Mary Megan "Mare" Winningham (/mɛər/; born May 16, 1959) is an
American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of two
Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two
Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.A seven-time Emmy Award nominee,
she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for
Amber Waves in 1980 and George Wallace in 1998. She was also nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film
Georgia.Winningham's other film and TV roles include St. Elmo's Fire
(1985), Miracle Mile (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), The War (1994),
Dandelion (2004), Swing Vote (2008), Brothers (2009), Mildred Pierce
(2011), Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and appeared in American Horror
Story for four seasons; Coven (2013), Freak Show (2014), Hotel
(2015â€"16) and Cult (2017). She made her New York stage debut in the
2007 Off-Broadway musical 10 Million Miles, for which she received a
Drama Desk Award nomination. and her Broadway debut in the 2013
revival of Picnic. In 2014, she was nominated for the Tony Award for
Best Featured Actress in a Play for the original Broadway production
of Casa Valentina. She was cast as Cherry Lockhart for Seasons 1â€"2
and 4 as Cole's mother in the TV series The Affair.
American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of two
Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two
Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.A seven-time Emmy Award nominee,
she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for
Amber Waves in 1980 and George Wallace in 1998. She was also nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film
Georgia.Winningham's other film and TV roles include St. Elmo's Fire
(1985), Miracle Mile (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), The War (1994),
Dandelion (2004), Swing Vote (2008), Brothers (2009), Mildred Pierce
(2011), Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and appeared in American Horror
Story for four seasons; Coven (2013), Freak Show (2014), Hotel
(2015â€"16) and Cult (2017). She made her New York stage debut in the
2007 Off-Broadway musical 10 Million Miles, for which she received a
Drama Desk Award nomination. and her Broadway debut in the 2013
revival of Picnic. In 2014, she was nominated for the Tony Award for
Best Featured Actress in a Play for the original Broadway production
of Casa Valentina. She was cast as Cherry Lockhart for Seasons 1â€"2
and 4 as Cole's mother in the TV series The Affair.
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