Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born on November 28, 1984, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to Betty Lou (née Knight) and James Ronald Winstead{{cite web|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/mary-elizabeth-winstead-1 |magazine=Maxim |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104014757/http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/mary-elizabeth-winstead-1 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Michael J. |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead on 'Black Christmas' |url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/mary_elizabeth_winstead/interview03.shtml |publisher=Radio Free |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170912133737/http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/mary_elizabeth_winstead/interview03.shtml |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |date=November 4, 2006 |url-status=live }} and is the youngest of five children.{{cite web|url=http://www.snmag.com/INTERVIEWS/Celebrity-Interviews/To-Die-For-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead.html |title=Interview with Mary Elizabeth Winstead |magazine=Saturday Night Magazine |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002091622/http://www.snmag.com/INTERVIEWS/Celebrity-Interviews/To-Die-For-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead.html |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Her grandfather, Ambler William Winstead, was a cousin of actress Ava Gardner.{{cite web|title=At Death's Door: "Final Destination 3" Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://www.amc.com/talk/2006/09/at-deaths-door |publisher=AMC Theatres |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042125/http://www.amc.com/talk/2006/09/at-deaths-door |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live}} When she was five years old, her family moved to Sandy, Utah,{{cite web |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/mary-elizabeth-winstead/biography.html |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105141009/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/mary-elizabeth-winstead/biography.html |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }} where she attended Peruvian Park Elementary and took advanced classes. She studied dance in a Joffrey Ballet summer program in Chicago and sang in the International Children's Choir.{{cite web |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Biography |url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/mary-elizabeth-winstead/13745/ |magazine=Tribute |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170912135346/https://www.tribute.ca/people/mary-elizabeth-winstead/13745/ |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live}} During her youth, she hoped to pursue a career as a ballerina and appeared in local ballet productions. As she entered her teens, she was forced to quit ballet due to her height. She later said, "I realized pretty early on that I was already too tall by the time I was 13... You know, your body has to stay that way for your entire life, and it's pretty hard on your muscles and your bones." Realizing a dance career was unlikely, she turned to acting. As she was still a teenager at the time, this required her to be homeschooled through most of high school.{{cite web |title=Sky High – Q&A with Steven Strait & Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://www.phase9.tv/moviefeatures/skyhighq&a-stevenstrait&maryelizabethwinstead1.shtml |website=Phase9 Entertainment |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170912135918/http://www.phase9.tv/moviefeatures/skyhighq&a-stevenstrait&maryelizabethwinstead1.shtml |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/332_mary_elizabeth_winstead.html |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead |website=AskMen |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140829230831/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/332_mary_elizabeth_winstead.html |archive-date=August 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Winstead appeared in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond.{{cite web |last1=Gay |first1=Jason |title=Proud Mary |url=https://www.gq.com/story/mary-elizabeth-winstead-live-free-die-hard |magazine=GQ |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311035430/https://www.gq.com/story/mary-elizabeth-winstead-live-free-die-hard |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |date=June 6, 2007 |url-status=live}} After her brief performance in that show, Winstead began making appearances in various television series and earned guest roles in Touched by an Angel and Promised Land. She gained her first major role as Jessica Bennett in the NBC soap opera Passions, from 1999 to 2000. She left to pursue other interests, later stating, "I really had one of the smallest roles on Passions, so I didn't get too involved... I was able to leave pretty easily".{{cite web |last1=Havens |first1=Candace |title=Formers 'Passions' player finds her inner wolf |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NjIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4246,7751299&dq=mary+elizabeth+winstead&hl=en |newspaper=The Free Lance–Star |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170912142416/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NjIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kwgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4246,7751299&dq=mary+elizabeth+winstead&hl=en |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |date=August 26, 2001 |url-status=live }} Winstead's next significant television role was in the short-lived CBS drama series Wolf Lake (2001–02), as the daughter of Tim Matheson's character.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6y8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=4993,5362521&dq=mary+elizabeth+winstead&hl=en |title=Young Utah actress co-stars in new series |last=Pierce |first=Scott D. |newspaper=Deseret News |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170914112319/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6y8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fewDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4993,5362521&dq=mary+elizabeth+winstead&hl=en |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=live }} The series was canceled after ten episodes. In 2004, Winstead played a supporting role in MTV's made-for-television film Monster Island. She was offered a role in the film A Cinderella Story, but turned it down as she had just graduated from school and was going on a cruise with friends (where she met Riley Stearns, her future husband).{{cite web |last1=Crew |first1=Amanda |date=February 18, 2016 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://frankbefrank.com/interviews/mary-elizabeth-winstead |website=Frank |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170912183840/http://frankbefrank.com/interviews/mary-elizabeth-winstead |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live}}

Following a minor role in the indie comedy Checking Out (2005), she took on a larger role as a school senior turned the main antagonist in the Walt Disney Pictures film Sky High, about an airborne school for teenage superheroes. Winstead said of her role, "I bounced around. I was either the hero of the sidekicks or the sidekick to the heroes."{{cite web |title=Sky Kids Have Hero Issues |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire//index.php?category=0&id=31721 |website=Syfy |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090421035949/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire//index.php?category=0&id=31721 |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |date=July 22, 2005 |url-status=dead }} The film was released on July 29, 2005, receiving favorable reviews, and budgeted at US$35 million, it grossed US$63.9 million domestically.{{cite web |title=Sky High (2005) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skyhigh.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160410012452/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skyhigh.htm |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=live }}

