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Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress from Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

She started off as a UsefulNotes/{{scream queen|s}}, having starred in ''Film/FinalDestination3'' and the remake of ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'', as well as Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/DeathProof''. She also portrayed Ramona Flowers in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''. She got much more mainstream exposure playing Creator/BruceWillis' daughter in ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' and playing a dancer in ''Make It Happen''. She also tends to give a [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously most earnest performance even if she thought the movie she's in was not up to par]], and in turn somehow managing to give value towards an otherwise panned film.

In 2022, she married Creator/EwanMcGregor.
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!!Notable roles

* ''Series/{{Passions}}'' (1999)-- Jessica Bennet #1
* ''Series/WolfLake'' (2001-2002)-- Sophia Donner
* ''Film/TheRingTwo'' (2005)-- Young Evelyn
* ''[[Film/SkyHigh2005 Sky High]]'' (2005)-- Gwen Grayson/[[spoiler:Royal Pain]]
* ''Film/FinalDestination3'' (2006)-- Wendy Christensen
* ''Film/{{Bobby}}'' (2006)-- Susan Taylor
* ''[[Film/BlackChristmas2006 Black Christmas]]'' (2006)-- Heather
* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' (2007)-- Lucy [=McClane=]
* ''Film/DeathProof'' (2007)-- Lee
* ''Make It Happen'' (2008)-- Lauryn Kirk
* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' (2010)-- Ramona V. Flowers
** ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' (2023)
* ''[[Film/TheThing2011 The Thing]]'' (2011) -- Kate Lloyd
* ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' (2012)-- Mary Todd Lincoln
* ''Film/{{Smashed}}'' (2012)-- Kate Hannah
* ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' (2013)-- Lucy [=Mc=]Clane
* ''Film/{{Faults}}'' (2014)-- Claire
* ''Film/KillTheMessenger'' (2014) - Anna Simmons
* ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'' (2016)-- Michelle
* ''Film/SwissArmyMan'' (2016)-- Sarah
* '' Series/MercyStreet'' (2016)-- Mary Phinney
* ''[[Series/BrainDead2016 Brain Dead]]'' (2016)-- Laurel Healy
* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' (2017)-- Nikki Swango
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': "[[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsIceAge Ice Age]]" (2019)-- Gail
* ''Film/GeminiMan'' (2019)-- Danny Zakarweski
* ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' (2020)-- [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli / Huntress]]
* ''Film/{{Kate}}'' (2021)-- Kate
* ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' (2023)-- Hera Syndulla
* ''A Gentleman in Moscow'' (2024)-- Anna Urbova

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Her characters tend to [[PlayingWithATrope play with this trope]] a lot, but it's usually downplayed or subverted.
* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] ''Make it Happen'' is pretty much made to see how well Winstead dances. Happens unintentionally in ''Death Proof'', where Tarantino wrote her character a scene where she's singing along with her [=MP3=] player, unaware that Winstead is also a pretty decent singer.
* DeadpanSnarker: Does this in a few roles, and does it really ''well''.
* MsFanservice: Particularly in ''Make it Happen''. She is also listed in the "Hottest Women" lists.
* ScreamDiscretionShot: Goes with the territory of being known as a "Scream Queen". [[SubvertedTrope Until]] ''Film/TheThing2011'', [[FinalGirl anyways.]]
* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5"8 and very attractive.
* {{Technopath}}: Her character in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
* VocalDissonance: Her cute, doe-eyed appearance is contrasted with her deep, husky voice.

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