Today is Mary Elizabeth’s 28th birthday and I just wanted to take a minute to wish her the best birthday she could have! Hope your day is filled with happiness and fun and Melanie and myself, as well as all your fans, are so proud of where your career is and where it’s headed. Have a great day! 🙂
This is big news! The 2013 Spirit Awards nominations list was just revealed and Mary was among the actresses nominated for Best Female Lead for her role in Smashed. The female lead nominees include the following:
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini
Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi
Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Smashed
The 2013 Spirit Awards will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2013. To see the full list of nominees, click here.
Fellow actress Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) wrote a feature on Variety.com where she commended Mary’s Oscar-worthy performance in Smashed. Below is the full review:
I became so lost in the raw vulnerability of Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s acute and accurate portrayal of an alcoholic woman, my mind seemed to forget that I was watching a movie starring an actress instead of observing a dear friend who was fighting personal inner battles.
Mary paved her road of empowerment with penetrating strength and unabridged vulnerability. She sucked me into Kate’s world, a world of messy, difficult, unclear paths that are filled with obstacles and tribulations beyond reason. She did not glamorize AA meetings. She did not victoriously display the perks of abstaining from substances. She did not give me the impression that life gets easier once an individual becomes sober. Rather, she navigated her way through waves of confusion, self-doubt, dependence, separation, honesty, responsibility and courage without ever demanding empathy or compassion from her audience.
I was naturally drawn to root for this woman, to cheer for her triumphs and to cry for her blunders. Mary’s performance left me humbled as she carved her way out of a blinding inebriation with forceful perseverance and pure, stripped-down human bravery.
Congrats, Mary! 🙂
Mary is featured as the December/January cover girl for BUST Magazine. The issue will be hitting stands very soon (Dec. 4 to be exact) so check back for the full scans and shoot. Head to the gallery to see our cover girl!
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III has been given a February 8th, 2013 release date in the U.S., this according to Movieweb. The film teams Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman in this story about a gifted graphic designer whose dream life falls apart over a doomed relationship.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aubrey Plaza, Patricia Arquette, Katheryn Winnick and Bar Paly also star in this Roman Coppola directed comedy.
Back in early November, I mentioned that there would be a free screening of Smashed courtesy of Backstage.com and now, their interview with Mary discussing the film has gone online. You can see the Q&A below:
Video of Mary attending November 10’s Deadline Hollywood’s The Contenders event with co-star Aaron Paul and director James Ponsoldt has gone online and you can view it below. Additionally, if you want to see the photos (or missed them the first time) of Mary at the event, click here.
A bit of news on Mary’s films. First, site GeeksofDoom gave Mary’s performance in Smashed a glowing review. Here’s what they had to say:
Smashed is a powerful, thoughtful examination of addiction. Mary Elizabeth Winstead delivers a phenomenal performance, effectively portraying the travails of alcoholism and sobriety without being overly dramatic. Smashed is Winstead’s Rachel Getting Married, making the former scream queen the next Anne Hathaway – a leading actress with impressive range and versatility.
Winstead deserves a nomination for her devastatingly authentic portrayal, and director James Ponsoldt will no doubt join the likes of Marc Webb, Rian Johnson, and Duncan Jones as part of the next generation of great filmmakers.
So, so happy about that. Additionally, Mary’s other films A.C.O.D. and Charles Swan could be Sundance 2013 hopefuls. IonCinema predicted that they could head to the fest come January. You can see the A.C.O.D. prediction here and the Charles Swan prediction here.
Mary was featured in this week’s issue of Us Weekly in the ‘fashion police’ section where they talked about her dress at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund event. I’ve gone ahead and scanned the pic, so be sure to check it out in the gallery.