Winstead then began working with filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan, previously known for their contributions to The X-Files. She starred in the 2006 horror movie Final Destination 3 (which Wong directed and Morgan produced) as lead character Wendy Christensen,{{cite web|last1=Clark |first1=Sean |title=Winstead, Mary Elizabeth & Merriman, Ryan (Final Destination 3) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/winstead-mary-elizabeth-merriman-ryan-final-destination-3 |website=Dread Central |access-date=September 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916225540/http://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/winstead-mary-elizabeth-merriman-ryan-final-destination-3 |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |date=February 13, 2006 |url-status=dead}} the "beleaguered heroine who experiences the premonition" that sets the story in motion.{{cite web |last1=Putman |first1=Dustin |title=Final Destination 3 (2006) |url=http://www.thefrightfile.com/reviews/f/06_fd3.htm |website=The Fright File |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170914113111/http://www.thefrightfile.com/reviews/f/06_fd3.htm |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=live }} The production was a commercial success, but received a mixed response from critics.{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/final_destination_3/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113092843/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/final_destination_3/ |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |url-status=live}} Winstead's performance fared positively with reviewers;{{cite news|last1=Papamichael |first1=Stella |title=Final Destination 3 (2006) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/02/09/final_destination_3_2006_review.shtml |work=BBC Online |access-date=September 14, 2017 |date=February 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104071346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/02/09/final_destination_3_2006_review.shtml |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |url-status=live}} James Berardinelli stated she "does as competent a job as one could expect in these dire circumstances,"{{cite web|last1=Berandinelli |first1=James |title=Final Destination 3 (United States, 2006) |url=http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/final-destination-3 |website=ReelViews |access-date=April 24, 2017|date=February 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717103611/http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/final-destination-3 |archive-date=July 17, 2017 |url-status=live}} while Felix Gonzalez, Jr found her "likeable" in her role.{{cite web |last1=Gonzalex |first1=Felix Jr. |date=July 22, 2006 |title=Final Destination 3 (2006) |url=http://www.dvdreview.com/reviews/pages/2375.shtml |website=DVD Reviews |access-date=September 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119154429/http://www.dvdreview.com/reviews/pages/2375.shtml |archive-date=November 19, 2008 |url-status=dead}} Winstead would collaborate again with Morgan and Wong later that year, in the slasher film Black Christmas. The movie, a loose remake of the 1974 film of the same name, follows a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and murdered by the house's former inhabitants during a winter storm. It received poor reviews, but earned her a nomination for Scream Queen at the 2007 Scream Awards.{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Ruthe |date=October 14, 2012 |title=Winstead leaves slashers for 'Smashed' |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Winstead-leaves-slashers-for-Smashed-3941048.php |work=SF Gate |access-date=October 7, 2017 |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171003083350/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Winstead-leaves-slashers-for-Smashed-3941048.php |url-status=live}} Winstead got a chance to lampoon horror scream queens when Tonight Show host Jay Leno, unaware of who she was, knocked on her front door and included her in a comedy segment spoofing horror films.

She appeared in Emilio Estevez's Bobby, a 2006 film depicting the last hours of Robert F. Kennedy.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/mary_elizabeth_winstead/interview02.shtml|website=RadioFree.com|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Interviews, Bobby|access-date=October 1, 2017}} Winstead became interested in Bobby after learning that Anthony Hopkins would appear in the film. A moderate box office success in selected theaters, Bobby received mixed reviews{{cite web|title=Bobby|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bobby|website=Metacritic|access-date=October 1, 2017}} with many criticisms directed at the film's script.{{cite web|title=Bobby|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1162559-bobby/|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 1, 2017}} The film's cast was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture,{{cite web |title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |website=Screen Actors Guild Awards |access-date=October 1, 2017}} but won the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Cast.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}

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In 2007, Winstead appeared in a pair of high-profile event films. Quentin Tarantino cast her as a well-intentioned but vapid and naïve actress in Death Proof, his high-speed segment of the double–feature exploitation horror Grindhouse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=19186|title=Latest Movie News {{!}} Film Industry |website=Empire |access-date=October 1, 2017}} She appeared alongside Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, Zoë Bell, and Kurt Russell in the movie's second part, which followed a psychopathic stunt man, played by Russell, stalking and murdering young women. It is the second film to feature Winstead with Russell (after Sky High), although she only filmed scenes with Dawson, Thoms, and Bell. The production under-performed commercially but attracted significant media buzz and critical acclaim,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grindhouse.htm|title=Grindhouse (2007)|website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 1, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Grindhouse|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grindhouse/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 1, 2017}} Variety magazine noted that Death Proof "proves its worth as a stand-alone feature" and found Winstead's "emergence" to be "one agreeable plus [to the movie]".{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=May 22, 2007 |title=Death Proof |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/death-proof-1200559098/ |work=Variety |access-date=April 25, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Matthew |date=September 17, 2007 |title=Death Proof |work=ViewLondon |url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/death-proof-film-review-20222.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001213806/http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/death-proof-film-review-20222.html |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |access-date=October 10, 2020}} Her next film appearance of the year was opposite Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard, portraying John McClane's estranged daughter, Lucy. The movie grossed US$383.5 million and was highly acclaimed.{{cite web |title=Live Free or Die Hard |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/live_free_or_die_hard/ |date=June 27, 2007 |work=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{cite web |title=Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=diehard4.htm |work=Box Office Mojo}}

She starred in a lead role in Make It Happen, a dance film. The film went straight to DVD in the United States, and fared poorly in its UK release.{{cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=July 11, 2007 |title=Weinstein Co. onboard for dance film |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/weinstein-co-onboard-for-dance-film-1117968307/ |website=Variety |access-date=October 20, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead set to "Make It Happen" in Burlesque Flick |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/mary-elizabeth-winstead-set-to-make-it-happen-in-burlesque-flick/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627124147/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/live_free_or_die_hard/news/1651856/mary_elizabeth_winstead_set_to_andquotmake_it_happenandquot_in_burlesque_flick |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 10, 2020}} Nevertheless, it proved a delight for Winstead, who once dreamed of being a dancer.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Critics agreed that she was the film's best asset. Reviewer Mike Martin wrote, "Winstead infuses every moment with an amazing amount of charm".{{cite web |title=Teletext Big Screen Film Reviews |url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/bigscreen/film-reviews/dbca99054dddfa19d543f089c0ed9823/Make+It+Happen+(PG)+90+mins.aspx |website=Teletext |access-date=September 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827141647/http://www.teletext.co.uk/bigscreen/film-reviews/dbca99054dddfa19d543f089c0ed9823/Make+It+Happen+(PG)+90+mins.aspx |archive-date=August 27, 2008}} Matthew Turner of ViewLondon wrote, "[Winstead] compensates for the generally poor direction."{{cite web |title=Make it Happen Film Review |url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/make-it-happen-film-review-24625.html |website=ViewLondon |date=June 8, 2008 |access-date=May 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229090858/http://www.viewlondon.co.uk:80/films/make-it-happen-film-review-24625.html |archive-date=December 29, 2008}}

