Mare Winningham: movies and TV shows
Mare Winningham has 108 credits in the archive: 66 films and 42 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 1994 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Your Friends & Neighbors | Elaine Naft | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2024 | Death Wish | Mom (voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2024 | Rob Peace | Professor Durham | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2024 | Girl From the North Country | Elizabeth Laine | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2022 | All My Puny Sorrows | Lottie Von Riesen | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Dopesick | Diane Mallum | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2020 | The Outsider | Jeannie Anderson | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2020 | News of the World | Doris Boudlin | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2019 | Dark Waters | Darlene Kiger | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2018 | O.G. | Janice | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Polina Andryevna | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 2017 | Geostorm | Dr. Jennings | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2014 | The Affair | Cherry Lockhart | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2013 | Under the Dome | Agatha Seagrave | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 2013 | Philomena | Mary Hess | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | Baker Margaret | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Sally McCoy | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Alicia Spencer | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Hazel Evers | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Sally Keffler | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Rita Gayheart | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce | Ida Corwin | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Terry Beckett | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2009 | Brothers | Elsie Cahill | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Larissa Johnson | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Belle, Enoch's Mother | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 2006 | Torchwood | Ellis Hartley Monroe | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Susan Grey | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 2005 | The Magic of Ordinary Days | Martha | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Katherine Donovan | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Patrice Kelly | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | Lynne Young | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2004 | Dandelion | Layla Mullich | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 2004 | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Aunt Mamie Nash | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Celeste Cooper (2010) | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 2003 | The Maldonado Miracle | Maisie | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | TV | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 2002 | Tru Confessions | Ginny | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2001 | 24 | Elaine Al-Zacar | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Eileen Piper | TV | 8.1 | 42 |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Kate Morris (segment "Still Life") | TV | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2001 | Snap Decision | Jennifer Bradley | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 2000 | Sharing the Secret | Dr. Nina Moss | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Martha 'Patsy' Jefferson Randolph | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sandra Blaine | TV | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Chandi Heffner | TV | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1998 | Everything That Rises | Kyle Clay | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1998 | Little Girl Fly Away | Cath | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1997 | Under Pressure | Catherine Braverton | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Lurleen Wallace | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Lurleen Wallace | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Sheila | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1996 | The Deliverance of Elaine | Elaine Hodges | Film | 4.6 | 37 |
| 1995 | Georgia | Georgia Flood | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Film | 6.5 | 36 | |
| 1994 | ER | Amanda Lee | TV | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Maggie de Santo | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Mattie Blaylock | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo | Singer | Film | 4.9 | 35 |
| 1994 | The War | Lois Simmons | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1994 | Betrayed by Love | Dana | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1993 | Better Off Dead. | Kit Kellner | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1993 | Sexual Healing | Marta | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Sarah McCain | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1992 | Intruders | Mary Wilkes | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | Hard Promises | Dawn | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1992 | Those Secrets | Faye | Film | 4.0 | 33 |
| 1991 | She Stood Alone | Prudence Crandall | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1991 | Fatal Exposure | Jamie Hurd | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1990 | Love and Lies | Kim Paris | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | Crossing to Freedom | Nicole Rougeron | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1989 | Miracle Mile | Julie Peters | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Emily Carson | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1988 | God Bless the Child | Theresa Johnson | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1987 | Shy People | Candy | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Brenda Carlucci | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | Eye on the Sparrow | Ethel Lee | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1986 | Nobody's Fool | Pat | Film | 4.4 | 27 |
| 1986 | Who Is Julia? | Mary Frances Bodine | Film | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1986 | A Winner Never Quits | Annie | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button") | TV | 7.7 | 26 |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Wendy Beamish | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1985 | Love Is Never Silent | Margaret Ryder | Film | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1985 | One Too Many | Beth | Film | — | 26 |
| 1984 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Helen Keller | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1984 | Single Bars, Single Women | Bootsie | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Justine O'Neill | TV | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Kate Bradshaw | Film | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1981 | Freedom | Libby Bellow | Film | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1981 | Threshold | Carol Severance | Film | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1981 | A Few Days at Weasel Creek | Locksley Claitor | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1980 | The Women's Room | Chris | Film | 4.4 | 21 |
| 1980 | Off the Minnesota Strip | Micki Johansen | Film | 5.5 | 21 |
| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Modeena Dandridge | Film | 5.5 | 21 |
| 1980 | Amber Waves | Marlene Burkhardt | Film | 8.5 | 21 |
| 1979 | The Death of Ocean View Park | Jenny Flowers | Film | 6.6 | 20 |
| 1978 | The Young Pioneers | Nettie Peters | TV | 6.5 | 19 |
| 1978 | Special Olympics | Janice Gallitzin | Film | 7.3 | 19 |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii | TV | 6.0 | 18 | |
| 1976 | Family | Merilee | TV | 7.2 | 17 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Joey Carston | TV | 7.3 | 16 |
| 1974 | Police Woman | TV | 6.4 | 15 | |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Beth | TV | 6.5 | 13 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 5 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Margaret Ryder | TV | 8.8 | 7 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sheila | TV | 8.8 | 7 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Martha | TV | 8.8 | 7 |