Acting

Mare Winningham

Born 1959-05-16 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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.

Credits

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Your Friends & Neighbors
as Elaine Naft
2025
Girl From the North Country
as Elizabeth Laine
2024
Death Wish
as Mom (voice)
2024
Rob Peace
as Professor Durham
2024
All My Puny Sorrows
as Lottie Von Riesen
2022
Dopesick
as Diane Mallum
2021
News of the World
as Doris Boudlin
2020
The Outsider
as Jeannie Anderson
2020
Dark Waters
as Darlene Kiger
2019
The Seagull
as Polina Andryevna
2018
O.G.
as Janice
2018
Geostorm
as Cassandra Jennings
2017
The Affair
as Cherry Lockhart
2014
Philomena
as Mary Hess
2013
Under the Dome
as Agatha Seagrave
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
as Sally McCoy
2012
Mirror Mirror
as Baker Margaret
2012
American Horror Story
as Alicia Spencer
2011
American Horror Story
as Rita Gayheart
2011
American Horror Story
as Sally Keffler
2011
American Horror Story
as Hazel Evers
2011
Mildred Pierce
as Ida Corwin
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Terry Beckett
2010
Brothers
as Elsie Cahill
2009
Swing Vote
as Larissa Johnson
2008
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Belle, Enoch's Mother
2007
Torchwood
as Ellis Hartley Monroe
2006
Grey's Anatomy
as Susan Grey
2005
The Magic of Ordinary Days
as Martha
2005
Boston Legal
as Patrice Kelly
2004
Clubhouse
as Lynne Young
2004
CSI: NY
as Katherine Donovan
2004
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
as Aunt Mamie Nash
2004
Dandelion
as Layla Mullich
2004
Cold Case
as Celeste Cooper (2010)
2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
as Dottie Shaw
2003
The Maldonado Miracle
as Maisie
2003
Tru Confessions
as Ginny
2002
24
as Elaine Al-Zacar
2001
Night Visions
as Kate Morris (segment "Still Life")
2001
Snap Decision
as Jennifer Bradley
2001
Six Feet Under
as Eileen Piper
2001
Sharing the Secret
as Dr. Nina Moss
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sandra Blaine
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Chandi Heffner
1999
Little Girl Fly Away
as Cath
1998
Everything That Rises
as Kyle Clay
1998
George Wallace
as Lurleen Wallace
1997
George Wallace
as Lurleen Wallace
1997
Under Pressure
as Catherine Braverton
1997
The Deliverance of Elaine
as Elaine Hodges
1996
The Boys Next Door
as Sheila
1996
Letter to My Killer
1995
Georgia
as Georgia Flood
1995
The War
as Lois Simmons
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Maggie de Santo
1994
ER
as Amanda Lee
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Mattie Blaylock
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
as Singer
1994
Betrayed by Love
as Dana
1994
Sexual Healing
as Marta
1993
Better Off Dead.
as Kit Kellner
1993
Mad About You
as Sarah McCain
1992
Intruders
as Mary Wilkes
1992
Those Secrets
as Faye
1992
Hard Promises
as Dawn
1992
She Stood Alone
as Prudence Crandall
1991
Fatal Exposure
as Jamie Hurd
1991
Crossing to Freedom
as Nicole Rougeron
1990
Love and Lies
as Kim Paris
1990
Turner & Hooch
as Emily Carson
1989
Miracle Mile
as Julie Peters
1989
God Bless the Child
as Theresa Johnson
1988
Eye on the Sparrow
as Ethel Lee
1987
Shy People
as Candy
1987
Made in Heaven
as Brenda Carlucci
1987
Nobody's Fool
as Pat
1986
Who Is Julia?
as Mary Frances Bodine
1986