Mare Winningham

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Grey's Anatomy

Hawaii Five-0

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American Horror Story

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

All Movies (66)

• Girl From the North Country2024 · as Elizabeth Laine
• Death Wish2024 · as Mom (voice)
• Rob Peace2024 · as Professor Durham
• All My Puny Sorrows2022 · as Lottie Von Riesen
• News of the World2020 · as Doris Boudlin
• Dark Waters2019 · as Darlene Kiger
• The Seagull2018 · as Polina Andryevna
• O.G.2018 · as Janice
• Geostorm2017 · as Dr. Jennings
• Philomena2013 · as Mary Hess
• Mirror Mirror2012 · as Baker Margaret
• Brothers2009 · as Elsie Cahill
• Swing Vote2008 · as Larissa Johnson
• War Eagle, Arkansas2007 · as Belle, Enoch's Mother
• The Magic of Ordinary Days2005 · as Martha
• The Adventures of Ociee Nash2004 · as Aunt Mamie Nash
• Dandelion2004 · as Layla Mullich
• The Maldonado Miracle2003 · as Maisie
• Tru Confessions2002 · as Ginny
• Snap Decision2001 · as Jennifer Bradley
• Sharing the Secret2000 · as Dr. Nina Moss
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
• Little Girl Fly Away1998 · as Cath
• Everything That Rises1998 · as Kyle Clay
• George Wallace1997 · as Lurleen Wallace
• Under Pressure1997 · as Catherine Braverton
• The Deliverance of Elaine1996 · as Elaine Hodges
• The Boys Next Door1996 · as Sheila
• Letter to My Killer1995
• Georgia1995 · as Georgia Flood
• The War1994 · as Lois Simmons
• Wyatt Earp1994 · as Mattie Blaylock
• Teresa's Tattoo1994 · as Singer
• Betrayed by Love1994 · as Dana
• Sexual Healing1993 · as Marta
• Better Off Dead.1993 · as Kit Kellner
• Those Secrets1992 · as Faye
• Hard Promises1992 · as Dawn
• She Stood Alone1991 · as Prudence Crandall
• Fatal Exposure1991 · as Jamie Hurd
• Crossing to Freedom1990 · as Nicole Rougeron
• Love and Lies1990 · as Kim Paris
• Turner & Hooch1989 · as Emily Carson
• Miracle Mile1989 · as Julie Peters
• God Bless the Child1988 · as Theresa Johnson
• Eye on the Sparrow1987 · as Ethel Lee
• Shy People1987 · as Candy
• Made in Heaven1987 · as Brenda Carlucci
• Nobody's Fool1986 · as Pat
• Who Is Julia?1986 · as Mary Frances Bodine
• A Winner Never Quits1986 · as Annie
• Love Is Never Silent1985 · as Margaret Ryder
• St. Elmo's Fire1985 · as Wendy Beamish
• One Too Many1985 · as Beth
• Single Bars, Single Women1984 · as Bootsie
• Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues1984 · as Helen Keller
• Missing Children: A Mother's Story1982 · as Kate Bradshaw
• A Few Days at Weasel Creek1981 · as Locksley Claitor
• Threshold1981 · as Carol Severance
• Freedom1981 · as Libby Bellow
• One Trick Pony1980 · as Modeena Dandridge
• The Women's Room1980 · as Chris
• Off the Minnesota Strip1980 · as Micki Johansen
• Amber Waves1980 · as Marlene Burkhardt
• The Death of Ocean View Park1979 · as Jenny Flowers
• Special Olympics1978 · as Janice Gallitzin

All TV Shows (42)

• Your Friends & Neighbors2025 · as Elaine Naft
• Dopesick2021 · as Diane Mallum
• The Outsider2020 · as Jeannie Anderson
• The Affair2014 · as Cherry Lockhart
• Under the Dome2013 · as Agatha Seagrave
• Hatfields & McCoys2012 · as Sally McCoy
• American Horror Story2011 · as Alicia Spencer
• American Horror Story2011 · as Hazel Evers
• American Horror Story2011 · as Sally Keffler
• American Horror Story2011 · as Rita Gayheart
• Mildred Pierce2011 · as Ida Corwin
• Hawaii Five-02010 · as Terry Beckett
• Torchwood2006 · as Ellis Hartley Monroe
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Susan Grey
• Boston Legal2004 · as Patrice Kelly
• Clubhouse2004 · as Lynne Young
• CSI: NY2004 · as Katherine Donovan
• Cold Case2003 · as Celeste Cooper (2010)
• The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire2003
• 242001 · as Elaine Al-Zacar
• Night Visions2001 · as Kate Morris (segment "Still Life")
• Six Feet Under2001 · as Eileen Piper
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Sandra Blaine
• Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke1999 · as Chandi Heffner
• George Wallace1997 · as Lurleen Wallace
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Dr. Maggie de Santo
• ER1994 · as Amanda Lee
• Mad About You1992 · as Sarah McCain
• Intruders1992 · as Mary Wilkes
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
• The Thorn Birds1983 · as Justine O'Neill
• The Young Pioneers1978 · as Nettie Peters
• Big Hawaii1977
• Family1976 · as Merilee
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Joey Carston
• Police Woman1974
• ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Beth
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Margaret Ryder
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Sheila
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Martha