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

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

Broadway

Growing up Mary Elizabeth did not play with dolls, she danced and sang from morning till night. When the girl was 11 years old, her mother identified her in the prestigious ballet school Joffrey Ballet School in New York. There, Mary got the opportunity not only to practice ballet, but also to learn acting skills. During her studies she was accepted into the theater company on Broadway, in which the new musical "Joseph and his wonderful, colorful coat of dreams" was just launched.

The debut on television

Young Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose photo had already been sent to theatrical agents, took part in Broadway performances for some time, but she was more attracted to a career in film, and at the age of 13 she made her debut in John Masius's "Touch of the Angel." The role was inconspicuous, episodic, but Mary felt like an actress. Then she played Jessica Bennett in the TV series "Passion" on NBC, which was filmed from 1999 to 2000. In addition, Winstead took part in the television movie "Island of monsters" and the series "Wolf Lake".

Debut in a big movie

In 2005, Mary Elizabeth Winstead debuted in a big movie, winning the role of Lisa Apple in the comedy "Clearing the Place" directed by Jeff Hae. During the filming, the actress met with the director of horror films James Wong, and later with Glen Morgan, who also created films in the manner of horror.

The further creative career of the actress in cinema is connected first of all with her role as "queen of scream", so they are called performers of roles in horror films attacked by cruel murderers, sadists and torturers. 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 movie "Destination-3" directed by James Wong. The heroine, during the development of the plot, watches her friends and acquaintances perish from accidents that can not be foreseen. However, Wendy has photographs that show fatal circumstances in advance, when people inevitably perish. Besides her, nobody sees bloody pictures.

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 "queen of screaming". Like every self-respecting actress, Winstead dreams of playing dramatic roles or, at worst, comedic. Therefore, she accepted the invitation of director Mike Mitchell to take part in the film "Aerobatics", where she was to play Gwen Grayson, a supporting role, but she was not accompanied by death cries. Fantastic comedy for family viewing perfectly suited the creative aspirations of the actress. Thus, the films with Mary Elizabeth Winstead are presented in sufficient variety.

Success

In 2007, the actress starred in the fourth film from the series "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis in the role of detective John McClain. And although the plot of the picture was for Mary Elizabeth rather tense and did not exclude the chilling cries for the help of her heroine, the daughter of McClain-Lucy, she was pleased with her role. In addition, according to the special rules of Hollywood, for the fact that Winstead starred in a 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 claimed and tried for the role of Lucy.

Six years later, another one, the fifth in a row, "Die Hard" with John McClain, was released. This time the events unfolded in Russia and were connected with Russian oligarchs, radioactive materials, as well as with family troubles of McClain himself, who had to get his own son, convicted for participation in contract murder, from prison. The daughter of McClain Lucy, this time also played by Mary Elizabeth, did nothing in the course of the story, she was just the daughter of her father while he ran and shot. However, the rating of the actress grew in this case, regardless of her activity.

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

the main role

In 2010, Universal Pictures filmed the film directed by Edgar Wright "Scott Pilgrim Against All". Mary Elizabeth Winstead played a major role, Ramona Flowers, who went to Scott after a number of boyfriends, including: skateboarder, rocker, twins and other athletic man's warehouse, total 7. And with each of them the Pilgrim had to fight, in another way he did not Received Ramon in his use. The script of the film could be envied by Jackie Chan, there were so many fights and martial arts in him. In preparation for the shooting, all the actors trained for five to six hours in a special camp on the outskirts of Los Angeles under the guidance of a coach. Learned to fight and Ramona, I mean actress Winstead.

Filmography

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (her filmography today contains about 30 paintings) hopes to withdraw in the future not in one dozen interesting projects. The list includes some films of different years with the participation of the actress:

• Year 2004 - "Monster Island", directed by Jack Perez / Maddy.
• Year 2005 - "Clearing the Place", directed by Jeff Hae / Lisa Apple.
• Year 2005 - "Aerobatics", directed by Mike Mitchell / Gwen Grayson.
• Year 2005 - "Bell-2", directed by Hideo Nakata / Evelyn.
• Year 2006 - "Bobby", directed by Emilio Esteves / Susan Taylor.
• Year 2006 - "Black Christmas", directed by Glen Morgan / Heather Fitzgerald.
• Year 2007 - "Proof of Death", directed by Quentin Tarantino / Lee.
• Year 2007 - "I seduced Andy Warhol," directed by John Hickenloper / Ingrid.
• Year 2008 - "Make a step", directed by Darren Grant / Lorin Kirk.
• Year 2010 - "Scott Pilgrim Against All", directed by Edgar Wright / Ramona Flowers.
• Year 2011 - "Something", directed by Mattis van Heinigen / Keith Lloyd.
• Year 2011 - "Magnificat", directed by Riley Stearns / Lynn.
• Year 2012 - "President Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter", directed by Timur Bekmambetov / Mary Todd Lincoln.
• Year 2012 - "Beauty inside", director Drake Doremus / Leah.
• Year 2012 - "In the trash," directed by James Ponsoldt / Kate Hannah.
• Year 2013 - "Adult children of divorce," directed by Stu Zicherman / Lauren Stinger.
• Year 2013 - "Breathtaking Time", directed by James Ponsoldt / Holly Keely.
• The year 2014 - "Kill the messenger," directed by Michael Cuesta / Down Garcia.

In conclusion

For fans who are interested in the personal life of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, we inform that the actress is married to the director and scriptwriter Riley Stearns, whom the 18-year-old actress met on the cruise. The wedding ceremony took place in 2010.