Winstead co-starred opposite Michael Cera in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the comic-book Scott Pilgrim, under the direction of Edgar Wright.{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iddf6bb69274592b70ef8a3c006e3681f|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead joins 'Pilgrim'|date=May 16, 2008|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519051913/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iddf6bb69274592b70ef8a3c006e3681f|archive-date=May 19, 2008}} Her role was Ramona Flowers, a mysterious delivery girl and Scott's love interest. Winstead went through fight training for two months and performed most of her own stunts.{{Cite web |title=Movies |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/headlines/20100813-Rising-stars-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead-and-5524.ece |website=GuideLive |access-date=October 1, 2017}} Filming occurred from March{{cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Chris |date=March 31, 2008 |title=Michael Cera Talks Scott Pilgrim |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22284 |work=Empire |access-date=April 4, 2008 }} to August 2009,{{cite web |title=August 28th, 2009 21:40 (EDT) Wrap! |url=http://edgarwrighthere.com/2009/08/august-28th-2009-2140-edt-wrap/ |work=Edgar Wright There |date=August 28, 2009 |access-date=August 30, 2009 |archive-date=February 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223202317/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/08/28/august-28th-2009-2140-edt-wrap/ |url-status=dead}} and the film was released in late 2010, to critical acclaim but poor box office returns. Winstead's performance was well received generally, and earned her a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Choice Actress Action.{{cite web |last=Longman |first=Haley |date=June 29, 2011 |title=Teen Choice Awards Nominees 2011: Justin Bieber, Glee, Kardashians and More |url=http://www.teen.com/2011/06/29/entertainment/teen-choice-award-nominees-2011-justin-bieber-glee-kardashians/ |work=Teen.com |access-date=March 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423020401/http://www.teen.com/2011/06/29/entertainment/teen-choice-award-nominees-2011-justin-bieber-glee-kardashians/ |archive-date=April 23, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Winstead was cast as the lead female in the 2011 prequel film to 1982's The Thing,{{cite web|last1=Barton |first1=Steve |title=Dread Central Dread Central Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton Set to Battle The Thing |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/15620/mary-elizabeth-winstead-and-joel-edgerton-set-to-battle-the-thing/ |website=Dread Central|access-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613205815/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/15620/mary-elizabeth-winstead-and-joel-edgerton-set-to-battle-the-thing/ |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |date=February 8, 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=The Thing Will Arrive April 29, 2011 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67054 |date=June 16, 2010 |website=Coming Soon}} which followed a group of scientists who discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica, realizing too late that it is still alive. Winstead portrayed paleontologist Dr. Kate Lloyd, a character she based on her sister, a neurologist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/46078|title=Quint chats Scott Pilgrim and The Thing prequel with Ramona Flowers herself, Ms. Mary Elizabeth...|last=quint|work=Aint It Cool News|access-date=October 1, 2017 }}{{cite news |title=The Thing Set Visit Interview: Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/The-Thing-Set-Visit-Interview-Mary-Elizabeth-Winstead-20972.html |work=CinemaBlend |date=October 4, 2010 |access-date=October 1, 2017}} The production received a U.S. theatrical release on October 14, 2011, garnering a mixed critical reception and little commercial interest.{{cite web |title=The Thing |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_thing_2011/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=October 14, 2011 |access-date=April 25, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Weekend Report: Remakes Can't Retire 'Real Steel' |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3292&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |date=October 17, 2011 |access-date=April 25, 2016}} Critics singled out Winstead for praise in her performance,{{cite news |last=Toomey |first=Matthew |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Review: The Thing |url=http://www.thefilmpie.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2214:review-the-thing&catid=36:reviews |work=The Film Pie |access-date=October 13, 2011}} with Las Vegas Weekly asserting that she "makes for an appealing protagonist, and Kate is portrayed as competent without being thrust into some unlikely action-hero role".{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Josh |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Las Vegas Weekly: – Meet the new "Thing" same as the old "Thing" |url=http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/oct/12/meet-new-thing-same-old-thing/ |newspaper=Las Vegas Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=October 13, 2011}}

Winstead appeared opposite Aaron Paul in Smashed, an independent drama directed by James Ponsoldt about a married alcoholic couple (Paul and Winstead) whose relationship is put to test when the wife decides to get sober.{{Cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Brian |date=September 21, 2011 |title=Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Get Smashed |url=http://movieweb.com/aaron-paul-and-mary-elizabeth-winstead-get-smashed/ |work=MovieWeb |access-date=October 1, 2017}} She said that the film was shot in 19 days.{{Cite news |last=Wilner |first=Norman |date=September 12, 2012 |title=TIFF Interview: Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/guides/tiff/2012/story.cfm?content=188559 |work=NOW Magazine |access-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021152314/http://www.nowtoronto.com/guides/tiff/2012/story.cfm?content=188559 |url-status=dead}} Screened during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,{{Cite web |title='17 Sundance Film Festival – Digital Program Guide |url=http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120030/smashed |website=Sundance |access-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103193011/http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120030/smashed |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=dead}} Winstead's performance earned her rave reviews,{{cite web |title=Smashed |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/smashed/ |work=Rotten Tomatoes |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2022}} with JoBlo.com calling it: "the type of performance that could be Award-worthy if given the right kind of build-up by whichever studio picks it up".{{cite web |last=Bumbray |first=Chris |date=October 10, 2012 |title=Review: Smashed (Sundance 2012) |url=https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-smashed-sundance-2012 |website=JoBlo |access-date=October 17, 2022}} The film was released theatrically on October 12, 2012,{{cite web |title=Update: Smashed will hit theaters October 12! |url=https://twitter.com/M_E_Winstead/status/233204518752485377 |website=Twitter |access-date= August 8, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Kenji |date=August 8, 2012 |title=Sony Classics set Smashed Release Date |url=http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2012/08/08/sony-classics-set-sundance-winner-smashed-for-october-us-release/ |work=HeyUGuys |access-date=October 17, 2022}} and saw Winstead snagging the Dallas International Film Festival Award for Best Actress. During a promotional interview for the movie with website Collider, she expressed pride in working on an independent project: "It's something I've been trying to do for years and years [...] It's almost like my first movie in a weird way, cause it's my first movie in this world, which is a world I've been trying to break into. [I've wanted] to be around filmmakers that are trying new things and not part of the system, so to speak, and they're doing things on their own terms."{{cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead SMASHED and ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Interview |url=https://collider.com/mary-elizabeth-winstead-smashed-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-interview/ |website=Collider |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}}

Winstead played the role of Mary Todd Lincoln opposite Benjamin Walker in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Kate |date=February 17, 2011 |title='Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter': Mary Elizabeth Winstead is Mary Todd |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/02/17/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-mary-elizabeth-winstead/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 6, 2020}} The film, also released in 2012, received a mixed critical response while it flopped at the box office.{{cite web |title=Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abraham_lincoln_vampire_hunter/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |location=San Francisco, CA |date=June 22, 2012}}{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=June 24, 2012 |title=Box office report: 'Brave' hits the bullseye with $66.7 million; 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' gets staked |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/06/24/box-office-report-brave-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=October 1, 2017}} Nevertheless, critics praised Winstead's performance. The San Jose Mercury News called Winstead "a standout",{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Randy |date=June 20, 2012 |title=Review: 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' taps the wrong vein |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/movies-dvd/ci_20900742/review-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-taps-wrong-vein?source=rss |newspaper=Mercury News |publisher=Digital First Media |access-date=May 18, 2019}} and the Illinois Times film critic wrote, "Winstead humanizes Mary [Todd Lincoln] by giving her a fiery wit and sense of resolve in the face of considerable adversity".{{cite news |last=Koplinski |first=Chuck |date=June 28, 2012 |title=Lincoln delivers bloody alternate history lesson |url=http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-10181-lincoln-delivers-bloody-alternate-history-lesson.html |newspaper=Illinois Times |publisher=Central Illinois Communications LLC |location=Springfield, IL |access-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927042757/http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-10181-lincoln-delivers-bloody-alternate-history-lesson.html |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Winstead was commended for scenes opposite Benjamin Walker, with Little White Lies writing that they shared: "a sweet chemistry that gives their handful of scenes an endearing warmth".{{cite web |last=Conterio |first=Martyn |date=June 20, 2012 |title=Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter review |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-20860 |work=Little White Lies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624050127/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-20860 |archive-date=June 24, 2012}}

