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American actress and director

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Film & TV

Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA

Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American film, stage and television actress and director.

Known for

  • The Senior — Eileen Flynt2025
  • Five Nights at Freddy's — Aunt Jane2023
  • Sid Is Dead — Kim Sandagger2023
  • Isle of Hope — Victoria2022
  • For Life — Anya Harrison2020
  • Daniel Isn't Real — Claire2019
  • Skin — Agent Jackie Marks2019
  • As You Are — Karen2016
  • Blindspot — Eleanor Hirst2015
  • Touch — Beth Cooper2012

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1966

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Listeners
1,738
Total plays
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Acclaimed film actress Mary Stuart Masterson is best known from "Benny & Joon," "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Some Kind of Wonderful," and "At Close Range," and was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival production of "Nine," alongside Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mary+Stuart+Masterson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1966-06-28 ) June 28, 1966 (age 59) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater
New York University
Occupations
Actress, director
Years active
1974–present
Spouses
George Carl Francisco, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) ​ Damon Santostefano , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 ) ​ Jeremy Davidson , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 ) ​
Parents
Peter Masterson (father) Carlin Glynn (mother)
Relatives
Horton Foote (first cousin once removed)

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Encyclopedic overview

Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress, producer, and director. After making her acting debut as a child in The Stepford Wives (1975), Masterson took a ten-year hiatus to focus on her education. Her early film roles include Heaven Help Us (1985), At Close Range (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and Chances Are (1989). Her performance in the film Immediate Family (1989) won her the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she earned additional praise for her roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Benny & Joon (1993).

Masterson later shifted her focus to television projects, appearing in Kate Brasher (2001) which she also produced, Something the Lord Made (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004–2007), Mercy (2010), NCIS (2017), Blindspot (2017–2019), and For Life (2020). She also performed in the Broadway revival of Nine (2003) for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and directed The Cake Eaters (2007). She returned to mainstream film with As You Are (2017), and has since appeared in Skin (2018), Daniel Isn't Real (2019), and Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mary Stuart Masterson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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