Mary McDonnell
Acting
Born: April 28, 1952 (age 74) · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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
Donnie Darko
2001
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Independence Day
1996
Dances with Wolves
1990
Scream 4
2011
Fargo
2014
Margin Call
2011
Battlestar Galactica
2004
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
Sneakers
1992
Battlestar Galactica
2003
ER
1994
Photos (4)
Movies (33)
Independence Day
Marilyn Whitmore
Donnie Darko
Rose Darko
Dances with Wolves
Stands With A Fist
Scream 4
Kate Roberts
Sneakers
Liz
Margin Call
Mary Rogers
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Lady Zerbst (voice)
12 Angry Men
Judge
Broke
Kathy Brandywine
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
President Laura Roslin
Blue Chips
Jenny
Passion Fish
May-Alice Culhane
Matewan
Elma Radnor
Courage
Gabriella Estrada
Woman Undone
Teri Hansen
A Father's Choice
Susan Shaw
Grand Canyon
Claire
Money on the Side
Terri
Mumford
Althea Brockett
Garbo Talks
Lady Capulet
For All Time
Laura Brown
Tiger Warsaw
Paula Warsaw
Behind the Mask
Mary Shushan
Evidence of Blood
Dora Overton
The Locket
Helen Staples
Nola
Margaret Langworthy
Replacing Dad
Linda Marsh
You Can Thank Me Later
Diane
Mrs. Harris
Vivian Schulte
Hostile Makeover
Rose Smithsonian
The American Clock
Rose Baumler
Two Voices
Sybil Goldrich
Crazy Like a Fox
Amy Banks
TV Shows (21)
Grey's Anatomy
Virginia Dixon · 3 eps
ER
Eleanor Carter · 5 eps
Fargo
Ruby Goldfarb · 4 eps
The Closer
Captain Sharon Raydor · 21 eps
The Closer
Sharon Raydor · 25 eps
The Closer
Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Sister Theodore Claire · 1 eps
Veronica Mars
Jane · 1 eps
Battlestar Galactica
Laura Roslin · 73 eps
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Major Crimes
Captain Sharon Raydor · 105 eps
The Boroughs
The Duchess · 1 eps
The Fall of the House of Usher
Madeline Usher · 8 eps
Battlestar Galactica
President Laura Roslin · 2 eps
E/R
Eve Sheridan · 22 eps
Rebel
Helen Peterson · 6 eps
Rebel
Helen · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Helen Staples · 1 eps
High Society
Dott Emerson · 13 eps
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
Rachel Caulfield · 8 eps
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
Delilah · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Herself
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