In 2012, Winstead and Topher Grace appeared in The Beauty Inside, an "interactive social film". It was broken into six filmed episodes interspersed with interactive storytelling, all on Alex (the main character)'s Facebook timeline. He awakes each day with a different appearance; Winstead appeared as Leah, Alex's love interest. The web series served as an advertising campaign for Intel and Toshiba; it ran from August 16 through September 20, 2012.{{cite web |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |date=July 25, 2012 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Topher Grace Star In Drake Dore |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mary-elizabeth-winstead-topher-grace-star-in-drake-doremus-directed-campaign-for-intel-toshiba-the-beauty-inside-20120725 |work=The Playlist |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827122759/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mary-elizabeth-winstead-topher-grace-star-in-drake-doremus-directed-campaign-for-intel-toshiba-the-beauty-inside-20120725|archive-date=August 27, 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Jean-Jacques |first=Kethlene |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Join Topher Grace, Matthew Gray Gubler and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in New Film 'The Beauty Inside' as its Next Star (VIDEO) |url=http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-08-16/join-topher-grace-matthew-gray-gubler-and-mary-elizabeth-winstead-in-new-film-the-beauty-inside-as-its-next-star-video/ |website=Celebuzz |access-date=October 17, 2022}}

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Winstead was also cast in Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013), as Kate, "the best friend of [Charlie Sheen's] girlfriend who just broke up with him. She is not so supportive of their relationship."{{cite magazine|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/30/charlie-sheen-bill-murray-glimpse-first-look/|title=Charlie Sheen & Bill Murray in Charles Swan|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|location=New York City|date=August 30, 2012}} The film reunited her with Jason Schwartzman and Aubrey Plaza, her collaborators on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Winstead next co-starred with Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Jane Lynch, Jessica Alba, Amy Poehler, and Catherine O'Hara in A.C.O.D. (2013), portraying Lauren Stinger, the "long-time girlfriend of Carter (Scott) and the rock in his increasingly chaotic life."{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2012/03/mary-elizabeth-winstead-joins-cast-in-black-bear-pictures-a-c-o-d-238469/|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins 'A.C.O.D.'|last=Brooks|first=Brian|date=March 1, 2012|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 1, 2017 }} Although the film received mixed reviews,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/acod/|title=A.C.O.D.|date=October 4, 2013|work=rottentomatoes.com}} Winstead's acting was singled out by the Washington Post: "Winstead brings surprising depth to a small role, in which she has little to do except wait for her boyfriend to grow up, or to at least let go of his cynicism about love."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/acod-movie-review/2013/10/09/1fc97046-2ba0-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html|title='A.C.O.D.' movie review|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Screen Rant critic Ben Kendrick wrote: "[Winstead] and [Alba] also deliver in their contributions – though both of their characters are mainly designed to be mirrors for Carter to examine his own life and choices."{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Kendrick|url=https://screenrant.com/acod-movie-reviews-2013/|title=A.C.O.D. Review|website=Screen Rant|date=October 18, 2013}} A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III and A.C.O.D. both received a limited theatrical run in North America.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=acod.htm|title=A.C.O.D. (2013) |work=Box Office Mojo }}

Winstead collaborated again with James Ponsoldt in The Spectacular Now (2013) as Holly, the sister of Miles Teller's lead character.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mary-elizabeth-winstead-reteams-with-smashed-director-james-ponsoldt-for-the-spectacular-now-20120802|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Reteams With 'Smashed' Director J – The Playlist|author=Kevin Jagernauth|date=August 2, 2012|work=The Playlist|access-date=June 25, 2014|archive-date=July 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729192918/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mary-elizabeth-winstead-reteams-with-smashed-director-james-ponsoldt-for-the-spectacular-now-20120802|url-status=dead}} She appeared with Brie Larson, her co-star in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and with Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, and Bob Odenkirk. The film garnered critical acclaim and was an arthouse success.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/chandler-winstead-feeling-spectacular-now-1118057385/|title=Chandler, Winstead feeling 'Spectacular Now'|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|date=August 2, 2012|work=Variety|access-date=June 6, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_spectacular_now/|title=The Spectacular Now|date=August 2, 2013|work=rottentomatoes.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=spectacularnow.htm|title=The Spectacular Now (2013) |work=Box Office Mojo }}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714206/|title=The Spectacular Now (2013)|author=rivertam26|date=September 13, 2013|work=IMDb}} Next, Winstead briefly reprised her role in the film A Good Day to Die Hard (also 2013), shooting her scenes in only one day.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/07/mary-elizabeth-winstead-is-reprising-her-role-as-john-mcclanes-daughter-in-the-new-die-hard-afterall/|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Is Reprising Her Role As John McClane's Daughter In The New Die Hard Afterall – Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|date=August 7, 2012|work=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010065938/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/07/mary-elizabeth-winstead-is-reprising-her-role-as-john-mcclanes-daughter-in-the-new-die-hard-afterall/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=93377|title=Cameo Revealed for A Good Day to Die Hard - ComingSoon.net|date=August 8, 2012|work=ComingSoon.net|access-date=October 1, 2017 }} Winstead stated in an interview with Yahoo! that she was not expecting another sequel but "[had fun reprising] the father-daughter rapport."{{cite web|url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/winsteads-macclane-surprise-122314328.html|title=Winstead's MacClane again surprise|work=Yahoo! Movies UK|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=September 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103192536/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/winsteads-macclane-surprise-122314328.html|archive-date=November 3, 2014}} Winstead's scene was only available in the theatrical version, and was cut from the unrated version.

