Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham

Known for
Acting
Born
May 16, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Biography

Mary Megan "Mare" Winningham (born May 16, 1959) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Your Friends & Neighbors poster

Your Friends & Neighbors

TV · as Elaine Naft · 1 ep

2024
Rob Peace poster

Rob Peace

Movie · as Professor Durham

2024
Death Wish poster

Death Wish

Movie · as Mom (voice)

2024
Girl From the North Country poster

Girl From the North Country

Movie · as Elizabeth Laine

2022
All My Puny Sorrows poster

All My Puny Sorrows

Movie · as Lottie Von Riesen

2021
Dopesick poster

Dopesick

TV · as Diane Mallum · 7 eps

2020
News of the World poster

News of the World

Movie · as Doris Boudlin

2020
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Jeannie Anderson · 10 eps

2019
Dark Waters poster

Dark Waters

Movie · as Darlene Kiger

2018
The Seagull poster

The Seagull

Movie · as Polina Andryevna

2018
O.G. poster

O.G.

Movie · as Janice

2017
Geostorm poster

Geostorm

Movie · as Cassandra Jennings

2014
The Affair poster

The Affair

TV · as Cherry Lockhart · 14 eps

2013
Philomena poster

Philomena

Movie · as Mary Hess

2013
Under the Dome poster

Under the Dome

TV · as Agatha Seagrave · 2 eps

2012
Mirror Mirror poster

Mirror Mirror

Movie · as Baker Margaret

2012
Hatfields & McCoys poster

Hatfields & McCoys

TV · as Sally McCoy · 3 eps

2011
Mildred Pierce poster

Mildred Pierce

TV · as Ida Corwin · 5 eps

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as Alicia Spencer, Hazel Evers, Sally Keffler, Rita Gayheart · 1 ep

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Terry Beckett · 1 ep

2009
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Elsie Cahill

2008
Swing Vote poster

Swing Vote

Movie · as Larissa Johnson

2007
War Eagle, Arkansas poster

War Eagle, Arkansas

Movie · as Belle, Enoch's Mother

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as Ellis Hartley Monroe · 2 eps

2005
The Magic of Ordinary Days poster

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Movie · as Martha

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Susan Grey · 5 eps

2004
Dandelion poster

Dandelion

Movie · as Layla Mullich

2004
The Adventures of Ociee Nash poster

The Adventures of Ociee Nash

Movie · as Aunt Mamie Nash

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Katherine Donovan · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Patrice Kelly · 2 eps

2004
Clubhouse poster

Clubhouse

TV · as Lynne Young · 12 eps

2003
The Maldonado Miracle poster

The Maldonado Miracle

Movie · as Maisie

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Celeste Cooper (2010) · 1 ep

2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire poster

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

TV · as Dottie Shaw · 8 eps

2002
Tru Confessions poster

Tru Confessions

Movie · as Ginny

2001
Snap Decision poster

Snap Decision

Movie · as Jennifer Bradley

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Eileen Piper · 1 ep

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Elaine Al-Zacar · 2 eps

2001
Night Visions poster

Night Visions

TV · as Kate Morris (segment "Still Life") · 1 ep

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal poster

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

Movie · as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph

2000
Sharing the Secret poster

Sharing the Secret

Movie · as Dr. Nina Moss

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal poster

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

TV · as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph · 2 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Sandra Blaine · 1 ep

