Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( born November 28, 1984 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina ) is an American actress. She became famous by films such as Final Destination 3, Black Christmas, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Die Hard 4.0.
- 4.1 Movies
- 4.2 TV series
- 4.3 Other
Life
Winstead was born on November 28, 1984 as the fifth and youngest child of Betty Lou and James Ronald Winstead in Rocky Mount in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Her maternal grandfather was a cousin of actress Ava Gardner. When she was five years old, her family moved to Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. As a young girl Winstead went as a gifted child in the Peruvian Park Elementary and attended at this school more advanced classes. She studied dance in a summer program in Chicago, which was organized by the Joffrey Ballet, a dance company. In addition, she was a member of the International Children's Choir. My childhood dream was to make a career as a ballerina was, therefore, they had regularly in various ballet performances with. As she grew older, she had to give up due to its size, the passion for ballet. In an interview, she said: "I already noticed the age of 13 that I 'm too big for the ballet ... Your body goes with you your whole life and the ballet is very tiring for bones and muscles " (English " I Realized I did pretty early on what already too tall by the time I was 13 ... You know, your body Has to stay that way for your Entire life, and it's pretty hard on your muscles and your bones " ). For this reason, Winstead devoted henceforth the spectacle.
Career
Movies 1997-2005
After the ballet Winstead turned his back and was devoted to acting, she was on Broadway in the play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat their first appearance. Then they got smaller appearances in several television series and starred in Touched by an Angel and Promised Land a guest role. In 1999, she got in the NBC soap opera Passions produced by a recurring role as " Jessica Bennett", after one year, she left the series. 2001 Winstead played in the CBS drama series Wolf Lake, the daughter of Tim Matheson's character. It was followed by other roles in films such as Monster Iceland, Checking Out and Sky High - The High School takes off! .
Movies 2006-2008
After her performance in the movie Skyline, Winstead began with the horror film directors James Wong and Glen Morgan, famous for the production of the television series The X-Files - The Files to work. Their collaboration began with the film Final Destination 3, in which Winstead played the protagonist " Wendy Christensen " on the side of Ryan Merriman. The film was very financially successful, received by the critics but only mixed reviews.
That same year, she stood for the horror film Black Christmas in front of the camera, directed in turn led Morgan and Wong. For her performance, she was nominated in 2007 for the Scream Awards in the category of Scream Queen. However, the film received only bad reviews.
Also in 2006, she played in the film drama Bobby. The film depicts fictional events at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at night, June 5, 1968. Winstead played the role of " Susan Taylor " on the side of Harry Belafonte, Shia LaBeouf, Ashton Kutcher, Lindsay Lohan and Demi Moore. The cast of the film was nominated for several different awards as Best Ensemble Cast won the cast a Hollywood Film Award. The film received mixed reviews, mainly the quality of the script was criticized.
In 2007, Winstead was for the thriller Death Proof - Grindhouse cast. In the film directed by Quentin Tarantino, she plays the role of " Lee". That same year, she sat by for a role in the fourth installment of the Die Hard series against all her competitors, including Jessica Simpson. In the movie she plays " Lucy Gennero - McClane ," the daughter of the protagonist " John McClane ". By Die Hard 4.0 she gained notoriety worldwide.
2008 Winstead was seen Make It Happen in the dance film, which was released for financial reasons as direct-to- DVD production. The film received mainly negative reviews but was praised in particular the performance of Winstead. The critic Matthew Turner noticed that Winstead by their appearance compensating the poor quality of the film.
Movies 2009- today
In 2010, Winstead was seeing on the side of Michael Cera in the comic book adaptation Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Filming took place from March to August 2009 under the direction of director Edgar Wright. For her role Winstead went on for two months in a combat training and led most of the stunts for the film by itself. Their performance was generally perceived positively and brought her in 2011 was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the category Best Actress Action a.
In February of 2010, Winstead received a role as paleontologist in the horror and science fiction film The Thing. The film was released on 14 October 2011 in the United States in the cinemas. Critics praised her performance, Matthew Toomey of The Film Pie wrote: " [ Winstead ] stands out with its role as a paleontologist. She keeps a cool head and logical, while others fall around her in panic. The movie is a refreshing change from traditional horror movies in which the main characters do moronic things just to get the story to extend " (" [ Winstead ] stands out with her portrayal of a paleontologist. She keeps a cool, logical head Whilst others around her start to panic. It's a refreshing change from your traditional horror movie where the lead characters do moronic things as if to prolong the story " ).
Winstead was seen in 2012 in the film adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. In the fantasy and horror movie she played the role of " Mary Todd Lincoln ". In the same year she appeared on the side of Aaron Paul in James Ponsoldts dramedy Smashed.
In an interview in 2008, Winstead expressed their interest through a participation in the film Die Hard - A Good Day to Die (A Good Day to Die Hard) made . At this time, however, it was still unclear whether it is also committed to the fifth part of the Die Hard series. In August 2012, it was announced that they return to the set, but will only have a cameo.
Private
Since 2010, Winstead is married to Riley Stearns American filmmaker.
Filmography
Movies
TV series
Other
- 2008: Stop / Eject (Short Film )
- 2011: Showing Up ( Documentary )
- 2011: Magnificat (Short Film )
- 2012: The Beauty Inside (Webcast )