She appeared with Sean Penn and Christopher Walken in the film At Close Range (1986) as Brad Jr's girlfriend Terry, a film based on an actual rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. In 1985, she returned to cinema in Heaven Help Us as Danni, a courageous teen running the soda shop of her gravely depressed father. Rather than continue her career as a child actor, she chose to continue her studies, although she did appear in several productions at the Dalton School. Masterson's first film appearance was in The Stepford Wives (1975) at the age of eight, playing a daughter to her real-life father. Later, she attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University. As a teenager, she attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York with actors Robert Downey Jr.
She has two siblings: Peter Jr., and Alexandra. Masterson was born June 28, 1966, in Manhattan (some sources cite Los Angeles, CA) the daughter of writer-director-actor-producer Peter Masterson and singer-actress Carlin Glynn. She won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1989 film Immediate Family, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2003 Broadway revival of Nine. She has starred in the films At Close Range (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Chances Are (1989), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Benny & Joon (1993). Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress and film director.
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