Mary Stuart Masterson
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| Mary Stuart Masterson | |
| Born | June 28, 1966 (age 40) New York City, New York, United States |
| Notable roles | Idgie Threadgoode in Fried Green Tomatoes |
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress.
She was born in New York City, New York, to Peter Masterson and Carlin Glynn. She attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University.
Her first movie appearance was in the original 1975 movie The Stepford Wives at the age of eight.
She has starred in such movies as Fried Green Tomatoes, Bed of Roses, Benny & Joon, Radioland Murders, Some Kind of Wonderful and Bad Girls.
More recently, she appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Rebecca Hendrix.
She has also appeared on the stage, being nominated for a 2003 Tony Awards as Best Actress in the Maury Yeston's musical Nine: The Musical directed by David Leveaux.
Masterson made her big-screen directorial debut with the 2006 movie The Cake Eaters.
[edit] Filmography
- The Stepford Wives (1975) - Kim Eberhart
- Heaven Help Us (1985) - Danni
- My Little Girl (1986) - Franny Bettinger
- At Close Range (1986) - Terry
- Gardens of Stone (1987) - Rachel Feld
- Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) - Watts
- Mr. North (1988) - Elspeth Skeel
- Immediate Family (1989) - Lucy Moore
- Chances Are (1989) - Miranda Jeffries
- Funny About Love (1990) - Daphne
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) - Idgie Threadgoode
- Married to It (1991) - Nina Bishop
- Mad at the Moon (1992) - Jenny Hill
- Benny & Joon (1993) - Juniper 'Joon' Pearl
- Radioland Murders (1994) - Penny Henderson
- Bad Girls (1994) - Anita Crown
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - Robin Gaddis
- Bed of Roses (1996) - Lisa Walker
- The Postman (1997) - Hope, Postman's Daughter (uncredited)
- Dogtown (1997) - Dorothy Sternen
- On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997)
- Digging to China (1998) - Gwen Frankovitz
- The Florentine (1999) - Vikki
- The Book of Stars (1999) - Penny McGuire
- Leo (2002) - Brynne
- West of Here (2002) - Genevieve Anderson
- Last Man Running (2003) - Producer
- Something the Lord Made (2004) - Dr.
- Whiskey School (2005) - G.G.
- The Sister (2005) - Olga Prior
- The Insurgents (2006) - The Director
- The Cake Eaters (2007) - as Producer and Director
