris Hilton, who announced and auditioned for the role of Lucy.

Six years later, another, fifth in a row, "Die Hard" with John McClain was released. This timethe events unfolded in Russia and were associated with Russian oligarchs, radioactive materials, as well as with family troubles of McClain himself, who had to pull his own son out of prison, convicted of participating in a contract killing. McClane's daughter Lucy, again played by Mary Elizabeth, did nothing during the story, just being her father's daughter while he ran and shot. However, the rating of the actress has also increased in this case, regardless of her activity.

Famous director Quentin Tarantino invited Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose height, weight and other data fully meet the requirements of cinema, for the role of Lee in the film "Grindhouse". Lee's character is rather decorative, without any semantic load, but not a single Hollywood movie can do without such roles, the audience wants to see beautiful women on the screen. More than $50 million was spent on filming, but the picture failed miserably at the box office in the spring of 2007.

Main Role

In 2010, the film directed by Edgar Wright "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" was filmed at Universal Pictures. Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the main role, Ramona Flowers, which Scott got after a number of boyfriends, among which were: a skateboarder, a rocker, twins and other sports men, only 7. And Pilgrim had to fight with each of them, in a different way he would not received Ramona for his use. The script of the film could be envied by Jackie Chan, there were so many fights andmartial arts. In preparation for filming, all the actors trained for five to six hours at a special camp on the outskirts of Los Angeles under the guidance of a trainer. Ramona also learned to wrestle, that is, the actress Winstead.

Filmography

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (her filmography today contains about 30 pictures) hopes to star in more than a dozen interesting projects in the future. The list includes some films of different years with the participation of the actress:

• Year 2004 - "Monster Island" directed by Jack Perez / Maddie.
• Year 2005 - "Making Room" directed by Jeff Hare / Lisa Apple.
• Year 2005 - Aerobatics directed by Mike Mitchell / Gwen Grayson.
• Year 2005 - "Ring-2" directed by Hideo Nakata / Evelyn.
• Year 2006 - "Bobby" directed by Emilio Estevez / Susan Taylor.
• Year 2006 - "Black Christmas" directed by Glen Morgan / Heather Fitzgerald.
• Year 2007 - "Death Proof" Directed by Quentin Tarantino / Lee.
• Year 2007 - "I Seduced Andy Warhol" directed by John Hickenlooper / Ingrid.
• Year 2008 - Take a Step Directed by Darren Grant / Lauryn Kirk.
• Year 2010 - "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" directed by Edgar Wright / Ramona Flowers.
• Year 2011 - "The Thing" directed by Mattis van Heinigen / Kate Lloyd.
• Year 2011 - "Magnificat" directed by Riley Stearns / Lynn.
• Year 2012 - "President Lincoln: Hunter onvampires", directed by Timur Bekmambetov / Mary Todd Lincoln.
• Year 2012 - "The Beauty Within" directed by Drake Doremus / Dashing.
• Year 2012 - "In the trash", directed by James Ponsoldt / Kate Hanna.
• Year 2013 - "Adult Children of Divorce" directed by Stu Zicherman / Lauren Stinger.
• Year 2013 - "An Exciting Time" directed by James Ponsoldt / Holly Keely.
• Year 2014 - "To Kill the Messenger" directed by Michael Cuesta / Dawn Garcia.

And finally

For fans interested in Mary Elizabeth Winstead's personal life, the actress is married to director and screenwriter Riley Stearns, whom the 18-year-old actress met on a cruise. The wedding ceremony took place in 2010.