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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Profile |
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Birth Date: November 28, 1984
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Birth Place: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
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Birth Name: Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a SAG
Award- and Young Artist Award-nominated American actress.
She has been called a scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis,
because of her roles in such horror films as Final
Destination 3, Death Proof, and Black Christmas, but has
branched out into other genres, including comedy (Sky High),
drama (Bobby) and action (Live Free or Die Hard).
Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the
daughter of Betty Lou (née Knight) and James Ronald
Winstead. When she was five, her family moved to Sandy,
Utah. Her interest in performing art also began to emerge
with interests in ballet and acting. As a child, Winstead
appeared in the Mountain West Ballet's version of The
Nutcracker. Hoping to become a ballerina, at the age of
eleven, she received the opportunity to study dance in a
summer program of the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School in
New York City. There, she studied ballet and jazz dance, but
decided to also study acting. Winstead ended up appearing on
Broadway during Donny Osmond’s successful run of Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She was also a member of
the International Children's Choir during her youth and
honed her skills performing at her church. |
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Other
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Has three older sisters and an older brother.
Born to James Ronald Winstead and his wife Betty Lou Knight.
Enjoys cooking, sewing, dancing, and singing.
Ranked #92 on Maxim's Hot list 2007.
Distant cousin of actress Ava Gardner.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in
film history (#100). [2007].
Ranked #10 on Maxim's "Hottest Women of Horror Movies" list.
Ranked #91 on Askmen.com's 100 Most Desirable Women in the
World (2008). |
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since April 18, 2008