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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-04-28 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Мері Макдоннелл

مری مک‌دانل

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

Acting

Donnie Darko

2001

Donnie Darko

as

Rose Darko

Dances with Wolves

1990

Dances with Wolves

as

Stands With A Fist

Independence Day

1996

Independence Day

as

Marilyn Whitmore

Sneakers

1992

Sneakers

as

Liz

Mumford

1999

Mumford

as

Althea Brockett

Matewan

1987

Matewan

as

Elma Radnor

Garbo Talks

1984

Garbo Talks

as

Lady Capulet

Grand Canyon

1991

Grand Canyon

as

Claire

Scream 4

2011

Scream 4

as

Kate Roberts

Passion Fish

1992

Passion Fish

as

May-Alice Culhane

Margin Call

2011

Margin Call

as

Mary Rogers

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

as

President Laura Roslin

Blue Chips

1994

Blue Chips

as

Jenny

Tiger Warsaw

1988

Tiger Warsaw

as

Paula Warsaw

Courage

1986

Courage

as

Gabriella Estrada

For All Time

2000

For All Time

as

Laura Brown

Two Voices

1997

Two Voices

as

Sybil Goldrich

A Father's Choice

2000

A Father's Choice

as

Susan Shaw

The American Clock

1993

The American Clock

as

Rose Baumler

Replacing Dad

1999

Replacing Dad

as

Linda Marsh

Broke

2025

Broke

as

Kathy Brandywine

Woman Undone

1996

Woman Undone

as

Teri Hansen

Evidence of Blood

1998

Evidence of Blood

as

Dora Overton

Mrs. Harris

2006

Mrs. Harris

as

Vivian Schulte

Behind the Mask

1999

Behind the Mask

as

Mary Shushan

12 Angry Men

1997

12 Angry Men

as

Judge

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996

Mariette in Ecstasy

as

Prioress

Nola

2003

Nola

as

Margaret Langworthy

Crazy Like a Fox

2004

Crazy Like a Fox

as

Amy Banks

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

2021

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

as

Lady Zerbst (voice)

The Locket

2002

The Locket

as

Helen Staples

Hostile Makeover

2009

Hostile Makeover

as

Rose Smithsonian

The Closer

The Closer

as

Sharon Raydor

The Closer

The Closer

as

Captain Sharon Raydor

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

as

Laura Roslin

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Helen Staples

E/R

E/R

as

Eve Sheridan

High Society

High Society

as

Dott Emerson

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

as

Rachel Caulfield

Major Crimes

Major Crimes

as

Captain Sharon Raydor

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Virginia Dixon

ER

ER

as

Eleanor Carter

Fargo

Fargo

as

Ruby Goldfarb

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

as

President Laura Roslin

Rebel

Rebel

as

Helen Peterson

Rebel

Rebel

as

Helen

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as

Sister Theodore Claire

The Closer

The Closer

as

Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing