Mary McDonnell
Known For
Acting
Born
April 28, 1952
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Mary McDonnell

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
8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · TV

American Experience
6.5

American Experience

1988 · TV

Fargo
8.3

Fargo

2014 · TV

ER
7.8

ER

1994 · TV

Major Crimes
7.4

Major Crimes

2012 · TV

The Closer
7.9

The Closer

2005 · TV

Golden Globe Awards
7.0

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · TV

Veronica Mars
7.8

Veronica Mars

2004 · TV

Battlestar Galactica
8.2

Battlestar Galactica

2004 · TV

Independence Day
6.9

Independence Day

1996 · Movie

Touched by an Angel
7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994 · TV

The Oscars
7.0

The Oscars

1953 · TV

The Boroughs
7.3

The Boroughs

2026 · TV

Dances with Wolves
7.8

Dances with Wolves

1990 · Movie

Battlestar Galactica
8.2

Battlestar Galactica

2003 · TV

Donnie Darko
7.8

Donnie Darko

2001 · Movie

The Fall of the House of Usher
7.6

The Fall of the House of Usher

2023 · TV

Scream 4
6.5

Scream 4

2011 · Movie

VisionQuest

VisionQuest

2026 · TV

Sneakers
6.9

Sneakers

1992 · Movie

E/R
5.6

E/R

1984 · TV

Margin Call
6.9

Margin Call

2011 · Movie

12 Angry Men
7.7

12 Angry Men

1997 · Movie

Broke
7.1

Broke

2025 · Movie

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