Mary McDonnell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-04-28 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • Fargo

    Fargo

  • ER

    ER

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • The Closer

    The Closer

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Battlestar Galactica

    Battlestar Galactica

  • Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Major Crimes

    Major Crimes

  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

  • Donnie Darko

    Donnie Darko

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Sneakers

    Sneakers

  • Dances with Wolves

    Dances with Wolves

  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

  • Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas

    Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas

  • Battlestar Galactica

    Battlestar Galactica

  • Margin Call

    Margin Call

  • Broke

    Broke

  • Scream 4

    Scream 4

  • The Making of 'Independence Day'

    The Making of 'Independence Day'

  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

  • Mumford

    Mumford

  • Blue Chips

    Blue Chips

  • Two Voices

    Two Voices

  • Courage

    Courage

  • The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

    The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

  • The Locket

    The Locket

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Garbo Talks

    Garbo Talks

  • Matewan

    Matewan

  • Mrs. Harris

    Mrs. Harris

  • Tiger Warsaw

    Tiger Warsaw

  • Grand Canyon

    Grand Canyon

  • Woman Undone

    Woman Undone

  • E/R

    E/R

  • VisionQuest

    VisionQuest

  • Battlestar Galactica: Razor

    Battlestar Galactica: Razor

  • Hostile Makeover

    Hostile Makeover

  • For All Time

    For All Time

  • Passion Fish

    Passion Fish

  • Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

    Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

  • The American Clock

    The American Clock

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • One Second After

    One Second After

  • High Society

    High Society

  • Evidence of Blood

    Evidence of Blood

  • A Father's Choice

    A Father's Choice

  • Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

  • Nola

    Nola

  • Money on the Side

    Money on the Side

  • You Can Thank Me Later

    You Can Thank Me Later

  • Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

    Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

  • Ryan Caulfield: Year One

    Ryan Caulfield: Year One

  • The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

  • Mariette in Ecstasy

    Mariette in Ecstasy

  • Replacing Dad

    Replacing Dad

  • The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

    The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

  • Crazy Like a Fox

    Crazy Like a Fox