1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke poster

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

TV · as Chandi Heffner · 4 eps

1998
Little Girl Fly Away poster

Little Girl Fly Away

Movie · as Cath

1998
Everything That Rises poster

Everything That Rises

Movie · as Kyle Clay

1997
George Wallace poster

George Wallace

Movie · as Lurleen Wallace

1997
Under Pressure poster

Under Pressure

Movie · as Catherine Braverton

1997
George Wallace poster

George Wallace

TV · as Lurleen Wallace · 2 eps

1996
The Boys Next Door poster

The Boys Next Door

Movie · as Sheila

1996
The Deliverance of Elaine poster

The Deliverance of Elaine

Movie · as Elaine Hodges

1995
Georgia poster

Georgia

Movie · as Georgia Flood

1995
Letter to My Killer poster

Letter to My Killer

Movie

1994
Wyatt Earp poster

Wyatt Earp

Movie · as Mattie Blaylock

1994
The War poster

The War

Movie · as Lois Simmons

1994
Teresa's Tattoo poster

Teresa's Tattoo

Movie · as Singer

1994
Betrayed by Love poster

Betrayed by Love

Movie · as Dana

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Dr. Maggie de Santo · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Amanda Lee · 4 eps

1993
Sexual Healing poster

Sexual Healing

Movie · as Marta

1993
Better Off Dead. poster

Better Off Dead.

Movie · as Kit Kellner

1992
Those Secrets poster

Those Secrets

Movie · as Faye

1992
Hard Promises poster

Hard Promises

Movie · as Dawn

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Sarah McCain · 2 eps

1992
Intruders poster

Intruders

TV · as Mary Wilkes · 2 eps

1991
She Stood Alone poster

She Stood Alone

Movie · as Prudence Crandall

1991
Fatal Exposure poster

Fatal Exposure

Movie · as Jamie Hurd

1990
Crossing to Freedom poster

Crossing to Freedom

Movie · as Nicole Rougeron

1990
Love and Lies poster

Love and Lies

Movie · as Kim Paris

1989
Turner & Hooch poster

Turner & Hooch

Movie · as Emily Carson

1988
Miracle Mile poster

Miracle Mile

Movie · as Julie Peters

1988
God Bless the Child poster

God Bless the Child

Movie · as Theresa Johnson

1987
Made in Heaven poster

Made in Heaven

Movie · as Brenda Carlucci

1987
Shy People poster

Shy People

Movie · as Candy

1987
Eye on the Sparrow poster

Eye on the Sparrow

Movie · as Ethel Lee

1986
A Winner Never Quits poster

A Winner Never Quits

Movie · as Annie

1986
Who Is Julia? poster

Who Is Julia?

Movie · as Mary Frances Bodine

1986
Nobody's Fool poster

Nobody's Fool

Movie · as Pat

1985
St. Elmo's Fire poster

St. Elmo's Fire

Movie · as Wendy Beamish

1985
One Too Many poster

One Too Many

Movie · as Beth

1985
Love Is Never Silent poster

Love Is Never Silent

Movie · as Margaret Ryder

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button") · 1 ep

1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Movie · as Helen Keller

1984
Single Bars, Single Women poster

Single Bars, Single Women

Movie · as Bootsie

1983
The Thorn Birds poster

The Thorn Birds

TV · as Justine ONeill · 4 eps

1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story poster

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Movie · as Kate Bradshaw

1981
Threshold poster

Threshold

Movie · as Carol Severance

1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek poster

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

Movie · as Locksley Claitor

1981
Freedom poster

Freedom

Movie · as Libby Bellow

1980
One Trick Pony poster

One Trick Pony

Movie · as Modeena Dandridge

1980
Off the Minnesota Strip poster

Off the Minnesota Strip

Movie · as Micki Johansen

1980
The Women's Room poster

The Women's Room

Movie · as Chris

1980
Amber Waves poster

Amber Waves

Movie · as Marlene Burkhardt

1979
The Death of Ocean View Park poster

The Death of Ocean View Park

Movie · as Jenny Flowers

1978
Special Olympics

Special Olympics

Movie · as Janice Gallitzin

1978
The Young Pioneers poster

The Young Pioneers

TV · as Nettie Peters · 3 eps

1977
Big Hawaii poster

Big Hawaii

TV · 1 ep

1976
Family poster

Family

TV · as Merilee · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Joey Carston · 1 ep

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Beth · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Margaret Ryder, Sheila, Martha · 1 ep