American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28, 1984 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Five years after Mary was born, her parents James Ronald and Betty Lou Winstead decided to move to Utah's capital, Salt Lake City.
Broadway
The growing Mary Elizabeth did not play with dolls, she danced and sang from morning till night. When the girl was 11 years old, her mother assigned her to the prestigious ballet school Joffrey Ballet School in New York. There Mary got the opportunity not only to practice ballet, but also to study acting. During her studies, she was accepted into the troupe of the Broadway Theater, in which the new musical Joseph and his Amazing, Colorful Dream Cloak was just launched.
Television debut
Young Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose photo had already been sent to theater agents, took part in performances on Broadway for a while, but she was more attracted to a career in cinema, and at the age of 13 she made her debut in the series “The Touch of an Angel” by John Masius. The role was inconspicuous, episodic, but Mary felt like an actress. She then played Jessica Bennett on the TV show "Passion" on NBC, which starred from 1999 to 2000. In addition, Winstead took part in the television film "Monster Island" and the series "Wolf Lake".
Big movie debut
In 2005, Mary Elizabeth Winstead made her debut in a big movie, getting the role of Lisa Apple in the comedy "Freeing Up Place" directed by Jeff Hea. During the filming, the actress met with the director of horror films James Wong, and a little later with Glen Morgan, who also created films in the manner of horror.
The further creative career of the actress in the cinema is primarily associated with her role as the “Queen of the Scream,” so-called performers in horror films attacked by brutal killers, 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 "Destination 3" directed by James Wong. During the development of the plot, the heroine watches her friends and acquaintances die from accidents that cannot be foreseen. However, Wendy has photographs that show deadly circumstances in advance when people are inevitably killed. Besides her, no one sees bloody pictures.
Creative aspirations of the actress
However, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is not going to appear only in horror films, she is not inspired by the reputation of "Queen of the scream." Like every self-respecting actress, Winstead wants to play 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, the supporting role, but she was not accompanied by dying screams. Fantastic comedy for family viewing perfectly suited 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 movie in the Die Hard series with Bruce Willis as detective John McClain. And although the plot of the picture was quite tense for Mary Elizabeth and did not exclude the chilling cries for help of her heroine, McClain's daughter Lucy, she was pleased with her role. In addition, according to the special rules of Hollywood, because Winstead starred in the same film with Bruce Willis, her rating was significantly upgraded. And it was really nice to get around such star actresses as Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Taylor Fry and Paris Hilton, who claimed and auditioned for the role of Lucy.
Six years later, another one, the fifth in a row, Die Hard with John McClain was released. This time, events unfolded in Russia and were associated with Russian oligarchs, radioactive materials, as well as with family troubles of McClain himself, who had to get his own son convicted of contract murder from prison. McClain’s daughter Lucy, which this time was played by Mary Elizabeth, did nothing during the story, she was just her father’s daughter while he was running and shooting. However, the actress rating has increased in this case, regardless of her activity.
The famous director Quentin Tarantino invited Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whose height, weight and other data fully meet the requirements of the cinema, for Lee's role in the film "Grindhouse". Lee’s character is rather decorative, without any semantic load, but not a single Hollywood movie is possible without such roles, viewers want to see beautiful women on the screen. Over $ 50 million was spent on the shooting, but the picture failed miserably at the box office in the spring of 2007.
the main role
In 2010, at the Universal Pictures film studio, the film was directed by Edgar Wright, "Scott Pilgrim Against Everyone." Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the main role, Ramon Flowers, who got Scott after a number of boyfriends, among whom were: a skateboarder, rocker, twins and other men’s sports warehouse, and each of them had to fight the Pilgrim, he didn’t have another way received Ramona for his use. Jackie Chan could envy the script of the film, there were so many fights and martial arts in it. 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. Ramona, that is, actress Winstead, also learned to fight.
Filmography
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (her filmography today contains about 30 paintings) hopes in the future to appear in more than a 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 - Freeing Up, directed by Jeff Hea / Lisa Apple.
- Year 2005 - Aerobatics, directed by Mike Mitchell / Gwen Grayson.
- Year 2005 - "Call-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 / Lorin Kirk.
- Year 2010 - “Scott Pilgrim Against Everyone,” directed by Edgar Wright / Ramona Flowers.
- Year 2011 - “Something,” directed by Mattis van Heinigen / Kate Lloyd.
- Year 2011 - Magnificat, director Riley Sterns / Lynn.
- Year 2012 - “President Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter,” directed by Timur Bekmambetov / Mary Todd Lincoln.
- Year 2012 - “Beauty Inside,” directed by Drake Doremus / Leah.
- Year 2012 - "In the trash," directed by James Ponsoldt / Kate Hannah.
- Year 2013 - "Adult children of divorce," directed by Stu Sicherman / Lauren Stinger.
- Year 2013 - "Exciting Time", directed by James Ponsoldt / Holly Keely.
- Year 2014 - "Kill the Messenger", directed by Michael Cuesta / Dawn Garcia.
In conclusion
For fans who are interested in the personal life of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, we inform you that the actress is married to the director and screenwriter Riley Sterns, whom the 18-year-old actress met during the cruise. The wedding ceremony took place in 2010.