Name
Mary McDonnell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-04-28 (74 years old)
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.
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- 2001 Donnie Darko as Rose Darko
- 1990 Dances with Wolves as Stands With A Fist
- 1996 Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore
- 1992 Sneakers as Liz
- 1999 Mumford as Althea Brockett
- 1987 Matewan as Elma Radnor
- 1984 Garbo Talks as Lady Capulet
- 1991 Grand Canyon as Claire
- 2011 Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
- 1992 Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
- 2011 Margin Call as Mary Rogers
- 1982 Money on the Side as Terri
- 2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin
- 1994 Blue Chips as Jenny
- 1988 Tiger Warsaw as Paula Warsaw
- 1986 Courage as Gabriella Estrada
- 2000 For All Time as Laura Brown
- 1997 Two Voices as Sybil Goldrich
- 2000 A Father's Choice as Susan Shaw
- 1993 The American Clock as Rose Baumler
- 1999 Replacing Dad as Linda Marsh
- 2025 Broke as Kathy Brandywine
- 1996 Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
- 1998 Evidence of Blood as Dora Overton
- 2006 Mrs. Harris as Vivian Schulte
- 2003 The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 1999 Behind the Mask as Mary Shushan
- 1997 12 Angry Men as Judge
- 1998 You Can Thank Me Later as Diane
- 1996 Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress
- 2003 Nola as Margaret Langworthy
- 2004 Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks
- 1996 Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- 2003 Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self
- 1990 The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself
- 2021 The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
- 2002 The Locket as Helen Staples
- 2009 Hostile Makeover as Rose Smithsonian
- Soon One Second After as Jen
- 2005 The Closer ( 25 episodes ) as Sharon Raydor
- 2005 The Closer ( 21 episodes ) as Captain Sharon Raydor
- 2004 Battlestar Galactica ( 73 episodes ) as Laura Roslin
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Helen Staples
- 1984 E/R ( 22 episodes ) as Eve Sheridan
- 1995 High Society ( 13 episodes ) as Dott Emerson
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Ryan Caulfield: Year One ( 8 episodes ) as Rachel Caulfield
- 2012 Major Crimes ( 105 episodes ) as Captain Sharon Raydor
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 3 episodes ) as Virginia Dixon
- 1994 ER ( 5 episodes ) as Eleanor Carter
- 2023 The Fall of the House of Usher ( 8 episodes ) as Madeline Usher
- 2014 Fargo ( 4 episodes ) as Ruby Goldfarb
- 1988 American Experience ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 Battlestar Galactica ( 2 episodes ) as President Laura Roslin
- 2004 Veronica Mars ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 2021 Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Helen
- 2021 Rebel ( 6 episodes ) as Helen Peterson
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Sister Theodore Claire
- 2005 The Closer ( 1 episode ) as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2025 Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas ( 6 episodes ) as Delilah
- 2026 VisionQuest ( 8 episodes )
- 2026 The Boroughs ( 1 episode ) as The Duchess
