Fargo’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Her Character’s Twisted Optimism

Fargo, Noah Hawley's television series on FX, borrows tonally and thematically from the Coen brothers' 1996 film but spins a new tail every season. In the third season, which has aired three episodes so far, Hawley's best invention is the character Nikki, a bubbly femme fatale played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The ex-con and bridge champion dreams of a bright future with her boyfriend, who also happens to be her parole officer Ray (Ewan McGregor). But the couple is broke.