Mare Winningham

American actress and singer-songwriter

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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.

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Your Friends & Neighbors — Elaine Naft2025
Rob Peace — Professor Durham2024
Death Wish — Mom (voice)2024
Girl From the North Country — Elizabeth Laine2024
All My Puny Sorrows — Lottie Von Riesen2022
Dopesick — Diane Mallum2021
News of the World — Doris Boudlin2020
The Outsider — Jeannie Anderson2020
Dark Waters — Darlene Kiger2019
The Seagull — Polina Andryevna

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Mary Megan "Mare" Winningham (/mɛər/ MAIR; 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 two Tony Awards.

An eight-time Emmy Award nominee, she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Amber Waves in 1980 and George Wallace in 1998. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film Georgia.