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 As
Movie Appearances
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
2001
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
1990
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
1996
Sneakers
as Liz
1992
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
1999
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
1987
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
1984
Grand Canyon
as Claire
1991
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
2011
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
1992
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
2011
Money on the Side
as Terri
1982
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
2007
Blue Chips
as Jenny
1994
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
1988
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
1986
For All Time
as Laura Brown
2000
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
1997
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
2000
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
1993
TV Appearances
The Closer
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2005
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor
2005
Battlestar Galactica
as Laura Roslin
2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Helen Staples
1951
E/R
as Eve Sheridan
1984
High Society
as Dott Emerson
1995
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
as Rachel Caulfield
1999
Major Crimes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
2012
Grey's Anatomy
as Virginia Dixon
2005
ER
as Eleanor Carter
1994
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeline Usher
2023