Mary McDonnell
1952-04-28 (1952)Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USAActing
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
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
ER
TV • 1994
Fargo
TV • 2014
The Closer
TV • 2005
The Closer
TV • 2005
The Closer
TV • 2005
Veronica Mars
TV • 2004
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
American Experience
TV • 1988
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Major Crimes
TV • 2012
Scream 4
MOVIE • 2011
Donnie Darko
MOVIE • 2001
Dances with Wolves
MOVIE • 1990
Independence Day
MOVIE • 1996
E/R
TV • 1984