Acting
Mary McDonnell
EN cinema · 40 credits
Born
28 April 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Mary Eileen McDonnell
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
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
Hostile Makeover
as Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
The Locket
as Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
For All Time
as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad
as Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
as Mary Shushan
Evidence of Blood
as Dora Overton
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
12 Angry Men
as Judge
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
Woman Undone
as Teri Hansen
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Prioress
Blue Chips
as Jenny
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
Sneakers
as Liz
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
Grand Canyon
as Claire
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
Money on the Side
as Terri