Mary McDonnell
Acting
Born 1952-04-28 · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Movie
Independence Day
1996 · Movie
Donnie Darko
2001 · Movie
Scream 4
2011 · Movie
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
Margin Call
2011 · Movie
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021 · Movie
12 Angry Men
1997 · Movie
Broke
2025 · Movie
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007 · Movie
Matewan
1987 · Movie
Blue Chips
1994 · Movie
Mumford
1999 · Movie
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003 · Movie
Grand Canyon
1991 · Movie
Passion Fish
1992 · Movie
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie
Hostile Makeover
2009 · Movie
Mrs. Harris
2006 · Movie
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996 · Movie
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990 · Movie
Courage
1986 · Movie
Nola
2003 · Movie
Replacing Dad
1999 · Movie
Garbo Talks
1984 · Movie
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Movie
For All Time
2000 · Movie
The American Clock
1993 · Movie
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996 · Movie
Two Voices
1997 · Movie
You Can Thank Me Later
1998 · Movie
The Locket
2002 · Movie
Crazy Like a Fox
2004 · Movie
Behind the Mask
1999 · Movie
Tiger Warsaw
1988 · Movie
A Father's Choice
2000 · Movie
Money on the Side
1982 · Movie
Woman Undone
1996 · Movie