Mary elizabeth she always wanted to be a dancer so she studied, from the age of 11, at school Joffrey Ballet School of New York and simultaneously took acting classes.
He began his acting career at the age of 13, in different episodes of the series “Touched by an Angel” Y “Promised Land“; later he got the role of Jessica Bennett in the soap opera “Passions“, in which he was between 1999 and 2000.
In 2005 he made his film debut playing Gwen grayson in the youth comedy “Super School of Heroes“That same year he had a supporting role in the horror movie.”The ring two – The signal 2“, sequel to the film”The ring – The signal“(2002), starring Naomi watts.
The following year he starred in “Final destination 3“(2006), playing the lead role of Wendy Christensen, and could also be seen in “Black christmas“and in the drama”Bobby“, whose cast headed Laurence fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, William H. Macy, Martin Sheen, Demi moore, Elijah Wood Y Shia labeouf, with whom he shared almost all his scenes.
Winstead he continued his career with feature films “Grindhouse“(2007), film directed by Robert rodriguez Y Quentin Tarantino; Y “The jungle 4.0” next to Bruce Willis. His last job was starring Ramona Flowers on “Scott Pilgrim vs. the world“(2010), together with Michael Cera.
He is currently working on the feature films “The Thing“(2011), a science fiction thriller that has her as the protagonist; and in the romantic comedy”The F Word“(2012), which stars alongside Casey affleck.
In his personal life, Mary elizabeth married the screenwriter Riley stearns in October 2010.