Biographic - Sunday November 6, 2016 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Borin in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on November 28, 1984, Mary Elizabeth Winstead was raised near Salt Lake City, Utah, she joined the International Children's Choir, played the lead in a school production of "Romeo and Juliet" and appeared in a number of the Mountain West Ballet's annual production of "The Nutcracker." She studied with the Joffrey Ballet School in Chicago before landing a role on Broadway in the Donny Osmond run of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" She made her TV debut on "Touched By An Angel" before being cast as a regular on the soap opera "Passions" in 1999. A starring role on the short-lived TV series "Wolf Lake" was followed by the 2004 tv movie "Monster Island." Her movie career was boosted by the 2005 Disney Movie "Sky High" and after appearing in "The Ring Two" she starred in the horror movie "Final Destination 3." The 2006 ensemble movie "Bobby" was followed by high-profile roles in "Life Free or Die Hard" and "Death Roof" Auteur Quentin Tarantino's contribution to "Grindhouse" a double feater collaboration with Planet Terror" director Robert Rodriguez. She was able to call on her years of ballet training for a starring role in 2008's "Make It Happen" a dance movie that went straight to DVD in the United States. She followed her portrayal of Ramona Victoria Flowers in the graphic novel adaption "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" with starring roles in "The Thing" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" Subsequent movie roles have ranged from her acclaimed work on the indie film "Smashed" to this year's thriller "10 Cloverfield Lane" having starred in leading roles on TVs "The Returned" and "Mercy Street" she landed the lead on the CBS sci-fi satire series "Braindead" next year will see her teamed up with Ewon McGregor on the third season of the hugely popular "Fargo" TV series.

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