Mary McDonnell
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday28 April 1952 (74 years old)
Place of birthWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits60
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, sh…
The Boroughs
2026 · The Duchess
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
2025 · Delilah
Broke
2025 · Kathy Brandywine
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023 · Madeline Usher
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021 · Lady Zerbst (voice)
Rebel
2021 · Helen Peterson
Rebel
2021 · Helen
Fargo
2014 · Ruby Goldfarb
Major Crimes
2012 · Captain Sharon Raydor
Margin Call
2011 · Mary Rogers
Scream 4
2011 · Kate Roberts
Hostile Makeover
2009 · Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007 · President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Vivian Schulte
The Closer
2005 · Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005 · Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005 · Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Virginia Dixon
Crazy Like a Fox
2004 · Amy Banks
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars
2004 · Jane
Battlestar Galactica
2003 · President Laura Roslin
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003 · Self
Nola
2003 · Margaret Langworthy
The Locket
2002 · Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
2001 · Rose Darko
For All Time
2000 · Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
2000 · Susan Shaw
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1999 · Rachel Caulfield
Mumford
1999 · Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad
1999 · Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
1999 · Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later
1998 · Diane
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Dora Overton
12 Angry Men
1997 · Judge
Two Voices
1997 · Sybil Goldrich
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996 · Prioress
Independence Day
1996 · Marilyn Whitmore
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996 · Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996 · Self
Woman Undone
1996 · Teri Hansen
High Society
1995 · Dott Emerson
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Sister Theodore Claire
ER
1994 · Eleanor Carter
Blue Chips
1994 · Jenny
The American Clock
1993 · Rose Baumler
Passion Fish
1992 · May-Alice Culhane
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