Mary McDonnell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-04-28
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Also Known For
Donnie Darko
Jan 19, 2001
Dances with Wolves
Mar 30, 1990
Independence Day
Jun 25, 1996
Sneakers
Sep 09, 1992
Mumford
Sep 24, 1999
Matewan
Aug 28, 1987
Garbo Talks
Oct 12, 1984
Grand Canyon
Dec 25, 1991
Scream 4
Apr 13, 2011
Passion Fish
Dec 11, 1992
Margin Call
Sep 28, 2011
Money on the Side
Sep 29, 1982
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Nov 12, 2007
Blue Chips
Feb 18, 1994
Tiger Warsaw
May 11, 1988
Courage
Sep 24, 1986
For All Time
Oct 18, 2000
Two Voices
Jun 16, 1997
A Father's Choice
Jan 12, 2000
The American Clock
Jan 02, 1993
Replacing Dad
Mar 14, 1999
Broke
Jun 10, 2025
Woman Undone
Feb 04, 1996
Evidence of Blood
Apr 13, 1998
Mrs. Harris
Feb 25, 2006
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Jun 03, 2003
Behind the Mask
Feb 28, 1999
12 Angry Men
Aug 17, 1997
You Can Thank Me Later
Sep 03, 1998
Mariette in Ecstasy
Jul 04, 1996
Nola
Jan 01, 2003
Crazy Like a Fox
Oct 25, 2004
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Jun 30, 1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Jun 29, 1996
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
May 20, 2003
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Nov 15, 1990
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Aug 22, 2021
The Locket
Dec 08, 2002
Hostile Makeover
Jun 28, 2009
One Second After
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
Battlestar Galactica
Oct 18, 2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
E/R
Sep 16, 1984
High Society
Oct 30, 1995
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
Oct 15, 1999
Major Crimes
Aug 13, 2012
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
ER
Sep 19, 1994
The Fall of the House of Usher
Oct 12, 2023
Fargo
Apr 15, 2014
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
Battlestar Galactica
Dec 08, 2003
Veronica Mars
Sep 22, 2004
Rebel
Apr 08, 2021
Rebel
Apr 08, 2021
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
The Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
Dec 05, 2025
