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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1991 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
The Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
Fargo
Grey's Anatomy
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
The Closer
Veronica Mars
Donnie Darko
ER
Dances with Wolves
12 Angry Men
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Major Crimes
The Boroughs
Rebel
Touched by an Angel
Broke
Passion Fish
Margin Call
Independence Day
Sneakers
Nola
Courage
Evidence of Blood
American Experience
Scream 4
Mumford
Replacing Dad
Garbo Talks
Blue Chips
You Can Thank Me Later
Two Voices
Behind the Mask
The Locket
A Father's Choice
Money on the Side
Woman Undone