Mary McDonnell
Acting • Born 1952-04-28
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.
Filmography
63 credits
Donnie Darko
Movie • 2001
Rose Darko
Dances with Wolves
Movie • 1990
Stands With A Fist
Independence Day
Movie • 1996
Marilyn Whitmore
Sneakers
Movie • 1992
Liz
Mumford
Movie • 1999
Althea Brockett
Matewan
Movie • 1987
Elma Radnor
Garbo Talks
Movie • 1984
Lady Capulet
Grand Canyon
Movie • 1991
Claire
Scream 4
Movie • 2011
Kate Roberts
Passion Fish
Movie • 1992
May-Alice Culhane
Margin Call
Movie • 2011
Mary Rogers
Money on the Side
Movie • 1982
Terri
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Movie • 2007
President Laura Roslin
Blue Chips
Movie • 1994
Jenny
Tiger Warsaw
Movie • 1988
Paula Warsaw
Courage
Movie • 1986
Gabriella Estrada
For All Time
Movie • 2000
Laura Brown
Two Voices
Movie • 1997
Sybil Goldrich
A Father's Choice
Movie • 2000
Susan Shaw
The American Clock
Movie • 1993
Rose Baumler
Replacing Dad
Movie • 1999
Linda Marsh
Broke
Movie • 2025
Kathy Brandywine
Woman Undone
Movie • 1996
Teri Hansen
Evidence of Blood
Movie • 1998
Dora Overton
Mrs. Harris
Movie • 2006
Vivian Schulte
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Movie • 2003
Self
Behind the Mask
Movie • 1999
Mary Shushan
12 Angry Men
Movie • 1997
Judge
You Can Thank Me Later
Movie • 1998
Diane
Mariette in Ecstasy
Movie • 1996
Prioress
Nola
Movie • 2003
Margaret Langworthy
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie • 2004
Amy Banks
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Movie • 1996
Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Movie • 1996
Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie • 2003
Self
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Movie • 1990
Herself
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Movie • 2021
Lady Zerbst (voice)
The Locket
Movie • 2002
Helen Staples
Hostile Makeover
Movie • 2009
Rose Smithsonian
One Second After
Movie
Jen
The Closer
TV • 2005
Sharon Raydor
The Closer
TV • 2005
Captain Sharon Raydor
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
Laura Roslin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Helen Staples
E/R
TV • 1984
Eve Sheridan
High Society
TV • 1995
Dott Emerson
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
TV • 1999
Rachel Caulfield
Major Crimes
TV • 2012
Captain Sharon Raydor
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Virginia Dixon
ER
TV • 1994
Eleanor Carter
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV • 2023
Madeline Usher
Fargo
TV • 2014
Ruby Goldfarb
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2003
President Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars
TV • 2004
Jane
Rebel
TV • 2021
Helen
Rebel
TV • 2021
Helen Peterson
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Sister Theodore Claire
The Closer
TV • 2005
Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
TV • 2025
Delilah
VisionQuest
TV