Mary McDonnell

Born: 1952-04-28 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2025

Broke as Kathy Brandywine
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas as Delilah

2023

The Fall of the House of Usher as Madeline Usher

2021

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Rebel as Helen Peterson

2014

Fargo as Ruby Goldfarb

2012

Major Crimes as Captain Sharon Raydor

2011

Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
Margin Call as Mary Rogers

2009

Hostile Makeover as Rose Smithsonian

2007

Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin

2006

Mrs. Harris as Vivian Schulte

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Virginia Dixon
The Closer as Sharon Raydor

2004

Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars as Jane
Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks

2003

Battlestar Galactica as President Laura Roslin
Nola as Margaret Langworthy
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self

2002

The Locket as Helen Staples

2001

Donnie Darko as Rose Darko

2000

For All Time as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice as Susan Shaw

1999

Mumford as Althea Brockett
Behind the Mask as Mary Shushan
Ryan Caulfield: Year One as Rachel Caulfield
Replacing Dad as Linda Marsh

1998

Evidence of Blood as Dora Overton
You Can Thank Me Later as Diane

1997

Two Voices as Sybil Goldrich
12 Angry Men as Judge

1996

Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore
Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress

1995

High Society as Dott Emerson

1994

ER as Eleanor Carter
Touched by an Angel as Sister Theodore Claire
Blue Chips as Jenny

1993

The American Clock as Rose Baumler

1992

Sneakers as Liz
Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane

1991

Grand Canyon as Claire

1990

Dances with Wolves as Stands With A Fist
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself

1988

American Experience as Narrator (voice)
Tiger Warsaw as Paula Warsaw

1987

Matewan as Elma Radnor

1986

Courage as Gabriella Estrada

1984

Garbo Talks as Lady Capulet
E/R as Eve Sheridan