Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead: astrology and birth chart
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Mary Elizabeth WINSTEAD,
born November 28, 1984 at 12:00 PM (unknown) in Rocky Mount (NC) (USA)
Sun in 6°39 Sagittarius, Moon in 18°26 Aquarius
Chinese Astrology: Wood Rat
Numerology: Birthpath 7
Height: Mary Elizabeth WINSTEAD is 5' 8" tall (1m73)

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Biography of Mary Elizabeth WINSTEAD

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is a SAG Award- and Young Artist Award-nominated American actress.

She has been called a scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis, because of her roles in such horror films as Final Destination 3, Death Proof, and Black Christmas, but has branched out into other genres, including comedy (Sky High), drama (Bobby) and action (Live Free or Die Hard).

Early life
Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the daughter of Betty Lou (née Knight) and James Ronald Winstead. When she was five, her family moved to Sandy, Utah. Her interest in performing art also began to emerge with interests in ballet and acting. As a child, Winstead appeared in the Mountain West Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. Hoping to become a ballerina, at the age of eleven, she received the opportunity to study dance in a summer program of the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. There, she studied ballet and jazz dance, but decided to also study acting. Winstead ended up appearing on Broadway during Donny Osmond’s successful run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She was also a member of the International Children's Choir during her youth and honed her skills performing at her church.


Career

Early career
She began her acting career in the late 1990s, guest starring in episodes of the CBS dramas Touched by an Angel and Promised Land, before being cast as Jessica Bennett in the NBC soap opera Passions, a role she played from 1999 to 2000. She subsequently appeared in the short-lived CBS drama series Wolf Lake (2001-2002), and in the made-for-television film Monster Island (2002).


Mainstream success
Trying her hand at comedy, she went the independent film route as the Jewish daughter of a large, zany family in the indie feature Checking Out, but her screen time fared better in the more mainstream Walt Disney Pictures confection Sky High, which was both financially and critically successful. She starred as Gwen Grayson, the in-disguise alter ego of the supervillain Royal Pain.

After the exposure Sky High provided, 2006 saw her forge a professional relationship with the creative team of James Wong and Glen Morgan, formerly best known for their memorable contributions to The X-Files. She and her co-star, Ryan Merriman, landed in the path of the grim reaper’s master plan in Final Destination 3. She had failed to land a part in the second film in the trilogy, but found her place in the third installment, the film to this day is the most successful of the trilogy. Morgan and Wong wanted to collaborate with her again and convinced her to appear in their sorority slasher Black Christmas, the film failed with critics and viewers. One day, she inadvertently received a chance to lampoon horror scream queens when The Tonight Show host Jay Leno, unaware of who she was, knocked on her front door and included her in a comedy segment spoofing horror movies.

The same year, she appeared in Emilio Estevez's Bobby, a valentine to the politics and morals of Robert F. Kennedy, which drew moderate critical attention, and became a minor box office success. The film's cast included Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, and Sharon Stone, but most of her scenes were with Shia LaBeouf and Brian Geraghty. She and her co-stars were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.


Recent & future success
In 2007, she appeared in a pair of high-profile event films. Quentin Tarantino cast her as a well-intentioned, but vapid and naïve actress in his high-speed segment of Grindhouse titled Death Proof, his half of a double-billed feature, the film failed to produce ticket sales, but drew critical acclaim. The same summer, hot off the heels of its release, Winstead received another shot at action as Lucy McClane in Live Free or Die Hard alongside Bruce Willis. The film earned over $130 million domestically and drew excellent reviews, making the highest grossing film that features this actress.

She has recently screen tested for a role in the film adaption of Justice League.

She is due to star in Make it Happen, a dance film to be shot in and around Chicago and Winnipeg.


Filmography
Year Title Role Notes Domestic Box Office
2005 Checking Out Lisa Apple supporting role $31,000
Sky High Gwen Grayson supporting role $63,939,454
The Ring Two Young Evelyn minor role $75,941,727
2006 Black Christmas Heather Fitzgerald supporting role $16,235,738
Bobby Susan Taylor supporting role $11,205,901
Final Destination 3 Wendy Christensen lead role $54,098,051
2007 Live Free or Die Hard Lucy McClane supporting role $134,473,395
Grindhouse: Death Proof Lee Montgomery supporting role $25,031,037
Factory Girl Ingrid Superstar minor role $1,661,464
2008 Make It Happen Lauryn lead role (filming) N/A
2009 The Private Lives of Greta Garbo Greta Garbo Lead Role

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Theatrical and Television Movies

2007 Live Free or Die Hard - Lucy McClane

2007 Grindhouse - Lee

2006 Factory Girl - Ingrid Superstar

2006 Black Christmas - Heather Lee

2006 Bobby - Susan Taylor

2006 Final Destination 3 -Wendy Christensen

2005 Sky High - Gwen Grayson

2005 Checking Out - Lisa Apple

2005 The Ring Two - Young Evelyn

2004 Monster Island (TV) - Maddy

2003 Then Came Jones (TV) - Rina

2001 Wolf Lake (TV) - Sophia Kohanek

1999 The Long Road Home - Annie Jacobs



Television Series

2002 Wolf Lake - Sophia Donner

1999 Passions - Jessica Bennett (recurring)

1998 Promised Land - Chloe (recurring)


Television Series - Guest Apparances

2004 Tru Calling Episode 1.8 "Closure" -Bridget Elkins

1997 Touched by an Angel Episode 3.30 "A Delicate Balance" - Kristy

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