Mary Stuart Masterson
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| Mary Stuart Masterson | |
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 Masterson at 2007 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | June 28, 1966 New York, New York, USA |
| Occupation | actress, director |
| Spouse(s) | Jeremy Davidson (2006 ─ present) Damon Santostefano (2000 ─ 2004) George Carl Francisco (1990 ─ 1992) |
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress best known for her roles in such films as Some Kind of Wonderful, Fried Green Tomatoes, Benny & Joon and Bed of Roses.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Mary Stuart Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the entertainment industry as well. As a teen, she attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York with actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Jon Cryer. Later, she attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University. [1]
[edit] Early Career
Masterson's first movie appearance was in the original movie The Stepford Wives (1975) at the age of eight. Rather than continue her career, she chose to continue her studies, though she did appear in several productions at the Dalton School. In 1985, she returned to the big screen in Heaven Help Us as Danni, a rebellious high school drop-out who runs a soda fountain. She later starred as the tomboyish drumming Watts in the teenage drama Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). As a result, she is loosely connected with the Brat Pack. [2] That same year Francis Ford Coppola cast her in Gardens of Stone where she able to act alongside her parents, who Coppola had hired to act as her on-screen parents for the film. [3] In 1989, she starred as Lucy Moore, a teenage girl giving up her first baby to a wealthy couple, played by Glenn Close and James Woods in Immediate Family. For her work in the film she received a "Best Supporting Actress" award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
[edit] 1990s
Masterson continued acting in both films and television during the '90s. In 1991, she starred in Fried Green Tomatoes, a film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. The film was well received with film critic Roger Ebert applauding Masterson's work on the film. [4] The following year she was invited to host Saturday Night Live. In 1993 she played opposite Johnny Depp in Benny & Joon as Joon, his mentally unstable love interest. The following year Masterson acted in Bad Girls, playing Anita Crown, a former prostitute, that joins with three other former prostitutes (played by Madeleine Stowe, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore) in traveling the Old West. In 1996, Masterson acted alongside Christian Slater in the romantic drama Bed of Roses.
[edit] 2000s
Although Masterson carried on her work in the film indsutry, by 2000 she had made a move towards television. In 2001, she produced her own television series Kate Brasher. The show received mediocre reviews and was canceled by CBS after six episodes. In 2004, Masterson starred in the Emmy and Peabody award winning HBO-biopic Something the Lord Made. By 2004, she began guest starring on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Rebecca Hendrix.
Masterson has also appeared on the stage, being nominated for a 2003 Tony Award as "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" in the Maury Yeston musical Nine: The Musical, directed by David Leveaux.
[edit] Directing
In 2001, she began her directing career with a segment called "The Other Side" in the television movie On the Edge.
However, Masterson made her big-screen directorial debut with the 2007 film The Cake Eaters. The film premiered at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival as well as the Ashland Independent Film Festival where it received awards for "Best Picture." Of her move to directing, Masterson said in an interview: ""When I signed to do this, I wasn't scared but, yes, it was scary. I'm already 40, although we don't want to talk about that. In '92, I wrote my first screenplay, which I then was to direct, but I ended up taking an acting job because it takes forever to get a movie made." [5]
[edit] Personal life
Masterson has been married three times. In 1990 she married George Carl Francisco. They were married for two years before divorcing in 1992. In 2000 she married American film director Damon Santostefano. They divorced in 2004. In 2006, Masterson married for a third time to actor Jeremy Davidson. Both had starred in the 2004 play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Kim Eberhart | |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Danni | |
| 1986 | At Close Range | Terry | |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Watts | |
| Gardens of Stone | Rachel Feld | ||
| My Little Girl | Franny Bettinger | ||
| 1988 | Mr. North | Elspeth Skeel | |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Miranda Jeffries | |
| Immediate Family | Lucy Moore | ||
| 1990 | Funny About Love | Daphne | |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Idgie Threadgoode | |
| 1992 | Mad at the Moon | Jenny Hill | |
| 1993 | Married to It | Nina Bishop | |
| Benny & Joon | Juniper 'Joon' Pearl | ||
| 1994 | Bad Girls | Anita Crown | |
| Radioland Murders | Penny Henderson | ||
| 1996 | Bed of Roses | Lisa Walker | |
| Heaven's Prisoners | Robin Gaddis | ||
| 1997 | Dogtown | Dorothy Sternen | |
| The Postman | Hope | Uncredited Role | |
| 1998 | Digging to China | Gwen Frankovitz | |
| 1999 | The Book of Stars | Penny McGuire | |
| The Florentine | Vikki | ||
| 2002 | West of Here | Genevieve Anderson | |
| Leo | Brynne | ||
| 2005 | The Sisters | Olga Prior | |
| Whiskey School | G.G. | ||
| 2006 | The Insurgents | Director | |
| 2007 | The Cake Eaters | Director | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | City in Fear | Abby Crawford | ABC TV-Movie |
| 1985 | Love Lives On | Susan Wallace | ABC TV-Movie |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Cynthia Simpson | Segment: Go to the Head of the Class (Book Two) |
| 1992 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue |
| 1996 | Lily Dale | Lily Dale | Showtime TV-Movie |
| 1997 | On the 2nd Day of Christmas | Patricia "Trish" Tracy | Lifetime Television TV-Movie |
| 1999 | Black and Blue | Frances Benedetto | CBS TV-Movie |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Kate Brasher | |
| Three Blind Mice | Patricia Demming | CBS TV-Movie | |
| On the Edge | Director, Writer Segement: On the Other Side |
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| 2002 | R.U.S./H. | Elaine Burba | Unsold CBS TV-Pilot |
| 2003 | Gary the Rat | Caroline Swanson | Voice Role Episode: Old Flame |
| 2004 | Blue's Clues | Cinderella | Episode: Love Day |
| Something the Lord Made | Dr. Helen Taussig | HBO TV-Movie | |
| 2004, 2005, 2007 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Rebecca Hendrix | Episode: Deadly Silence |
| 2006 | Waterfront | Heather Centrella | |
[edit] Awards & Nominations
Ashland Independent Film Festival
- 2008: Won, "Best Dramatic Feature" - The Cake Eaters
- 2001: Nominated, "Best Actress" - The Book of Stars
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
- 2007: Won, "Best American Indie" - The Cake Eaters
Lone Star Film & Television Awards
- 1997: Won, "Best TV Actress" - Lily Dale
- 1994: Nominated, "Best On-Screen Duo" - Benny and Joon (shared w/Johnny Depp)
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
- 1989: Won, "Best Supporting Actress" - Immediate Family
- 2005: Nominated, " Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television" - Something the Lord Made
[edit] References
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/person/46328/Mary-Stuart-Masterson
- ^ http://www.thebratpacksite.com/possiblypack3.html
- ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/mary-masterson/contributor/30011/bio;_ylt=As7YgkSYQrOe_dS2ji6yJDu.o9EF
- ^ http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19920110/REVIEWS/201100301/1023
- ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/04182007/gossip/cindy/actress_goes_in_film_direction_cindy_cindy_adams.htm
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