In 2014, Winstead was given the title role in Alex of Venice, directed by Chris Messina and penned by Jessica Goldberg. She played "an environmental lawyer who is left to raise her 12-year-old son alone after her husband bolts."{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/mary-elizabeth-winstead-a-good-day-to-die-hard-faults-movie-castin-533799/|title='Die Hard's' Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Two New Indie Features – Deadline|author=Dominic Patten|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 2013 }} Premiering at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival,{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/other-festivals/two-faces-alex-bookend-sfiff/5070096.article|title=Two Faces, Alex bookend SFIFF|work=screendaily.com}} reviews for the film were mostly positive, with many critics praising Winstead's part in it;{{cite web|url=http://screeninvasion.com/2014/04/alex-of-venice-tff-2014-movie-review/|title=Alex of Venice – TFF 2014 Movie Review|work=Screen Invasion|access-date=May 25, 2014|archive-date=May 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502232758/http://screeninvasion.com/2014/04/alex-of-venice-tff-2014-movie-review/|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.justpressplay.net/reviews/11527-tribeca-film-festival-2014-alex-of-venice.html|title=Tribeca Film Festival 2014: Alex of Venice|author=John Keith|work=justpressplay.net}} Variety magazine called her performance "extraordinary", saying the film: "belongs to Winstead, whose minor-key thesping proves as compelling as her heavy lifting in Smashed. Alex's gradual metamorphosis into a richer, more fully realized young woman is accomplished in hundreds of tiny emotional brushstrokes, flitting across her girl-next-door wholesomeness in ever-shifting patterns".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/tribeca-film-review-alex-of-venice-1201163468/|title='Alex of Venice' Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Soars in Chris Messina's Debut – Variety|work=Variety|date=April 24, 2014 }} Website Twitch Film wrote:

[Winstead] has matured from her early roles in horror films, to more impressive fare such as Smashed. She has grace, courage, knows how to move the audience and the camera loves her. While her resume up 'til now is a mix of blockbusters (Final Destination 3, Live Free or Die Hard) and indie favorites (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), this will change as she continues to grow into her profoundly blossoming career. This is an actress ready to do great things. As Alex, she always wears a look of determination, even when she's exhausted and losing the new battles thrown at her: learning how to be alone, taking care of her family and keeping the job she's worked her entire life for. Alex is a tender soul but does her damnedest to keep it together. It's an admirable trait not many can do, let alone be challenged with.{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2014/04/tribeca-2014-review-the-jury-has-reached-a-verdict-alex-of-venice-is-guilty-of-being-great.html#ixzz3IUo6gS8J|title=Tribeca 2014 Review: The Jury Has Reached a Verdict: Alex of Venice is Guilty of Being Great|work=TwitchFilm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108200434/http://twitchfilm.com/2014/04/tribeca-2014-review-the-jury-has-reached-a-verdict-alex-of-venice-is-guilty-of-being-great.html#ixzz3IUo6gS8J|archive-date=November 8, 2014|df=mdy-all}}

In 2014, Winstead starred in Stearns' debut feature film Faults. Winstead and co-star Leland Orser were praised for their performances, with Film School Rejects calling it an "exceptional performance"{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/faults.php|title='Faults' Review – SXSW 2014|work=Film School Rejects|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318170904/http://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/faults.php|archive-date=March 18, 2014}} and Indiewire saying "[Winstead's] inscrutable expression epitomizes this unique movie's enigmatic appeal", and even "ranks among her best".{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/sxsw-review-mary-elizabeth-winstead-stars-in-faults-a-bizarre-cult-comedy-with-surprises-in-store|title=SXSW Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Stars In 'Faults,' a – Indiewire|author=Eric Kohn|date=March 10, 2014|work=Indiewire}} Winstead was next cast alongside Jeremy Renner and Rosemarie DeWitt in Kill the Messenger. The thriller tells the true story of investigative journalist Gary Webb. Winstead portrayed Dawn Garcia, Webb's editor at the San Jose Mercury News.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/mary-elizabeth-winstead-joins-kill-the-messenger-542192/|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins 'Kill The Messenger'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 16, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2013}} It received a limited theatrical release on October 10, 2014, to favorable reviews but little commercial interest.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/weekend-box-office-dracula-untold-fails-to-blood-suck-from-david-finchers-gone-girl-20141012|title=Weekend Box-Office: 'Dracula Untold' Fails To Suck Blood – The Playlist|author=Rodrigo Perez|date=October 12, 2014|work=The Playlist|access-date=November 8, 2014|archive-date=November 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109144441/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/weekend-box-office-dracula-untold-fails-to-blood-suck-from-david-finchers-gone-girl-20141012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kill_the_messenger_2015/|title=Kill the Messenger|date=October 10, 2014|work=rottentomatoes.com}}

By January 2015, Winstead had been already cast as a series regular on A&E's U.S. remake of the French drama series The Returned, with Sandrine Holt and Agnes Bruckner. The adapted show followed residents in a small town whose lives are disrupted when people who have been dead for many years begin reappearing. It premiered on March 9, 2015, for a 10-episode run, to mostly critical acclaim.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 6, 2014 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead To Star In A&E Drama Series 'The Returned', 2 Others Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/mary-elizabeth-winstead-sandrine-halt-agnes-bruckner-cast-in-the-returned-ae-741443/ |website=Deadline |access-date=June 7, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the-returned-2015/s01/|title=The Returned (US): Season 1|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 9, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2016}} The series was cancelled after its first season though, due to low ratings.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 15, 2015 |title='Bates Motel' Renewed For 2 Seasons By A&E |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/bates-motel-renewed-2-seasons-returned-cancelled-ae-1201442802/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=April 25, 2016}} Also in 2015, she also made a guest-appearance on the August 6 episode of IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! ("Mary Elizabeth Winstead Wears an A-Line Skirt and Pointy Black Boots").{{cite web |last=Ferguson |first=LaToya |date=August 7, 2015 |title=Comedy Bang! Bang: "Mary Elizabeth Winstead Wears An A-Line Skirt And Pointy Black Boots" |url=https://www.avclub.com/comedy-bang-bang-mary-elizabeth-winstead-wears-an-a-1798184572 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=April 25, 2016}}

Winstead next portrayed the leading role of Mary Phinney in PBS' historical drama Mercy Street. The six-part series, about two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War, premiered on-demand on January 14, 2016, and made its broadcast debut three days later, on January 17.{{cite web |last=Maglio |first=Tony |date=April 29, 2015 |title=PBS Civil War Drama 'Mercy Street' Casts Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Gary Cole|url=https://www.thewrap.com/pbs-civil-war-drama-mercy-street-casts-josh-radnor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-and-gary-cole/ |work=The Wrap |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} It rated favorably with reviewers,{{cite web |title=Mercy Street: Season 1 – TV Reviews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mercy-street/s01/reviews/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 25, 2016}} who also showed praise of Winstead's performance; Variety magazine described her as the "smart, capable center around which Mercy Street pivots" and therefore noted that she was "so good that it's hard not to wish the show had pared down the sheer number of storylines it attempts to service in its six installments".{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Maureen |date=January 13, 2016 |title='Mercy Street' has Ted from 'HIMYM' as a Civil War doctor |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/mercy-street-pbs-1201673381/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=April 25, 2016}} The show was renewed for a second season,{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=March 9, 2016 |title='Mercy Street' Season 2: PBS Drama Renewed |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mercy-street-second-season-pbs-1201726283/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=April 25, 2016}} which premiered on January 22, 2017,{{cite web |title=Mercy Street season 2 will be released on January 22, 2017 |url=http://premieredate.tv/tv-series/2649-mercy-street-return-for-season-2-release-date.html |website=Premiere Date |access-date=September 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809025042/http://premieredate.tv/tv-series/2649-mercy-street-return-for-season-2-release-date.html |archive-date=August 9, 2016}} and was cancelled after its finale aired.

