FMovies Logo
Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

ActingBorn April 28, 1952 (age 74)Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

2025
Broke

as Kathy Brandywine

Movie
2023TV
2021Movie
2021
Rebel

as Helen

TV
2021
Rebel

as Helen Peterson

TV
2014
Fargo

as Ruby Goldfarb

TV
2012
Major Crimes

as Captain Sharon Raydor

TV
2011
Margin Call

as Mary Rogers

Movie
2011
Scream 4

as Kate Roberts

Movie
2009
Hostile Makeover

as Rose Smithsonian

Movie
2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor

as President Laura Roslin

Movie
2006
Mrs. Harris

as Vivian Schulte

Movie
2005
The Closer

as Sharon Raydor

TV
2005
The Closer

as Captain Sharon Raydor

TV
2005
The Closer

as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Virginia Dixon

TV
2004
Crazy Like a Fox

as Amy Banks

Movie
2004
Battlestar Galactica

as Laura Roslin

TV
2004TV
2003
Battlestar Galactica

as President Laura Roslin

TV
2003
Nola

as Margaret Langworthy

Movie
2002
The Locket

as Helen Staples

Movie
2001
Donnie Darko

as Rose Darko

Movie
2000
For All Time

as Laura Brown

Movie
2000
A Father's Choice

as Susan Shaw

Movie
1999
Ryan Caulfield: Year One

as Rachel Caulfield

TV
1999
Mumford

as Althea Brockett

Movie
1999
Replacing Dad

as Linda Marsh

Movie
1999
Behind the Mask

as Mary Shushan

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Evidence of Blood

as Dora Overton

Movie
1997
12 Angry Men

as Judge

Movie
1997
Two Voices

as Sybil Goldrich

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Independence Day

as Marilyn Whitmore

Movie
1996
Woman Undone

as Teri Hansen

Movie
1995
High Society

as Dott Emerson

TV
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Sister Theodore Claire

TV
1994
ER

as Eleanor Carter

TV
1994
Blue Chips

as Jenny

Movie
1993
The American Clock

as Rose Baumler

Movie
1992
Passion Fish

as May-Alice Culhane

Movie
1992
Sneakers

as Liz

Movie
1991
Grand Canyon

as Claire

Movie
1990
Dances with Wolves

as Stands With A Fist

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1988
Tiger Warsaw

as Paula Warsaw

Movie
1987
Matewan

as Elma Radnor

Movie
1986
Courage

as Gabriella Estrada

Movie
1984
Garbo Talks

as Lady Capulet

Movie
1984
E/R

as Eve Sheridan

TV
1982Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Helen Staples

TV
1944TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 28, 1952
Place of BirthWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity3.0