Possibly Pack

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham is the most often forgotten and overlooked Brat Packer, and is usually remembered as "the one with the pink sweater in St.Elmo's". She only appeared in one Brat Pack film, which probably accounts for the memory lapse, and she never went in for the party scene associated with the Pack.

Winningham was born on May 6, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona, but she grew up in California. When she was younger, Mare used to spend her summers at workshops hosted by Cal State Northridge, where she took acting courses. She attended college, and by the time she graduated had already landed an agent and a role in a television movie.

Special Olympics aired in 1978, and served Winningham by giving her more or less steady television work in other movies. Her work in television continued through the 80s, and was highlighted by Amber Waves, for which she won an Emmy. Then, in 1985 she was cast as the mousy and introverted Wendy in Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire. However, the fame and success of that movie never really parlayed itself into anything else for Winningham, who soon returned to television movies.

She resurfaced in 1995 in Georgia, a film for which she was nominated for an Academy Award - the only Brat Packer ever so honored. In 1998, she won her second Emmy Award for her role as Lurleen Wallace in the television movie, Wallace, based on the life of the infamous governor. The fact that Mare Winningham has won two Emmys and been nominated for an Oscar should prove that she is a fine actress, but she remains the most overlooked of the Pack.

Kiether Sutherland

Kiether Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland was born on December 21st, 1966 in London, England, UK to parents Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas. He got his first film role in the movie Max Dugan Returns (1983). Sutherland's first major role was in the Canadian drama, The Bay Boy (1984), which earned Sutherland and director Daniel Petrie, Genie award nominations for best actor and best director, respectively. Following his success in "The Bay Boy", Sutherland eventually moved to Los Angeles and landed television appearances in "The Mission", an episode of "Amazing Stories" (1985) and in the telefilm Trapped in Silence (1986) (TV) with Marsha Mason.

In 1992, Sutherland starred opposite Ray Liotta and Forest Whitaker in Article 99 (1992) and in the military drama A Few Good Men (1992) also starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. Later, in 1994, he starred with Jeff Bridges and Nancy Travis in the American version of The Vanishing (1993) for Twentieth Century Fox.

In 1997, he co-starred with William Hurt and Rufus Sewell in Dark City (1998), directed by Alex Proyas, which was a special presentation at the Cannes Film Festival. Sutherland also added his second directorial credit and starred in Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) alongside Kevin Pollak, Mykelti Williamson, Rod Steiger and Martin Sheen. He currently stars in the Fox drama "24" (2001) as Jack Bauer for which he has earned a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Most recently he has been seen in the movie Phone Booth (2002) as a man who calls up someone at a phone booth and threatens to kill them if they hang up.