Winstead headlined the psychological thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane,{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=January 14, 2016 |title='10 Cloverfield Lane' Is the Title of J.J. Abrams' Secret Bad Robot Movie |url=https://collider.com/cloverfield-2-secret-movie-10-cloverfield-lane/ |website=Collider |language=en-US |access-date=January 14, 2016}} appearing as Michelle, a woman held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack. The film, directed by Dan Trachtenberg,{{cite web |last=Yamato |first=Jen |date=August 25, 2014 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Set For Bad Robot & Paramount Insurge's 'The Cellar' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/mary-elizabeth-winstead-the-cellar-bad-robot-824306/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} was released on March 11, 2016, to a widely positive reception from critics who, according to website Rotten Tomatoes, agreed that the movie "makes the most of its confined setting and outstanding cast".{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10_cloverfield_lane/|title=10 Cloverfield Lane|website=Rotten Tomatoes|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=April 25, 2016}} Daily Express found Winstead "sympathetic" and remarked that she "creates a character who is smart and resourceful",{{cite web |last=Hunter |first=Allan |date=March 18, 2016 |title=Film Reviews 10 Cloverfield Lane, High Rise, Marguerite and more |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/653603/Film-Reviews-10-Cloverfield-Lane-High-Rise-Marguerite-Risen-Rock-The-Kasbah |work=Daily Express |language=en-GB |access-date=April 25, 2016}} while writer James Berardinelli called her a "good choice" to play the heroine as she is "strong yet feminine".{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |date=March 10, 2016 |title=10 Cloverfield Lane |url=http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/10-cloverfield-lane |work=Reelviews Movie Reviews |access-date=April 25, 2016}} 10 Cloverfield Lane had the highest debut at the box office for Winstead in a leading role, with over US$24 million grossed on its opening weekend;{{cite web |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=maryelizabethwinstead.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 25, 2016}} it went on to gross US$72 million in North America and US$110.2 million worldwide.{{Cite web |title=10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badrobot2016.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 1, 2017}}

Winstead appeared in Swiss Army Man, an independent comedy-drama directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The film, co-starring Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano, follows a hopeless man stranded on an island who befriends an apparent dead body as he tries to get back home.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=June 29, 2015 |title=Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe & Mary Elizabeth Winstead Join 'Swiss Army Man' |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/paul-dano-daniel-radcliffe-mary-elizabeth-winstead-swiss-army-man-1201462245/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} It premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was released in selected theaters on June 24, to a positive reception.{{cite web |title=Swiss Army Man |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/swiss_army_man/|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 23, 2016}} Winstead also had a role in John Krasinski's small-scale dramedy The Hollars, opposite Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Mary Kay Place, and Margo Martindale.{{cite web |title=Up and Comers – Charlie Day, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Join 'The Hollars' |url=http://upandcomers.net/2014/07/14/the-hollars-mary-elizabeth-winstead-charlie-day-john-krasinski/ |work=Up and Comers}} She played the ex-girlfriend of Krasinski's struggling New York City graphic novelist, who returns to his hometown after learning his mother has fallen ill.{{cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=January 26, 2016 |title='The Hollars' Review: John Krasinski Follows the Sundance Rulebook |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-hollars-review-john-krasinski-anna-kendrick-1201688005/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=April 25, 2016}} Like Swiss Army Man, the production was screened at Sundance and received a limited U.S. theatrical release in August 2016.{{cite web |title=Upcoming Movies in Theaters and on DVD |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=&release=&date=2016-08-05&showweeks=4&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 23, 2016}}

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Winstead appeared in CBS' political comic thriller BrainDead, as leading character Laurel, "the daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, but is pulled back into the family business when her brother needs political help".{{cite web |last=Iannucci |first=Rebecca |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 'BrainDead' — Cast of CBS Series |url=http://tvline.com/2015/09/10/mary-elizabeth-winstead-braindead-cast-cbs/ |work=TVLine |access-date=April 25, 2016}} The series received mildly positive reviews by critics,{{cite web |title=BrainDead |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/braindead/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 23, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/braindead|title=BrainDead|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 23, 2016}} with New York Magazine calling Winstead's casting the "smartest decision the makers made",{{cite web |last=Chaney |first=Jen |date=June 13, 2016 |title=BrainDead Is a Delightfully Weird Show |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/braindead-cbs-delightfully-weird.html |website=Vulture |access-date=September 23, 2016}} and The A.V. Club said that she "makes an eminently watchable, formidable heroine".{{cite web |last=Perkins |first=Dennis |date=June 14, 2016 |title=Promising sci-fi satire BrainDead suggests there are worse things than gridlock |url=https://www.avclub.com/promising-sci-fi-satire-braindead-suggests-there-are-wo-1798188256 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=September 23, 2016}} Despite a largely positive critical response, the series debuted to lackluster ratings and after the airing of its 13-episode first season,{{cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Debra |date=September 10, 2015 |title='Braindead': 'Good Wife' Creators Get Series Order for Comic Thriller |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/mary-elizabeth-winstead-cast-braindead-cbs-laurel-1201590219/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Henne |first=B.G. |date=September 11, 2015 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead to find out what's wrong with Congress on CBS's BrainDead |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/mary-elizabeth-winstead-find-out-whats-wrong-congr-225200 |work=The A.V. Club |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} CBS announced its cancellation.{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=October 17, 2016 |title='BrainDead,' 'American Gothic' Canceled at CBS |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/braindead-american-gothic-canceled-at-939084 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=October 1, 2017}}

