Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
Well-respected and admired in both the industry and by critics, she's a familiar face on film and television.
She was married to Malcolm McDowell from 1980–90, and has been married to Ted Danson since 1995.
Film roles:
- Time After Time (1978) as Amy
- Melvin and Howard (1980) as Lynda West Dummar
- Ragtime (1981) as Mother
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) as Adrian
- One Magic Christmas (1985) as Ginny Grainger
- The Whales of August (1987) as Young Sarah
- Parenthood (1989) as Karen Buckman
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Clara Clayton Brown
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) as Betty Carver
- Philadelphia (1993) as Belinda Conine
- It Runs in the Family (1994) as Mrs. Parker
- Powder (1995) as Jessie Caldwell
- Nixon (1995) as Hannah Milhous Nixon
- i am sam (2001) as Dr. Blake
- Life as a House (2001) as Colleen
- Elf (2003) as Emily Hobbs
- The Brave One (2007) as Carol
- Step Brothers (2008) as Nancy Huff
- The Proposal (2009) as Grace Paxton
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) as Emma Wheeler
- The Help (2011) as Elain Stein
- Last Vegas (2013) as Diana
- Turkey Hollow (2015) as Cly
- Happiest Season (2020) as Tipper
- Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021) as Maggie Clarke
TV roles:
- Back to the Future (1991-92) as Clara Clayton
- Ink (1996–97) as Kate Montgomery
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000/07/09) as Mary Steenburgen
- Joan of Arcadia (2003–05) as Helen Girardi
- Wilfred (2011-13) as Catherine Newman
- Bored to Death (2011) as Josephine
- 30 Rock (2012) as Diana Jessup
- Justified (2014-15) as Katherine Hale
- Orange Is the New Black (2015) as Delia Mendez
- Togetherness (2015) as Linda
- The Last Man on Earth (2015-18) as Gail Klosterman
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020-21) as Maggie Clarke
