Mare Winningham

Mary Megan Winningham, known professionally as Mare Winningham (; 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 two Tony Awards.

An eight-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 ''The Thorn Birds'' (1983), ''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'' (2015–16), and ''Cult'' (2017). She was cast as Cherry Lockhart for Seasons 1–2 and 4 as Cole's mother in the TV series ''The Affair''. Winningham made her New York stage debut in the 2007 Off-Broadway musical ''10 Million Miles'', for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. She made 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''. Provided by Wikipedia