Winstead starred opposite Ewan McGregor in the third season of Fargo as Nikki Swango, "a crafty and alluring recent parolee with a passion for competitive bridge playing with a plan, focused on always being at least one move ahead of her opponents".{{Cite news |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |last2=Wagmeister |first2=Elizabeth |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins 'Fargo' Season 3 |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mary-elizabeth-winstead-fargo-season-3-cast-1201863118/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=October 1, 2017}}{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=William |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead joins Fargo season three |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/mary-elizabeth-winstead-joins-fargo-season-three-242752 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=September 23, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 20, 2016 |title='Farg': Ewan McGregor To Star As Stussy Brothers In Season 3 |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/ewan-mcgregor-cast-lead-fargo-fx-1201760430/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} The season is set around December 2010 in Minnesota and follows the lives of McGregor and Winstead's criminal couple roles; it premiered on April 19, 2017,{{cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=February 22, 2017 |title='Fargo' Season 3 Premiere Date on FX — Ewan McGregor Stars |url=http://tvline.com/2017/02/22/fargo-season-3-premiere-date-fx-ewan-mcgregor/ |work=TVLine |access-date=October 17, 2022}} to positive reviews.{{cite web |title=Fargo: Season 3 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fargo/s03 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 24, 2017}} In an interview with Variety, Winstead spoke of the character, "I'd never played a character like this. Once I was on set and doing it, it was so easy but it took all the elements coming together for me to feel confident and comfortable."{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Diane |date=May 12, 2017 |title='Fargo' Season 3: Cast & Crew Talk FX Drama at FYC Event |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fargo-season-3-fyc-fx-1202424790/ |work=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=June 3, 2016}}

In October 2017, Deadline reported that Winstead would be starring as lead in the semi-autographical dark comedy All About Nina, opposite Common.{{Cite web |last1=N'Duka |first1=Amanda |date=October 17, 2018 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Common To Star In 'All About Nina' From Eva Vives |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/mary-elizabeth-winstead-common-all-about-nina-eva-vives-1202189690/ |work=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} The film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2018 {{cite web |title=All About Nina {{!}} 2018 Tribeca Festival |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/all-about-nina-2018 |work=Tribeca |date=June 16, 2021}} and won Winstead rave reviews, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it "yet another impressive performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead"{{Cite web |last1=Defore |first1=John |date=April 24, 2018 |title='All About Nina' Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/all-nina-1105456/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} and earning her a nomination for Bravest Performance at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.{{Cite web|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2018-eda-award-nominees/|title=2018 EDA Award Nominees – Alliance of Women Film Journalists}}

In December 2017, it was reported that Winstead would co-star in The Parts You Lose; the romantic thriller saw her reuniting with her Smashed co-star, Aaron Paul.{{cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |date=December 5, 2017 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Aaron Paul In 'The Parts You Lose' |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/mary-elizabeth-winstead-aaron-paul-the-parts-you-lose-1202220767/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=December 7, 2017}} In January 2018, it was reported that Winstead was cast as female lead opposite Will Smith in Gemini Man.{{cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Dino-Ray |date=January 16, 2018 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Will Smith In 'Gemini Man' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/mary-elizabeth-winstead-will-smith-gemini-man-ang-lee-paramount-pictures-skydance-media-1202244416/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117043108/http://deadline.com/2018/01/mary-elizabeth-winstead-will-smith-gemini-man-ang-lee-paramount-pictures-skydance-media-1202244416/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=January 17, 2018}} The film, directed by Ang Lee, was released in the United States on October 11, 2019, by Paramount Pictures.{{Cite web|date=February 1, 2019|title=Are You Afraid of the Dark? Movie & Gemini Man Swap Release Dates|url=https://screenrant.com/are-you-afraid-dark-movie-gemini-man-release-dates/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}} In late-September 2018, Winstead was announced to play Huntress in Warner Bros.' DC Comics film Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Margot Robbie Reveals Full 'Birds of Prey' Title: 'The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/birds-prey-is-called-fantabulous-emancipation-one-harley-quinn-1163151/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=November 20, 2018}} Directed by Cathy Yan, and starring Margot Robbie, who reprised her role as Harley Quinn,{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=September 26, 2018 |title='Birds of Prey' Adds Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Black Canary and Huntress |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/birds-of-prey-black-canary-huntress-jurnee-smollett-bell-mary-elizabeth-winstead-1202958570/ |work=Variety |access-date=September 27, 2018}} the film was released in February 2020.

In February 2019, it was revealed that Winstead would guest star in the Netflix adult-oriented animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots. The series saw her reuniting with The Beauty Inside co-star Topher Grace and was released on March 15.{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Trevor |date=February 18, 2019 |title=Netflix's adult-orientated animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots wants to challenge you |url=https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/netflixs-adult-orientated-animated-anthology-series-love-death-robots-wants-to-challenge-you/ |website=Critical Hit |access-date=February 26, 2019}}

In April 2019, Winstead joined the cast of Netflix action film Kate as the titular lead character.{{cite web|first=Justin|last=Kroll|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead To Star in Netflix Assassin Thriller 'Kate' (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mary-elizabeth-winstead-kate-netflix-1203198335/|date=April 25, 2019|website=Variety|access-date=July 22, 2019}} The film was released in September 2021{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Netflix Unveils A 2021 Film Slate With Bigger Volume & Star Wattage; Scott Stuber On The Escalating Film Ambition |url=https://deadline.com/video/netflix-2021-movie-slate/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=January 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112140848/https://deadline.com/video/netflix-2021-movie-slate/ |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |url-status=live}} to lukewarm reviews, but Winstead was praised for her performance.{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=kate_2021|type=movie|title=Kate|access-date=September 10, 2021}}{{cbignore}}

In January 2022, Winstead was added to the cast of Disney+ Star Wars series Ahsoka.{{cite news |last=Borys |first=Kit |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joins Rosario Dawson in 'Ahsoka' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/star-wars-mary-elizabeth-winstead-ahsoka-1235078843/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} She is also set to co-star with Xochitl Gomez in Jonathan and Josh Baker's second feature film Ursa Major, based on an original script by Patrick Somerville, for XYZ Films.{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |date=August 30, 2022 |title='Doctor Strange' Breakout Xochitl Gomez, 'Birds of Prey' Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead Join 'Ursa Major' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/xochitl-gomez-mary-elizabeth-winstead-film-tiff-1235208467/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 30, 2022}}

Winstead has expressed her interest in singing, but initially did not plan on pursuing it as a career. "I wasn't ever really going to be a singer, but it's just something I've always loved."{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/mary_elizabeth_winstead/interview04.shtml|website=RadioFree.com|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Interviews, Grind House|access-date=October 1, 2017}} For her part in 2007's Death Proof, Tarantino had Winstead sing an a cappella cover of The Shirelles' hit recording "Baby It's You".{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/mary_elizabeth_winstead/interview08.shtml|website=RadioFree.com|title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Exclusive Interview (Part 1 of 2)|access-date=October 1, 2017}} She was asked without warning to perform the song and the cast were reportedly "gob-smacked" by her singing. Winstead and music producer Thai Long Ly eventually co-wrote a song, called "Warmth of Him"."{{cite web|url=http://www.thailongly.com/Warmth%20of%20Him%20by%20Mary%20Elizabeth%20Winstead.html |title="Warmth Of Him" by Mary Elizabeth Winstead |website=ThaiLongLy.com |access-date=2011-08-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308040049/http://www.thailongly.com/Warmth%20of%20Him%20by%20Mary%20Elizabeth%20Winstead.html |archive-date=March 8, 2012 }} "Warmth Of Him" by Mary Elizabeth Winstead" thailongly.com, retrieved August 23, 2011 Although first rumored to be a pre-release single, Winstead confirmed that she was just exploring her interest and did not plan at the time on releasing any music albums.

