Actor · Voice Actor
Mary McDonnell
Also known as: Mary Eileen 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.
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Filmography
20 creditsScream 4
as Kate Roberts
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
For All Time
as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
Blue Chips
as Jenny
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
Sneakers
as Liz
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
Grand Canyon
as Claire
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
Money on the Side
as Terri