Acting

Mary McDonnell

Born 1952-04-28 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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The Boroughs
as The Duchess
2026
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
as Delilah
2025
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
2025
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeline Usher
2023
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
2021
Rebel
as Helen Peterson
2021
Rebel
as Helen
2021
Fargo
as Ruby Goldfarb
2014
Major Crimes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2012
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
2011
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
2011
Hostile Makeover
as Rose Smithsonian
2009
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
2007
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
2005
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor
2005
The Closer
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2005
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Virginia Dixon
2005
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
2004
Battlestar Galactica
as Laura Roslin
2004
Veronica Mars
as Jane
2004
Battlestar Galactica
as President Laura Roslin
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
as Self
2003
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
2003
The Locket
as Helen Staples
2002
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
2001
For All Time
as Laura Brown
2000
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
2000
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
as Rachel Caulfield
1999
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
1999
Replacing Dad
as Linda Marsh
1999
Behind the Mask
as Mary Shushan
1999
You Can Thank Me Later
as Diane
1998
Evidence of Blood
as Dora Overton
1998
12 Angry Men
as Judge
1997
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
1997
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Prioress
1996
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
as Self
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
1996
Woman Undone
as Teri Hansen
1996
High Society
as Dott Emerson
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Sister Theodore Claire
1994
ER
as Eleanor Carter
1994
Blue Chips
as Jenny
1994
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
1993
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
1992
Sneakers
as Liz
1992
Grand Canyon
as Claire
1991
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
as Herself
1990
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
1990
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
1988
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
1987
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
1986
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
1984
E/R
as Eve Sheridan
1984
Money on the Side
as Terri
1982
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Helen Staples
1951
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
One Second After
as Jen
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