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.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2003
Grey's Anatomy
2006
American Horror Story
2013
Hawaii Five-0
2013
24
2010
ER
1998
CSI: NY
2009
Boston Legal
2007
Touched by an Angel
2002
Cold Case
2010
Mad About You
1997
Six Feet Under
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
108
2026
Your Friends & Neighbors
as Elaine Naft
2024
Rob Peace
as Professor Durham
2024
Death Wish
as Mom (voice)
2024
Girl From the North Country
as Elizabeth Laine
2022
All My Puny Sorrows
as Lottie Von Riesen
2021
Dopesick
as Diane Mallum
2020
News of the World
as Doris Boudlin
2020
The Outsider
as Jeannie Anderson
2019
Dark Waters
as Darlene Kiger
2018
The Seagull
as Polina Andryevna
2018
O.G.
as Janice
2017
Geostorm
as Cassandra Jennings
2017
American Horror Story
as Sally Keffler
2015
American Horror Story
as Hazel Evers
2014
American Horror Story
as Rita Gayheart
2014
The Affair
as Cherry Lockhart
2013
Philomena
as Mary Hess
2013
Under the Dome
as Agatha Seagrave
2013
American Horror Story
as Alicia Spencer
2013
Hawaii Five-0
as Terry Beckett
2012
Mirror Mirror
as Baker Margaret
2012
Hatfields & McCoys
as Sally McCoy
2011
Mildred Pierce
as Ida Corwin
2011
Torchwood
as Ellis Hartley Monroe
2010
Cold Case
as Celeste Cooper (2010)
2010
24
as Elaine Al-Zacar
2009
Brothers
as Elsie Cahill
2009
CSI: NY
as Katherine Donovan
2008
Swing Vote
as Larissa Johnson
2007
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Belle, Enoch's Mother
2007
Boston Legal
as Patrice Kelly
2006
Grey's Anatomy
as Susan Grey
2005
The Magic of Ordinary Days
as Martha
2005
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Martha
2004
Dandelion
as Layla Mullich
2004
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
as Aunt Mamie Nash
2004
Clubhouse
as Lynne Young
2003
The Maldonado Miracle
as Maisie
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sandra Blaine
2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
as Dottie Shaw
2002
Tru Confessions
as Ginny
2002
Six Feet Under
as Eileen Piper
2002
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Maggie de Santo
2001
Snap Decision
as Jennifer Bradley
2001
Night Visions
as Kate Morris (segment "Still Life")
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
2000
Sharing the Secret
as Dr. Nina Moss
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Chandi Heffner
1998
Little Girl Fly Away
as Cath
1998
Everything That Rises
as Kyle Clay
1998
ER
as Amanda Lee
1997
George Wallace
as Lurleen Wallace
1997
Under Pressure
as Catherine Braverton
1997
Mad About You
as Sarah McCain
1997
George Wallace
as Lurleen Wallace
1996
The Boys Next Door
as Sheila
1996
The Deliverance of Elaine
as Elaine Hodges
1996
The Oscars
as Self
1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sheila
1995
Georgia
as Georgia Flood
1995
Letter to My Killer
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Mattie Blaylock
1994
The War
as Lois Simmons
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
as Singer
1994
Betrayed by Love
as Dana
1993
Sexual Healing
as Marta
1993
Better Off Dead.
as Kit Kellner
1992
Those Secrets
as Faye
1992
Hard Promises
as Dawn
1992
Intruders
as Mary Wilkes
1991
She Stood Alone
as Prudence Crandall
1991
Fatal Exposure
as Jamie Hurd
1990
Crossing to Freedom
as Nicole Rougeron
1990
Love and Lies
as Kim Paris
1989
Turner & Hooch
as Emily Carson
1989
Miracle Mile
as Julie Peters
1988
God Bless the Child
as Theresa Johnson
1987
Made in Heaven
as Brenda Carlucci
1987
Shy People
as Candy
1987
Eye on the Sparrow
as Ethel Lee
1986
A Winner Never Quits
as Annie
1986
Who Is Julia?
as Mary Frances Bodine
1986
Nobody's Fool
as Pat
1986
The Twilight Zone
as Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
as Wendy Beamish
1985
One Too Many
as Beth
1985
Love Is Never Silent
as Margaret Ryder
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Margaret Ryder
1985
ABC Afterschool Special
as Beth
1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Helen Keller
1984
Single Bars, Single Women
as Bootsie
1983
The Thorn Birds
as Justine O'Neill
1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Kate Bradshaw
1981
Threshold
as Carol Severance
1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
as Locksley Claitor
1981
Freedom
as Libby Bellow
1980
One Trick Pony
as Modeena Dandridge
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
as Micki Johansen
1980
The Women's Room
as Chris
1980
Amber Waves
as Marlene Burkhardt
1979
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Jenny Flowers
1979
Starsky & Hutch
as Joey Carston
1979
Family
as Merilee
1978
Special Olympics
as Janice Gallitzin
1978
The Young Pioneers
as Nettie Peters
1978
Police Woman
1977
Big Hawaii