Mary McDonnell

About

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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Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005FargoSeries • 2014ERSeries • 1994The CloserSeries • 2005American ExperienceSeries • 1988Battlestar GalacticaSeries • 2004Veronica MarsSeries • 2004Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994Major CrimesSeries • 2012Dances with WolvesMovie • 1990Independence DayMovie • 1996The Fall of the House of UsherSeries • 2023The BoroughsSeries • 2026Donnie DarkoMovie • 2001Scream 4Movie • 2011Battlestar GalacticaSeries • 2003SneakersMovie • 1992Margin CallMovie • 2011E/RSeries • 1984The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfMovie • 2021RebelSeries • 202112 Angry MenMovie • 1997BrokeMovie • 2025Battlestar Galactica: RazorMovie • 2007