Mary 'Mare' Megan Winningham is an actress and songwriter who has
appeared in nearly 100 TV shows and feature films. She began her career
in 1976 as a singer, and starred in numerous and diverse film roles
before hitting it big as one of the original Brat Pack in
Joel Schumacher's
St. Elmo's Fire: Die Leidenschaft brennt tief (1985) with
Emilio Estevez,
Andrew McCarthy,
Demi Moore,
Judd Nelson, and
Ally Sheedy.
Mare attended Chatsworth High School with
Val Kilmer,
James Rekart and
Kevin Spacey, but she was bitten by the
acting bug much earlier on. She had enjoyed drama and music since
primary school, taking a particular interest in the guitar and drums.
Since St. Elmo's Fire: Die Leidenschaft brennt tief (1985),
Mare has played some outstanding roles in a number of big films. She
starred in the Tom Hanks comedy
Scott & Huutsch (1989). She has
also starred in two feature films with
Kevin Costner,
Das Baumhaus (1994) and the western
Wyatt Earp - Das Leben einer Legende (1994), the latter directed
by Lawrence Kasdan and co-starring
Gene Hackman. Mare won a Best Supporting
Actress Oscar nomination for her role opposite
Jennifer Jason Leigh in
Georgia (1995).
Under Pressure (1997)
saw her starring opposite Charlie Sheen
and she put in a superb performance in
Brothers (2009), a war drama
co-starring Tobey Maguire and
Natalie Portman.
Her myriad TV roles include Emergency Room: Die Notaufnahme (1994),
Grey's Anatomy: Die jungen Ärzte (2005), and
24: Twenty Four (2001) with
Kiefer Sutherland.
