Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress. Her first significant role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' (1999–2000). She went on to appear in series such as ''Tru Calling'' (2004) and films including the superhero film ''Sky High'' (2005). She came to wider attention for her roles in the horror series ''Wolf Lake'' (2001–2002), the giant monster film ''Monster Island'' (2004), the supernatural horror film ''Final Destination 3'' (2006), the slasher film ''Black Christmas'' (2006), and the exploitation horror film ''Death Proof'' (2007).

Further success came with her roles as John McClane's daughter Lucy Gennero-McClane in ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (2007) and Ramona Flowers in ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010). Her critically acclaimed performance as an alcoholic struggling with sobriety in the Sundance drama ''Smashed'' (2012) was followed by a series of roles in other well-received independent films, including ''The Beauty Inside'' (2012), ''The Spectacular Now'' (2013), ''Faults'' (2014), ''Alex of Venice'' (2014), and ''Swiss Army Man'' (2016). Winstead continued her Scream Queen roles in the sci-fi horror film ''The Thing'' (2011), as Mary Todd Lincoln in the fantasy horror film ''Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' (2012), and in the psychological horror thriller film ''10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016).

She reprised her role as Lucy Gennero-McClane in ''A Good Day to Die Hard'' (2013) and returned to television with roles in the supernatural drama series ''The Returned'' (2015), the political satire science fiction comedy series ''BrainDead'' (2016), the period medical drama series ''Mercy Street'' (2016–17), and the third season of the black comedy-crime drama anthology series ''Fargo'' (2017), reprising her role as Ramona Flowers in ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'' (2023). Her other roles include the comedy drama ''All About Nina'' (2018), the action thriller film ''Gemini Man'' (2019), the Huntress in ''Birds of Prey'' (2020), and Hera Syndulla in the Star Wars series ''Ahsoka'' (2023).

Since 2013, Winstead has performed as music duo Got a Girl with Dan the Automator. Provided by Wikipedia