# Mare Winningham filmography

The filmography of actress Mare Winningham consists of her acting appearances in feature film, television series appearances, television films, and Winningham's stage credits.
With over 90 acting and stage credits to her name, Winningham is known for her role as Georgia Flood in the 1995 film Georgia, a role which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film, as well. Winningham has appeared in numerous television films and limited series since the 1970s. She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her roles in Amber Waves (1980) and George Wallace (1997).
Her Broadway and off-Broadway stage performances, including Casa Valentina in 2014, have garnered Winningham critical acclaim. She has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award, a Tony Award, and won a Lucille Lortel Award in 2008.

## Feature films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1980 | One Trick Pony | Modeena Dandridge |
| 1981 | Threshold | Carol Severance |
| 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | Wendy Beamish |
| 1986 | Nobody's Fool | Pat |
| 1987 | Shy People | Candy |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Brenda Carlucci |
| 1988 | Miracle Mile | Julie Peters |
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Vet Dr. Emily Carson/Emily Turner |
| 1991 | Hard Promises | Dawn |
| 1993 | Sexual Healing | Marta |
| 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo | Singer |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Mattie Blaylock |
| 1994 | The War | Lois Simmons |
| 1995 | Georgia | Georgia Flood |
| 1997 | Bad Day on the Block | Catherine Braverton |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Aunt Mamie Nash |
| 2004 | Dandelion | Layla Mullich |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Belle |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Larissa Johnson |
| 2009 | Brothers | Elsie Cahill |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | Baker Margaret |
| 2013 | Philomena | Mary Hess |
| 2017 | Geostorm | Dr. Jennings |
| 2018 | O.G. | Janice |
| 2018 | The Seagull | Polina |
| 2019 | Dark Waters | Darlene Kiger |
| 2020 | News of the World | Doris Boudlin |
| 2021 | All My Puny Sorrows | Lottie Von Riesen |
| 2024 | Rob Peace | Professor Durham |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | James at 15 | Wanda (uncredited) | Episode: "The Girl with the Bad Rep" |
| 1978 | Police Woman | Linda | Episode: "Battered Teachers" |
| 1978 | The Young Pioneers | Nettie Peters | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | Starsky and Hutch | Joey Carston | Episode: "Ninety Pounds of Trouble" |
| 1979 | Family | Merilee Kalisher | Episode: "The Competition" |
| 1980 | Off the Minnesota Strip | Micki | Television film |
| 1981 | Freedom | Libby Bellow | Television film |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Justine O'Neill | Episode: "Part 4" |
| 1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Beth | Episode: "One Too Many" |
| 1985 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Margaret Ryder | Episode: "Love Is Never Silent" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Norma Lewis | Episode: "Button, Button" |
| 1991 | Fatal Exposure | Jamie Hurd | Television film |
| 1991 | She Stood Alone | Prudence Crandall | Walt Disney/NBC television film |
| 1997–98 | Mad About You | Sarah McCain | 2 episodes |
| 1998–99 | ER | Dr. Amanda Lee | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Kate Morris | Episode: "Still Life" |
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | Eileen Piper | Episode: "The Plan" |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel | Maggie | Episode: "The Bells of St. Peters" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sandra Blaine | Episode: "Manic" |
| 2003 | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | Dottie Shaw | 7 episodes |
| 2004–05 | Clubhouse | Lynne Young | 11 episodes |
| 2006–07 | Grey's Anatomy | Susan Grey | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Patrice Kelly | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Katherine Donovan | Episode: "Greater Good" |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Celeste Cooper | Episode: "The Good Soldier" |
| 2010 | 24 | Elaine Al-Zacar | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Nancy Riverton | Episode: "Safe Haven" |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce | Ida Corwin | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Torchwood: Miracle Day | Ellis Hartley Monroe | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Sally McCoy | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-O | Terry Beckett | Episode: "Ho'opio" |
| 2013 | Under the Dome | Agatha Seagrave | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | American Horror Story: Coven | Alicia Spencer | Episode: "The Replacements" |
| 2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Rita Gayheart | Episode: "Orphans" |
| 2014–18 | The Affair | Cherry Lockhart | 14 episodes |
| 2015–16 | American Horror Story: Hotel | Hazel Evers | 11 episodes |
| 2017 | American Horror Story: Cult | Sally Keffler | Episode: "Mid-Western Assassin" |
| 2020 | The Outsider | Jeannie Anderson | 10 episodes |
| 2021 | Dopesick | Diane Mallum | 6 episodes |

### Television films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Young Pioneers | Nettie Peters | Uncredited |
| 1976 | Young Pioneers' Christmas | Nettie Peters | |
| 1978 | Special Olympics | Janice Gallitzin | |
| 1980 | The Women's Room | Chris | |
| 1981 | Freedom | Libby Bellow | |
| 1984 | The Miracle Continues | Helen Keller | |
| 1985 | Love Is Never Silent | Margaret Ryder | |
| 1986 | A Winner Never Quits | Annie | |
| 1986 | Who Is Julia? | Mary Frances Bodine | |
| 1988 | God Bless the Child | Theresa Johnson | 1989 Pied Piper Granada Production for ITV with Peter O Toole |
| 1992 | Intruders | Mary Wilkes | |
| 1993 | Better Off Dead | Katherine Kit Kellner | |
| 1995 | Letter to My Killer | Judy Parma | |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Sheila | |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Lurleen Wallace | |
| 1999 | Too Rich | Chandi Heffner | |
| 2000 | Sharing the Secret | Dr. Nina Moss | |
| 2001 | Snap Decision | Jennifer Bradley | |
| 2002 | Tru Confessions | Ginny Walker | |
| 2005 | The Magic of Ordinary Days | Martha | |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | 10 Million Miles | The Women |
| 2010 | After the Revolution | Mel |
| 2012–13 | Tribes | Beth |
| 2013 | Picnic | Flo Owens |
| 2014 | Casa Valentina | Rita |
| 2016 | Her Requiem | Allison |
| 2019, 2020, 2021 | Girl from the North Country | Elizabeth Laine |
| 2024 | Cult of Love | Virginia "Ginny" Dahl |