Mary McDonnell
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.
Known For
All Movies (40)
- Broke2025 · as Kathy Brandywine
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf2021 · as Lady Zerbst (voice)
- Margin Call2011 · as Mary Rogers
- Scream 42011 · as Kate Roberts
- Hostile Makeover2009 · as Rose Smithsonian
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor2007 · as President Laura Roslin
- Mrs. Harris2006 · as Vivian Schulte
- Crazy Like a Fox2004 · as Amy Banks
- The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003 · as Self
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic2003 · as Self
- Nola2003 · as Margaret Langworthy
- The Locket2002 · as Helen Staples
- Donnie Darko2001 · as Rose Darko
- For All Time2000 · as Laura Brown
- A Father's Choice2000 · as Susan Shaw
- Mumford1999 · as Althea Brockett
- Replacing Dad1999 · as Linda Marsh
- Behind the Mask1999 · as Mary Shushan
- You Can Thank Me Later1998 · as Diane
- Evidence of Blood1998 · as Dora Overton
- 12 Angry Men1997 · as Judge
- Two Voices1997 · as Sybil Goldrich
- Mariette in Ecstasy1996 · as Prioress
- Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion1996 · as Self
- The Making of 'Independence Day'1996 · as Self
- Independence Day1996 · as Marilyn Whitmore
- Woman Undone1996 · as Teri Hansen
- Blue Chips1994 · as Jenny
- The American Clock1993 · as Rose Baumler
- Passion Fish1992 · as May-Alice Culhane
- Sneakers1992 · as Liz
- Grand Canyon1991 · as Claire
- The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'1990 · as Herself
- Dances with Wolves1990 · as Stands With A Fist
- Tiger Warsaw1988 · as Paula Warsaw
- Matewan1987 · as Elma Radnor
- Courage1986 · as Gabriella Estrada
- Garbo Talks1984 · as Lady Capulet
- Money on the Side1982 · as Terri
- One Second After— · as Jen
All TV Shows (23)
- VisionQuest2026
- Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas2025 · as Delilah
- The Fall of the House of Usher2023 · as Madeline Usher
- Rebel2021 · as Helen Peterson
- Rebel2021 · as Helen
- Fargo2014 · as Ruby Goldfarb
- Major Crimes2012 · as Captain Sharon Raydor
- The Closer2005 · as Sharon Raydor
- The Closer2005 · as Captain Sharon Raydor
- The Closer2005 · as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Virginia Dixon
- Battlestar Galactica2004 · as Laura Roslin
- Veronica Mars2004 · as Jane
- Battlestar Galactica2003 · as President Laura Roslin
- Ryan Caulfield: Year One1999 · as Rachel Caulfield
- High Society1995 · as Dott Emerson
- Touched by an Angel1994 · as Sister Theodore Claire
- ER1994 · as Eleanor Carter
- American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
- E/R1984 · as Eve Sheridan
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Helen Staples
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self