---
name: "Winsome Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/winsome-brown"
fi1m_id: "winsome-brown"
imdb_id: "nm1175113"
tmdb_id: 149724
wikidata_id: "Q91449687"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T22:45:59.977745+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Winsome Brown

## Identity

Winsome Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/winsome-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** winsome-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm1175113
- **TMDB ID:** 149724
- **Wikidata ID:** Q91449687
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91449687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149724

Actor. Born in Toronto, Canada.

## Details

- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91449687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149724

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*News of the World*](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Winsome Brown is a Canadian actor, writer and director. Born in Toronto to an Irish mother and an American father, she graduated from Harvard College, where her senior thesis won the Hoopes Prize. She is an Obie Award winner for ensemble performance.

She is known for playing Anna Leonberger in the 2020 film *News of the World*, Theresa Sackler in the 2021 series *Dopesick*, and a Dark Kryptonian in *Supergirl* (2018–2020). Other screen credits include *Elementary* (2019), *The Blacklist* (2022), *The Crowded Room* (2023) and *Velma* (2024).

Her theatre work includes productions at La MaMa ETC and the Performing Garage in New York, as well as solo plays she has written and performed. She has also worked as a narrator for audiobooks.

*Sources: imdb.com, winsomebrown.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Theresa Sackler — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)
- *News of the World* (2020), Fi1m 65, as Anna Leonberger — [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Late Bloomers* (2024), as Monika
- *The Crowded Room* (2023), series, as Doreen
- *White House Plumbers* (2023), series, as Hunt Horse Trainer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/white-house-plumbers.md)
- *Velma* (2023), series, as Female Librarian (voice)
- *Resurrection* (2022), as Tess
- *Dopesick* (2021), series, as Theresa Sackler — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)
- *News of the World* (2020), as Anna Leonberger — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md)
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, as Dark Kryptonian
- *A Master Builder* (2014), as Nurse
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Clara Moore — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Elise
- *The Violinist* (2009), as The Spirit of Opium
- *Heights* (2005), as SNL Writer
- *On_Line* (2002), Actor
- *Nightfall* (2000), as Sheerin
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Mummy Hand Customer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *How Are We Feeling Today?*, Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/winsome-brown