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