Mary McDonnell

Born: 1952-04-28, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• The Closer (2005)
• Battlestar Galactica (2004)
• Major Crimes (2012)
• Veronica Mars (2004)
• American Experience (1988)
• Touched by an Angel (1994)
• The Boroughs (2026)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Independence Day (1996)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Scream 4 (2011)
• Sneakers (1992)
• Margin Call (2011)
• Broke (2025)
• The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
• Blue Chips (1994)
• Passion Fish (1992)
• Matewan (1987)
• Woman Undone (1996)
• Tiger Warsaw (1988)
• For All Time (2000)
• Mumford (1999)
• Garbo Talks (1984)
• Mrs. Harris (2005)
• Evidence of Blood (1998)
• The American Clock (1993)