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In an interview with Complex magazine for the June/July 2012 issue, Winstead revealed she was working with Dan the Automator and was indeed planning on releasing a music album. The duo formed the band Got a Girl the following year, and released their demo "You & Me" on May 21, 2013.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/listen-first-track-from-mary-elizabeth-winstead-dan-the-automators-musical-collaboration-got-a-girl-20130521|title=Listen: First Track From Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Dan The Automator's Musical Collaboration Got A Girl|work=Indiewire|access-date=May 23, 2012|archive-date=June 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608080121/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/listen-first-track-from-mary-elizabeth-winstead-dan-the-automators-musical-collaboration-got-a-girl-20130521|url-status=dead}} The album, titled I Love You but I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now, was released on July 22, 2014, via Bulk Recordings.{{cite web |last=Monger |first=Timothy |title=I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now – Got a Girl – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-love-you-but-i-must-drive-off-this-cliff-now-mw0002637101 |work=AllMusic |access-date=October 17, 2022}} The first single, "Did We Live Too Fast" premiered on June 3,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/06/dan-the-automator-mary-elizabeth-winstead-got-a-girl-did-we-live-too-fast-stream/|title=Hear Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Cinematic 'Did We Live Too Fast'|work=SPIN |date=June 3, 2014}} and its music video, directed by Hope Larson, premiered online on June 16.{{cite web|url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/dan-the-automator-and-mary-elizabeth-winstead-got-a-girl-did-we-live-too-fast-premiere|title=Deltron 3030's Dan the Automator and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Video for "Did We Live Too Fast" Would Make Ernest Hemingway Proud|work=NOISEY|date=June 17, 2014 }} The album features heavy influences of French pop music, with Winstead detailing that the inspiration behind the project came from "French '60s pop—Jane Birkin, and stuff like that. It's kind of married with Dan's sensibility, which is his beats and a little bit of that low-key hip-hop vibe. So it makes for something that's very unique; it's very lounge-y and light. It's got a little bit of a French quality."{{cite web |last=Barone |first=Matt |date=May 22, 2012 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Geek Chic (2012 Cover Story) |url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/05/mary-elizabeth-winstead-cover-story/page/4 |work=Complex |language=en-US |access-date=October 17, 2022}} All lyrics were written by Winstead while all music was composed by Dan the Automator.

Winstead was also featured on the songs "The Agony" and "Look Across The Sky" on Deltron 3030's second studio album Event 2,{{Cite web |title=Event II (Deluxe) by Deltron 3030 on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/bm/album/event-ii-deluxe/1442386358 |website=Apple Music |date=September 30, 2013 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214010029/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/event-ii/id696200675 |archive-date=February 14, 2015}} released on September 30, 2013.{{cite web |title=Music News, Videos, and New Releases for the Week of September 30, 2013 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/music-releases-for-the-week-of-september-30-2013 |work=Metacritic |access-date=April 25, 2016}}

In November 2016, Honus Honus from experimental band Man Man released a song on SoundCloud, "Santa Monica," that features Winstead. In December 2016, Portugal. The Man released the single and video for "Noise Pollution (Version A, Vocal Up Mix 1.3)" from their album Woodstock, featuring Winstead and Zoe Manville.{{Cite web |last=Kahn |first=Andy |date=December 1, 2016 |title=Portugal. The Man Share Video For New Song 'Noise Pollution (Version A, Vocal Up Mix 1.3)' |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/portugal-the-man-share-video-new-song-noise-pollution-version-vocal-mix-1-3 |website=JamBase |access-date=October 17, 2022}}

In 2010, Winstead married filmmaker Riley Stearns,{{cite news |last=Feldman |first=Kate |date=May 14, 2017 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead, husband Riley Stearns split |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/mary-elizabeth-winstead-husband-riley-stearns-split-article-1.3165809 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=October 27, 2017}}{{cite web |last=Neumer |first=Chris |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead Interview |url=http://stumpedmagazine.com/interviews/mary-elizabeth-winstead-continued.html |website=Stumped |access-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160741/http://stumpedmagazine.com/interviews/mary-elizabeth-winstead-continued.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011}} whom she had met at age eighteen on an ocean cruise.{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Phoebe |date=July 14, 2010 |title=Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Favorite Music |url=https://www.spin.com/2010/07/mary-elizabeth-winsteads-favorite-music/ |work=Spin |access-date=October 27, 2017}} She starred in and produced Stearns's debut feature film, Faults, in 2014. She announced their separation in May 2017 and their divorce was finalized later that year.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Josh |date=January 15, 2020 |title=Birds of Prey Cast Interview |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/birds-of-prey-cast-interview |website=Glamour |language=en-US |access-date=March 11, 2021}}

It was reported in October 2017 that she was in a relationship with Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, whom she had met on the set of the third season of the Fargo television series.{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Julie |last2=Pasquini |first2=Maria |date=October 23, 2017 |title=Ewan McGregor Splits From Wife of 22 Years — As He's Spotted Kissing Costar Mary Elizabeth Winstead |url=http://people.com/movies/ewan-mcgregor-wife-eve-mavrakis-split-seen-kissing-mary-elizabeth-winstead/ |magazine=People |access-date=September 23, 2018}} Their son, Laurie, was born on June 27, 2021.{{cite web |last=Mizoguchi |first=Karen |date=June 27, 2021 |title=Clara McGregor Introduces Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Baby Boy: 'The Greatest Gift' |url=https://people.com/parents/ewan-mcgregor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-welcome-first-baby/ |website=People |language=en-US |access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Kirkpatrick |first=Emily |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Secretly Welcome Their First Child|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/06/ewan-mcgregor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-secret-birth-pregnancy-first-baby-boy |magazine=Vanity Fair |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220107204342/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/06/ewan-mcgregor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-secret-birth-pregnancy-first-baby-boy |archive-date=January 7, 2022}} Winstead and McGregor married in April 2022.{{cite news |last=Juneau |first=Jen |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Ewan McGregor Marries Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 'Small' Ceremony with Family, Close Friends: Source |url=https://people.com/movies/ewan-mcgregor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-married/|work=People |language=en-US |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426012615/https://people.com/movies/ewan-mcgregor-mary-elizabeth-winstead-married/ |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |url-status=live}}

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