Mary McDonnell
Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre
Born: 1952-04-28
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
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.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1376551196
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Broke (2025)
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) — Lady Illyana Zerbst
- Margin Call (2011) — Mary Rogers
- Scream 4 (2011) — Kate Roberts
- Hostile Makeover (2009) — Rose Smithsonian
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) — President Laura Roslin
- 33 (2005)
- Crazy like a Fox (2004)
- Nola (2003)
- Donnie Darko (2001) — Mrs. Rose Darko
- A Father's Choice (2000) — Susan Shaw
- Behind the Mask (1999) — Mary Shushan
- Mumford (1999) — Althea Brockett
- Replacing Dad (1999)
- You Can Thank Me Later (1999) — Diane
- Evidence of Blood (1998) — Dora Overton
- Spanish Fly (1998)
- Independence Day (1996) — First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
- Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
- Woman Undone (1996) — Teri Hansen
- Blue Chips (1994) — Jenny Bell
- Passion Fish (1992) — May-Alice Culhane
- Sneakers (1992) — Liz
- Grand Canyon (1991) — Claire
- Dances with Wolves (1990) — Stands With A Fist
- Tiger Warsaw (1988)
- Matewan (1987) — Elma Radnor
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Alfre Woodard · 4 films
- David Strathairn · 4 films
- Edward James Olmos · 2 films
- James Duval · 2 films
- James Earl Jones · 2 films
- John Sayles · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.