Mare Winningham
Acting1959Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Susan Grey
American Horror Story
Hazel Evers / Alicia Spencer / Sally Keffler / Rita Gayheart
Geostorm
Dr. Jennings
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sandra Blaine
Brothers
Elsie Cahill
Under the Dome
Agatha Seagrave
Mirror Mirror
Baker Margaret
The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare
Darlene Kiger
Acting History
2024
2022
All My Puny Sorrows
as Lottie Von Riesen
2021
Dopesick
TVas Diane Mallum• 7 eps
2020
News of the World
as Doris Boudlin
The Outsider
TVas Jeannie Anderson• 10 eps
2019
The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare
as Darlene Kiger
2018
O.G.
as Janice
The Seagull
as Polina Andryevna
2017
Geostorm
as Dr. Jennings
2014
American Horror Story
TVas Hazel Evers / Alicia Spencer / Sally Keffler / Rita Gayheart• 1 eps
The Affair
TVas Cherry Lockhart
2013
Philomena
as Mary Hess
Under the Dome
TVas Agatha Seagrave• 2 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Terry Beckett• 1 eps
2012
Mirror Mirror
as Baker Margaret
Hatfields & McCoys
TVas Sally McCoy
2011
Torchwood
TVas Ellis Hartley Monroe• 2 eps
Mildred Pierce
TVas Ida Corwin• 5 eps
2008
Swing Vote
as Larissa Johnson
2007
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Belle, Enoch's Mother
Boston Legal
TVas Patrice Kelly• 2 eps
2006
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Susan Grey• 6 eps
2005
The Magic of Ordinary Days
as Martha
2004
2003
The Maldonado Miracle
as Maisie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Sandra Blaine• 1 eps
2002
Tru Confessions
as Ginny
Touched by an Angel
TVas Dr. Maggie de Santo• 1 eps
Six Feet Under
TVas Eileen Piper• 1 eps
2001
Snap Decision
as Jennifer Bradley
Night Visions
TVas Kate Morris (segment "Still Life")
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
Sharing the Secret
as Dr. Nina Moss
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
TVas Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
TVas Chandi Heffner
1998
1997
Bad Day on the Block
as Catherine Braverton
George Wallace
as Lurleen Wallace
Mad About You
TVas Sarah McCain• 2 eps
George Wallace
TVas Lurleen Wallace
1996
1995
Georgia
as Georgia Flood
1994
1993
Better Off Dead.
as Kit Kellner
Sexual Healing
as Marta
1992
1991
Fatal Exposure
as Jamie Hurd
She Stood Alone
as Prudence Crandall
1990
Love and Lies
as Kim Paris
Crossing to Freedom
as Nicole Rougeron
1989
Miracle Mile
as Julie Peters
Turner & Hooch
as Emily Carson
1988
God Bless the Child
as Theresa Johnson
1987
1986
Nobody's Fool
as Pat
Who Is Julia?
as Mary Frances Bodine
A Winner Never Quits
as Annie
The Twilight Zone
TVas Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")• 1 eps
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Wendy Beamish
Love Is Never Silent
as Margaret Ryder
One Too Many
as Beth
ABC Afterschool Special
TVas Beth• 1 eps
1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Helen Keller
Single Bars, Single Women
as Bootsie
1983
The Thorn Birds
TVas Justine O'Neill• 4 eps
1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Kate Bradshaw
1981
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
as Micki Johansen
One Trick Pony
as Modeena Dandridge
Amber Waves
as Marlene Burkhardt
The Women's Room
as Chris
1979
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Jenny Flowers
Family
TVas Merilee• 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Joey Carston• 1 eps
1978
1977
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Sheila / Martha / Margaret Ryder