It’s Sci-Fi Starlet Saturday again, and today we’re looking at Mary Elizabeth Winstead. At just 22 years old, Mary Elizabeth Winstead already has an impressive list of sci-fi and horror credits to her name.

Although she’s stunningly gorgeous, Mary Elizabeth differs from many of our other Saturday Sci-Fi Starlets in that she didn’t get her start as a fashion model. Her childhood ambition to become a ballerina quickly gave way to her love of theater when she began taking acting lessons at age 11.

She began taking television roles in 1997, and by 1999, Mary Elizabeth Winstead had a stint on the supernatural soap opera Passions. Shortly after that, she landed the lead in the short lived werewolf series Wolf Lake. Also of note to science fiction fans, Mary Elizabeth had a guest role on Tru Calling and a part in the made-for-MTV Carmen Electra vehicle, Monster Island.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s big screen credits include the horror flick The Ring Two, the superhero action film Sky High, and the lead in Final Destination 3. Other horror credits include Black Christmas and the Death Proof segment of Grindhouse.

Mary Elizabeth has also gained notice outside of her work in horror and science fiction films. She landed a part in the Emilio Estevez drama Bobby, and more recently, she played Lucy McClane in Live Free or Die Hard.

Although Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been vocal about not wanting to accept roles that require nudity at this point in her career, that hasn’t stopped men’s magazines from noticing how hot she is. In additon to appearing in Maxim and FHM photo shoots, she ranked 92 on Maxim’s 2007 Hot list and number 10 on the Maxim list of “Hottest Women of Horror Movies.” More recently, Mary Elizabeth came in at number 91 in the 2008 edition of the AskMen.com Top 99 Women.

For more Mary Elizabeth Winstead than you can handle, check out:

Pretty/Scary interview with Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1/2006)

Stumped? Magazine interview with Mary Elizabeth Winstead

AskMen.com profile of Mary Elizabeth Winstead

and of course, Mary Elizabeth’s IMDB profile