Mare Winningham

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-05-16 (age 67)

From: 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.

Filmography (103)

TV★ 7.8
Your Friends & Neighbors
2025
as Elaine Naft
MOVIE★ 6.9
Girl From the North Country
2024
as Elizabeth Laine
MOVIE
Death Wish
2024
as Mom (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Rob Peace
2024
as Professor Durham
MOVIE★ 6.0
All My Puny Sorrows
2022
as Lottie Von Riesen
TV★ 8.0
Dopesick
2021
as Diane Mallum
MOVIE★ 6.9
News of the World
2020
as Doris Boudlin
TV★ 7.4
The Outsider
2020
as Jeannie Anderson
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dark Waters
2019
as Darlene Kiger
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Seagull
2018
as Polina Andryevna
MOVIE★ 5.9
O.G.
2018
as Janice
MOVIE★ 6.1
Geostorm
2017
as Dr. Jennings
TV★ 6.7
The Affair
2014
as Cherry Lockhart
MOVIE★ 7.3
Philomena
2013
as Mary Hess
TV★ 7.1
Under the Dome
2013
as Agatha Seagrave
TV★ 7.5
Hatfields & McCoys
2012
as Sally McCoy
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mirror Mirror
2012
as Baker Margaret
TV★ 8.1
American Horror Story
2011
as Alicia Spencer
TV★ 7.0
Mildred Pierce
2011
as Ida Corwin
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Terry Beckett
MOVIE★ 7.3
Brothers
2009
as Elsie Cahill
MOVIE★ 5.8
Swing Vote
2008
as Larissa Johnson
MOVIE★ 8.0
War Eagle, Arkansas
2007
as Belle, Enoch's Mother
TV★ 7.3
Torchwood
2006
as Ellis Hartley Monroe
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Susan Grey
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Magic of Ordinary Days
2005
as Martha
TV★ 7.9
Boston Legal
2004
as Patrice Kelly
TV★ 5.0
Clubhouse
2004
as Lynne Young
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Katherine Donovan
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
2004
as Aunt Mamie Nash
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dandelion
2004
as Layla Mullich
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Celeste Cooper (2010)
TV★ 10.0
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Maldonado Miracle
2003
as Maisie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tru Confessions
2002
as Ginny
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Elaine Al-Zacar
TV★ 7.1
Night Visions
2001
as Kate Morris (segment "Still Life")
MOVIE★ 5.7
Snap Decision
2001
as Jennifer Bradley
TV★ 8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
as Eileen Piper
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sharing the Secret
2000
as Dr. Nina Moss
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
TV★ 8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sandra Blaine
TV★ 5.5
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
as Chandi Heffner
MOVIE★ 5.6
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
as Cath
MOVIE★ 5.8
Everything That Rises
1998
as Kyle Clay
MOVIE★ 6.8
George Wallace
1997
as Lurleen Wallace
TV★ 7.0
George Wallace
1997
as Lurleen Wallace
MOVIE★ 5.5
Under Pressure
1997
as Catherine Braverton
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Deliverance of Elaine
1996
as Elaine Hodges
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Boys Next Door
1996
as Sheila
MOVIE★ 6.5
Letter to My Killer
1995
MOVIE★ 5.7
Georgia
1995
as Georgia Flood
MOVIE★ 6.7
The War
1994
as Lois Simmons
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Maggie de Santo
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Amanda Lee
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Mattie Blaylock
MOVIE★ 4.9
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
as Singer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Betrayed by Love
1994
as Dana
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sexual Healing
1993
as Marta
MOVIE★ 4.8
Better Off Dead.
1993
as Kit Kellner
TV★ 6.7
Mad About You
1992
as Sarah McCain
TV★ 7.0
Intruders
1992
as Mary Wilkes
MOVIE★ 4.0
Those Secrets
1992
as Faye
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hard Promises
1992
as Dawn
MOVIE★ 8.0
She Stood Alone
1991
as Prudence Crandall
MOVIE★ 7.3
Fatal Exposure
1991
as Jamie Hurd
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crossing to Freedom
1990
as Nicole Rougeron
MOVIE
Love and Lies
1990
as Kim Paris
MOVIE★ 6.3
Turner & Hooch
1989
as Emily Carson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Miracle Mile
1989
as Julie Peters
MOVIE★ 6.9
God Bless the Child
1988
as Theresa Johnson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Eye on the Sparrow
1987
as Ethel Lee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Shy People
1987
as Candy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Made in Heaven
1987
as Brenda Carlucci
MOVIE★ 4.4
Nobody's Fool
1986
as Pat
MOVIE★ 7.4
Who Is Julia?
1986
as Mary Frances Bodine
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Winner Never Quits
1986
as Annie
MOVIE★ 6.3
Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Margaret Ryder
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
MOVIE★ 6.1
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Wendy Beamish
MOVIE
One Too Many
1985
as Beth
MOVIE★ 6.0
Single Bars, Single Women
1984
as Bootsie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
as Helen Keller
TV★ 7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Justine O'Neill
MOVIE★ 7.5
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Kate Bradshaw
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
as Locksley Claitor
MOVIE★ 5.3
Threshold
1981
as Carol Severance
MOVIE★ 7.5
Freedom
1981
as Libby Bellow
MOVIE★ 5.5
One Trick Pony
1980
as Modeena Dandridge
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Women's Room
1980
as Chris
MOVIE★ 5.5
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980
as Micki Johansen
MOVIE★ 8.5
Amber Waves
1980
as Marlene Burkhardt
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Death of Ocean View Park
1979
as Jenny Flowers
TV★ 6.5
The Young Pioneers
1978
as Nettie Peters
MOVIE★ 7.3
Special Olympics
1978
as Janice Gallitzin
TV★ 6.0
Big Hawaii
1977
TV★ 7.2
Family
1976
as Merilee
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Joey Carston
TV★ 6.4
Police Woman
1974
TV★ 6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Beth
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Margaret Ryder