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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 28, 1952
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Мері Макдоннелл
- مری مکدانل
Mary McDonnell
3.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.5
Delilah
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
2025
6.9
Kathy Brandywine
Broke
2025
7.6
Madeline Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
7.4
Lady Zerbst (voice)
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
7.2
Helen Peterson
Rebel
2021
7.2
Helen
Rebel
2021
8.3
Ruby Goldfarb
Fargo
2014
7.4
Captain Sharon Raydor
Major Crimes
2012
6.9
Mary Rogers
Margin Call
2011
6.5
Kate Roberts
Scream 4
2011
Credits
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
as Delilah
2025
8.5
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
2025
6.9
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeline Usher
2023
7.6
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
2021
7.4
Rebel
as Helen Peterson
2021
7.2
Rebel
as Helen
2021
7.2
Fargo
as Ruby Goldfarb
2014
8.3
Major Crimes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2012
7.4
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
2011
6.9
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
2011
6.5
Hostile Makeover
as Rose Smithsonian
2009
7.8
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
2007
7.2
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
2006
5.7
The Closer
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2005
7.9
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor
2005
7.9
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
7.9
Grey's Anatomy
as Virginia Dixon
2005
8.2
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
2004
4.0
Battlestar Galactica
as Laura Roslin
2004
8.2
Veronica Mars
as Jane
2004
7.8
Battlestar Galactica
as President Laura Roslin
2003
8.2
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
5.0
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
as Self
2003
8.3
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
2003
6.5
The Locket
as Helen Staples
2002
5.0
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
2001
7.8
For All Time
as Laura Brown
2000
6.3
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
2000
5.1
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
as Rachel Caulfield
1999
4.0
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
1999
6.5
Replacing Dad
as Linda Marsh
1999
6.0
Behind the Mask
as Mary Shushan
1999
5.2
You Can Thank Me Later
as Diane
1998
5.1
Evidence of Blood
as Dora Overton
1998
6.4
12 Angry Men
as Judge
1997
7.7
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
1997
4.8
🎬
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Prioress
1996
0.0
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
as Self
1996
6.5
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
1996
5.9
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
1996
6.9
Woman Undone
as Teri Hansen
1996
3.6
High Society
as Dott Emerson
1995
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Sister Theodore Claire
1994
7.2
ER
as Eleanor Carter
1994
7.8
Blue Chips
as Jenny
1994
6.1
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
1993
5.4
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
1992
6.9
Sneakers
as Liz
1992
6.9
Grand Canyon
as Claire
1991
6.4
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
as Herself
1990
6.5
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
1990
7.8
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
1988
5.4
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
1987
7.4
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
1986
5.7
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
1984
6.2
E/R
as Eve Sheridan
1984
4.6
Money on the Side
as Terri
1982
4.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Helen Staples
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2
VisionQuest
N/A
0.0
🎬
One Second After
as Jen
N/A
0.0