Mary Elizabeth Winstead Net Worth
Michael Green
Published Apr 10, 2026
What Is Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Net Worth?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress, producer, and singer with a net worth of $6 million. She has appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows, including “Passions,” “Wolf Lake,” “The Returned,” “BrainDead,” “Mercy Street,” and “Fargo.”
Some of her notable film credits include “Final Destination 3,” “Bobby,” “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Smashed,” “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “All About Nina,” “Birds of Prey,” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
In addition to her acting work, Winstead has produced several shorts and the film “Faults,” and she formed the musical duo Got a Girl with Dan the Automator.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Early Life and Career
Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28, 1984, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She relocated to Sandy, Utah, when she was five years old and attended Peruvian Park Elementary. She attended a summer program at Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and was a member of the International Children’s Choir. However, she had to give up her ballet career due to her height.
As a teenager, Winstead pursued acting and appeared in the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” alongside Donny Osmond.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Acting Career
Mary Elizabeth Winstead began her acting career in 1997 with an uncredited role in “Touched by an Angel.” She then appeared in “Promised Land,” “The Long Road Home,” and played Jessica Bennett on “Passions.” She starred as Sophia Donner on “Wolf Lake” and appeared in TV movies such as “Then Came Jones” and “Monster Island.”
In 2005, Winstead made her feature film debut in “The Ring Two” and also appeared in “Checking Out” and “Sky High.” She starred in horror movies such as “Final Destination 3” and “Black Christmas” and played Ingrid Superstar in “Factory Girl.”
Winstead played Lucy Gennero-McClane in “Live Free or Die Hard” and reprised her role in “A Good Day to Die Hard.” She starred in “Make It Happen,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” and the prequel to “The Thing.”
In 2012, Winstead portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and co-starred in the drama “Smashed,” which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She appeared in various films such as “The Spectacular Now,” “Kill the Messenger,” and “10 Cloverfield Lane,” which earned her a Saturn Award and iHorror Award. She played Rowan Blackshaw on “The Returned” and Laurel Healy on “BrainDead.”
Winstead portrayed real-life nurse Mary Phinney on “Mercy Street” and Nikki Swango on “Fargo.” She received critical acclaim for her performance as Nina Geld in “All About Nina” and appeared in “Gemini Man” and “The Parts You Lose.” Winstead played Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress in “Birds of Prey” and starred in “Kate.” She has also been cast on the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka.”
Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Personal Life
Mary Elizabeth Winstead married filmmaker Riley Stearns in 2010, whom she met on a cruise at the age of 18. They divorced in 2017. Winstead and her “Fargo” co-star Ewan McGregor began a relationship in 2017 and welcomed their son, Laurie, in 2021. They got married in April 2022.
Stearns directed Winstead in the 2014 film “Faults,” which Mary also produced.
Awards and Nominations
Mary Elizabeth Winstead has received several award nominations and wins throughout her career.
She won the Shining Star Award for Best Actress for “Smashed” at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2013, and the Newport Beach Film Festival honored her with the Icon Award in 2018.
Winstead earned two Saturn Award nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, winning Best Actress for “10 Cloverfield Lane” in 2017. She also received a iHorror Award for Best Actress – Horror Film for the same movie, as well as nominations from the BloodGuts UK Horror Awards, Fright Meter Awards, and Golden Schmoes Awards.
In 2013, “The Beauty Inside,” a web series she starred on, won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches – Original Daytime Program or Series.
For her role in “Smashed,” Mary earned an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, a North Carolina Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Other notable nominations include a Scream Award nomination for Scream Queen for “Black Christmas,” a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Actress: Action for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” and several nominations for her role in “Fargo,” including an Awards Circuit Community Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress (TV Movie or Mini-Series) and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series.
In 2019, Mary received an EDA Special Mention Award nomination for Bravest Performance for “All About Nina” from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, as well as an Indiana Film Journalists Association Award nomination for Best Actress for the film.
Most recently, she earned a Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for “Birds of Prey” in 2020, and shared an MTV Movie + TV Award nomination for Best Fight with her co-stars Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, and Jurnee Smollett.
