Was Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States.

Daughter to James Ronald Winstead and Betty Lou Knight.

She has three older sisters and one older brother.

She is also an auntie.

Grew up in Sandy, Utah in a suburb of Salt Lake City.

Her boyfriend is Riley Stearns, a writer and aspiring director.

She is a distant cousin of actress, Ava Gardener.

Was trained at Geoffrey Ballet School in New York as she aspired to become a ballerina.

Took online college courses for about two years and her majors are Art History and Psychology.

Started becoming interested in acting after playing Juliet in a fourth-grade production of Romeo and Juliet.

Persuaded her mother to get her an agent.

Some of her favorite movies are Crash and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Was told she was Lucy McClane in Live Free or Die Hard a few days before filming.

She loves to dress in vintage clothes as she is addicted to vintage stores.

A superpower she would want would be clone herself and be in lots of places at once.

Felt like an outsider at high school as she was home schooled most of the time.

Loves indie, alternative music and very diverse bands.

Inspired to become an actress like Natalie Portman, Claire Danes and Meg Ryan.

My So Called Life was her favorite show when growing up.

In the film Bobby, most of her scenes were cut as the film was originally three hours long.