Mary McDonnell
Acting
- Born:
- 1952-04-28
- Place of birth:
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Boroughs
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
Broke
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Rebel
Fargo
Major Crimes
Margin Call
Scream 4
Hostile Makeover
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Mrs. Harris
The Closer
Grey's Anatomy
Crazy Like a Fox
Battlestar Galactica
Veronica Mars
Battlestar Galactica
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Nola
The Locket
Donnie Darko
For All Time
A Father's Choice
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
Mumford
Replacing Dad
Behind the Mask
You Can Thank Me Later
Evidence of Blood
12 Angry Men
Two Voices
Mariette in Ecstasy
Independence Day
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Woman Undone
High Society
Touched by an Angel
ER
Blue Chips
The American Clock
Passion Fish
Sneakers
Grand Canyon
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Dances with Wolves
American Experience
Tiger Warsaw
Matewan
Courage
Garbo Talks
E/R
Money on the Side
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Golden Globe Awards
One Second After