Mary McDonnell
April 28, 1952 (73 years old) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She earned Academy Award nominations for her performances as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is best known for her roles as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She portrayed Captain Sharon Raydor in seasons 5–7 of TNT’s The Closer and later starred as Commander Raydor in its spin-off Major Crimes. In 2023, she appeared as Madeleine Usher in the Netflix miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.
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- 2025 · The Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas as Delilah
- 2025 · Broke as Kathy Brandywine
- 2023 · The Fall of the House of Usher as Madeline Usher
- 2021 · The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
- 2021 · Rebel as Helen
- 2021 · Rebel as Helen Peterson
- 2014 · Fargo as Ruby Goldfarb
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Captain Sharon Raydor
- 2011 · Margin Call as Mary Rogers
- 2011 · Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
- 2009 · Hostile Makeover as Rose Smithsonian
- 2007 · Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin
- 2006 · 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
- 2004 · Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin
- 2004 · Veronica Mars as Jane
- 2003 · 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
- 2002 · The Locket as Helen Staples
- 2001 · Donnie Darko as Rose Darko
- 2000 · For All Time as Laura Brown
- 2000 · A Father's Choice as Susan Shaw
- 1999 · 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
- 1998 · You Can Thank Me Later as Diane
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Dora Overton
- 1997 · 12 Angry Men as Judge
- 1997 · Two Voices as Sybil Goldrich
- 1996 · Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- 1996 · Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore
- 1996 · Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
- 1995 · High Society as Dott Emerson
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sister Theodore Claire
- 1994 · ER as Eleanor Carter
- 1994 · Blue Chips as Jenny
- 1993 · The American Clock as Rose Baumler
- 1992 · Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
- 1992 · Sneakers as Liz
- 1991 · Grand Canyon as Claire
- 1990 · The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself
- 1990 · Dances with Wolves as Stands With A Fist
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Tiger Warsaw as Paula Warsaw
- 1987 · Matewan as Elma Radnor
- 1986 · Courage as Gabriella Estrada
- 1984 · Garbo Talks as Lady Capulet
- 1984 · E/R as Eve Sheridan
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · VisionQuest as
- Future · One Second After as Jen
- 1982 · Money on the Side as Terri
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Helen Staples