Mare Winningham

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Mare Winningham: Biography

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Birth Name: Mary Megan Winningham
Birth Place: Phoenix, AZ
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/16/1959, Taurus
Profession: Actor; musician; singer/songwriter

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Grey's Mare Winningham Now In a Legal Bind | Today's News: Our Take | 8/23/2007
Fresh off a Grey's Anatomy run, Emmy winner Mare Winningham finds herself in need of some Boston Legal advice this season on ABC's court drama. Winningham will play a woman who asks Alan Shore for advice on how to kill the man who murdered her daughter but was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity. When Alan refuses to help, (spoiler alert) the avenging mother kills said man and then asks Shore to represent her in her murder trial. Boston Legal launches Season 4 with a 90-minute episode on Sept. 25, at 9:30 pm/ET. read more
Anatomy of a Spin-off: A Rocky Start | Roush Dispatch | 5/4/2007
Watching Thursday night's underwhelming, overly frenetic "backdoor pilot" setup for the seemingly inevitable Grey's Anatomy spin-off, I was reminded how blown away I wasn't by the original Grey's pilot as well. The Grey's pilot had its problems, but this glossy new twist on the formula seems much more problematic.When Grey's first appeared, with the pilot held for mid-season in a year when Lost and Desperate Housewives exploded on the scene and turned ABC's fortunes around, my initial thoughts were: Loved the cast. Liked the characters. But at first look, the reliance on heavy-handed voice-over (since dialed back a bit) and woe-is-me, life-as-an-intern-is-hard whining obscured many of the charms that would soon emerge, and it felt a bit generic.By the end of that first half-season, though, I was hooked. The heightened mix of hospital drama and romantic comedy, lathered in torrid and twisty soap operatics, was infectious, and the wonderfully blended (by sex and race) cast pulled it... read more
May 3, 2007: The Other Side of This Life | Grey's Anatomy | 5/4/2007
Raise your hand if you're already hooked. Shonda, you have just sold me on Grey's 2.0, or what you are currently planning on calling it: Private Practice. I can't imagine ABC not picking the show up for the fall. To make this easier for me to write, but more importantly, to give it a more reader-friendly approach, I'd like to split this in two. I'll get to my comments on the very well-executed Kate Walsh pilot later. First, let's talk about Grey's...I. GREY'S ANATOMYWhen I heard that Meredith was going to be experiencing another family death, my initial thought was Thatcher, but then I felt that it would be silly to kill off her father right after her mother. When her step mom Susan (Mare Winningham) showed up again at Seattle Grace, this time with perpetual hiccups she claimed were due to her acid reflux, I agreed with Meredith and Thatcher. I figured Susan was faking it as an excuse for Thatcher to spend needed quality time with his daughter. As Susan kept returning with worse... read more
April 19, 2007: Time After Time | Grey's Anatomy | 4/20/2007
After a four-week wait, I was totally psyched to finally see a new episode of Grey's. I woke up in such a good mood Thursday morning since I was finally able to put away my Pepto-Bismol the night before (like a lot of you, I’ve been suffering from a bad case of Sanjayarrhea). So I was not disappointed in this "past coming back to haunt you"-focused episode — especially how they handled the Izzie/George awkwardness (I'll get to that recent past situation in a bit). First things first: Welcome back to the show, Chandra Wilson! How nice for Bailey to come out of the background at last. Chandra is not an actress that should be wasted and utilized in only a few throwaway scenes as she'd been lately. I adored seeing Bailey be so comforting to and protective of Izzie.But let's get to Izzie. What a way for her to get her mind off the shunning George — the parents who adopted the child Izzie gave up when she was 16 tracked her down. I thought Izzie handled the shocking news... read more
March 15, 2007: Scars and Souvenirs | Grey's Anatomy | 3/16/2007
When Michael Ausiello teased us that one of six possible plot twists would happen in tonight's episode, I was oh-so-hoping it wasn't going to be the "Izzie and George will hook up" option. Ugh! Not that I myself haven't done stupid things while being overly intoxicated — haven't we all? Well... if the two best friends had to end up naked in the same bed (we don't yet have actual evidence that any sexual acts occurred), I'm just glad alcohol was involved. Will either of them remember the details? We shall see. But the first thing I thought when they drunkenly gazed at each other (right before they cut quickly to the next scene) was: "Lame." First he gets to shag Meredith. Now Izzie? But hey — I love this show, so I accept silly things like Meredith recovering way too quickly from her temporary death. Best line was earlier when Callie accused Izzie of having feelings for George, and George then described Izzie to Callie: "She's blonde. She's stacked. She's a supermodel. I'm... read more

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Mare Winningham: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Swing Vote (Actor - Larissa Johnson)	2008	Movie
Magic of Ordinary Days (Actor - Martha)	2005	TV Show Series
Clubhouse (Actor - Lynne Young)	2004	TV Show Series
Dandelion (Actor - Layla Mullich)	2004	Movie
The Magic Of Ordinary Days (Actor - Martha Singleton)	2004	Movie