Mary McDonnell
Actor
- Born
- April 28, 1952 (age 74) · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she played Madeleine Usher in the miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix.
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Known for
Donnie Darko
January 19, 2001
Independence Day
July 2, 1996
Dances with Wolves
November 9, 1990
Scream 4
April 13, 2011
Margin Call
September 28, 2011
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
August 22, 2021
Sneakers
September 9, 1992
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
November 12, 2007
12 Angry Men
August 17, 1997
Grand Canyon
December 25, 1991
Blue Chips
February 18, 1994
Matewan
August 28, 1987
Acting40
- 2025Broke as Kathy Brandywine
- 2021The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
- 2011Margin Call as Mary Rogers
- 2011Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
- 2009Hostile Makeover as Rose Smithsonian
- 2007Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin
- 2005Mrs. Harris as Vivian Schulte
- 2004Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks
- 2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2003Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic