Mary Stuart Masterson

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Mary Stuart Masterson
Image:Mary Stuart Masterson at Tribeca 2007 cropped.jpg Masterson at 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
Birth name	Mary Stuart Masterson
Born	June 28 1966 (1966-06-28) (age 42) New York, New York, USA Image:Flag of New York.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg
Occupation	Actor / Director
Spouse(s)	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.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Television
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

She was born in New York City, New York, to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University.

[edit] Career

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 Featured Actress in a Musical in the Maury Yeston musical Nine: The Musical, directed by David Leveaux.

Masterson made her big-screen directorial debut with the 2006 movie The Cake Eaters.

[edit] Personal life

Masterson has been married twice. 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.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2006	The Insurgents	Director
2005	Whiskey School	G.G.
2005	The Sisters	Olga Prior
2002	Leo	Brynne
2002	West of Here	Genevieve Anderson
1999	The Florentine	Vikki
1999	The Book of Stars	Penny McGuire
1998	Digging to China	Gwen Frankovitz
1997	The Postman	Hope	Uncredited Role
1997	Dogtown	Dorothy Sternen
1996	Heaven's Prisoners	Robin Gaddis
1996	Bed of Roses	Lisa Walker
1994	Radioland Murders	Penny Henderson
1994	Bad Girls	Anita Crown
1993	Benny & Joon	Juniper 'Joon' Pearl
1993	Married to It	Nina Bishop
1992	Mad at the Moon	Jenny Hill
1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Idgie (Imogene) Threadgoode
1990	Funny About Love	Daphne
1989	Immediate Family	Lucy Moore
1989	Chances Are	Miranda Jeffries
1988	Mr. North	Elspeth Skeel
1987	My Little Girl	Franny Bettinger
	Gardens of Stone	Rachel Feld
	Some Kind of Wonderful	Watts
1986	At Close Range	Terry
1985	Heaven Help Us	Danni
1975	The Stepford Wives	Kim Eberhart

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2004-2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
2006	Waterfront	Heather Centrella
2004	Something the Lord Made	Dr. Helen Taussig
2004	Blue's Clues	Cinderella	Episode: Love Day
2003	Gary the Rat	Caroline Swanson	Episode: Old Flame
2002	R.U.S./H.	Elaine Burba
2001	Three Blind Mice	Patricia Demming
2001	Kate Brasher	Kate Brasher
1999	Black and Blue	Frances Benedetto
1997	On the 2nd Day of Christmas	Patricia "Trish" Tracy
1996	Lily Dale	Lily Dale
1992	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue
1986	Amazing Stories	Cynthia Simpson	Segment: Go to the Head of the Class (Book Two)
1985	Love Lives On	Susan Wallace
1980	City in Fear	Abby Crawford