Mary McDonnell
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.
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Movies (40)
Broke2025Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf2021Lady Zerbst (voice)
Margin Call2011Mary Rogers
Scream 42011Kate Roberts
Hostile Makeover2009Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor2007President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris2006Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox2004Amy Banks
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic2003Self
Nola2003Margaret Langworthy
The Locket2002Helen Staples
Donnie Darko2001Rose Darko
For All Time2000Laura Brown
A Father's Choice2000Susan Shaw
Mumford1999Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad1999Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask1999Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later1998Diane
Evidence of Blood1998Dora Overton
12 Angry Men1997Judge
Two Voices1997Sybil Goldrich- Mariette in Ecstasy1996Prioress
Independence Day1996Marilyn Whitmore
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion1996Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'1996Self
Woman Undone1996Teri Hansen
Blue Chips1994Jenny
The American Clock1993Rose Baumler
Passion Fish1992May-Alice Culhane
Shows (21)
VisionQuest2026
The Boroughs2026The Duchess
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas2025Delilah
The Fall of the House of Usher2023Madeline Usher
Rebel2021Helen
Fargo2014Ruby Goldfarb
Major Crimes2012Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer2005Sharon Raydor
Grey's Anatomy2005Virginia Dixon
Battlestar Galactica2004Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars2004Jane
Battlestar Galactica2003President Laura Roslin
Ryan Caulfield: Year One1999Rachel Caulfield
High Society1995Dott Emerson
Touched by an Angel1994Sister Theodore Claire
ER1994Eleanor Carter
American Experience1988Narrator (voice)
E/R1984Eve Sheridan
The Oscars1953Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Helen Staples
Golden Globe Awards1944Self