Mare Winningham

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RECENT CREDITS

Swing Vote (FILM) Aug. 1, 2008

Boston Legal (TV) Nov. 6, 2007

Grey's Anatomy (TV) May. 3, 2007

Dandelion (FILM) Oct. 7, 2005

The Adventures of Ociee Nash (FILM) Aug. 20, 2004

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HIGHLIGHTS

Forayed onto the stage with the Teenage Drama Workshop at California State University when she was 12 years old.

Performed with the Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Company for two years, while still attending high school.

First TV gig was playing the guitar while performing a Beatles tune on The Gong Show in 1976.

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Category

Swing Vote 2008 -Larissa Johnson

Actor

Film

Dandelion 2005 -Layla Mullich

Actor

Film

The Adventures of Ociee Nash 2004 -Aunt Mamie Nash

Actor

Film

Hard Promises 1992 -Dawn

Actor

Film

Turner and Hooch 1989 -Emily Carson

Actor

Film

Miracle Mile 1989 -Julie Peters

Actor

Film

Shy People 1988 -Candy

Actor

Film

Made in Heaven 1987 -Brenda Carlucci

Actor

Film

Nobody's Fool 1986 -Pat

Actor

Film

A Few Days in Weasel Creek

Actor

A Winner Never Quits

Actor

Betrayed by Love -Dana

Actor

Better Off Dead -Kit Kellner

Actor

Boston Legal 2007 -Patrice Kelly

Actor

The Object of My Affection (2007) -Patrice Kelly

Actor

TV Episode

Hope and Gory (2007) -Patrice Kelly

Actor

TV Episode

Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire 2003 -Dottie Shaw

Actor

The Song of Poland (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Little Girl Lost (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Sleeping Lions (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Tough Love (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Secrets and Lies (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Falling Acorns (2003) -Dottie Shaw

Actor

TV Episode

Crossing to Freedom

Actor

CSI: NY -Katharine Donovan

Actor

ER 1998-1999 -Amanda Lee

Actor

Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee (1999) -Amanda Lee

Actor

TV Episode

The Miracle Worker (1998) -Amanda Lee

Actor

TV Episode

Good Luck, Ruth Johnson (1998) -Amanda Lee

Actor

TV Episode

Hazed and Confused (1998) -Amanda Lee

Actor

TV Episode

Eye on the Sparrow

Actor

Fatal Exposure

Actor

God Bless the Child

Actor

Grey's Anatomy 2006-2007 -Eileen Grey, Susan Grey

Actor, Actor

The Other Side of This Life (2007) -Susan Grey

Actor

TV Episode

Time After Time (2007) -Susan Grey

Actor

TV Episode

Don't Stand So Close to Me (2006) -Eileen Grey

Actor

TV Episode

The Name of the Game (2006) -Eileen Grey

Actor

TV Episode

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit -Sandra Blaine

Actor

Manic (2003) -Sandra Blaine

Actor

TV Episode

Letter to My Killer -Judy Parma

Actor

Little Girl Fly Away -Cath Begley

Actor

Love Is Never Silent

Actor

Magic of Ordinary Days -Martha

Actor

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Actor

Off the Minnesota Strip -Michele Johansen

Actor

Sharing the Secret -Nina

Actor

She Stood Alone

Actor

Six Feet Under -Eileen Piper

Actor

The Plan (2002) -Eileen Piper

Actor

TV Episode

Snap Decision -Jen Bradley

Actor

The Death of Ocean View Park

Actor

The Deliverance of Elaine -Elaine Hodges

Actor

The Maldonado Miracle -Maisie

Actor

Those Secrets -Faye

Actor

Tru Confessions -Ginny Walker

Actor

Who Is Julia?

Actor

Georgia 1995 -Georgia

Actor

Film

Teresa's Tattoo 1994 -Singer

Actor

Film

St. Elmo's Fire 1985 -Wendy

Actor

Film

Under Pressure

Actor

Film

Who Is Julia?

Actor

Film

Wyatt Earp -Mattie Blaylock

Actor

Film

God Bless the Child -Theresa Johnson

Actor

Film

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Actor

Film

Everything That Rises -Kyle Clay

Actor

Film

Eye on the Sparrow

Actor

Film

Fatal Exposure -Jamie Hurd

Actor

Film

Freedom -Libby Bellow

Actor, Singer

Film

Freedom

Actor

Film

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues -Helen Keller

Actor

Film

Intruders -Mary Wilkes

Actor

Film

Intruders, Part 1

Actor

Film

Intruders, Part 2

Actor

Film

Letter to My Killer -Judy Parma

Actor

Film

Little Girl Fly Away

Actor

Film

Love is Never Silent -Margaret Ryder

Actor

Film

Off the Minnesota Strip

Actor

Film

One Too Many -Beth

Actor

Film

One Trick Pony -Modeena Dandridge

Actor

Film

Sharing the Secret -Dr. Nina Moss

Actor

Film

She Stood Alone -Prudence Crandall

Actor

Film

Single Bars, Single Women -Bootsie

Actor

Film

Snap Decision -Jennifer Bradley

Actor

Film

Special Olympics - A Special Kind of Love

Actor

Film

The Death of Ocean View Park

Actor

Film

The Deliverance of Elaine -Elaine Hodges

Actor

Film

The Magic of Ordinary Days -Martha Singleton

Actor

Film

The Maldonado Miracle -Maisie

Actor

Film

The Poet

Actor

Film

The Thorn Birds -Justine O'Neill

Actor

Film

The War -Lois

Actor

Film

The Women's Room

Actor

Film

Those Secrets -Faye

Actor

Film

Threshold -Carol Severance

Actor

Film

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke -Chandi "Chanzy" Heffner

Actor

Film

Tru Confessions

Actor

Film

A Few Days in Weasel Creek -Locksley Claitor

Actor

Film

A Winner Never Quits

Actor

Film

Amber Waves -Marlene Burkhardt

Actor

Film

Betrayed by Love -Dana

Actor

Film

Better off Dead -Kit Kellner

Actor

Film

Crossing to Freedom -Nicole Rougeron

Actor

Film

Highlights

Forayed onto the stage with the Teenage Drama Workshop at California State University when she was 12 years old.

Performed with the Los Angeles Free Shakespeare Company for two years, while still attending high school.

First TV gig was playing the guitar while performing a Beatles tune on The Gong Show in 1976.

Played lead role of Maria in her senior-class production of The Sound of Music, opposite Kevin Spacey's Captain Von Trapp; her performance was viewed by Hollywood talent agent Meyer Mishki

Landed first feature-film role in the 1980 drama One Trick Pony, which led to a substantial part in 1981's Threshold, in which she played the first recipient of an artificial heart.

Displayed her singing chops in the 1981 made-for-TV flick Freedom.

Returned to films after a four year hiatus to join the Brat Pack for the 1985 classic St. Elmo's Fire.

Learned American Sign Language for her role as Maggie, the daughter of deaf parents eager to make a life of her own in the much acclaimed NBC movie Love Is Never Silent (1985).

In 1992, released first album of folk songs entitled What Might Be; released 1998's Lonesomers and Refuge Rock Sublime (2007), which focuses on her conversion to Judaism. .&n

Converted to Judaism in 2003, after taking a class given by Rabbi Neal Weinberg at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, CA, in November 2001.