Mary McDonnell
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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
Credits
Donnie Darko (2001)
as Rose Darko
Independence Day (1996)
as Marilyn Whitmore
Scream 4 (2011)
as Kate Roberts
Dances with Wolves (1990)
as Stands With A Fist
Sneakers (1992)
as Liz
Margin Call (2011)
as Mary Rogers
Broke (2025)
as Kathy Brandywine
Courage (1986)
as Gabriella Estrada
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
12 Angry Men (1997)
as Judge
Matewan (1987)
as Elma Radnor
Passion Fish (1992)
as May-Alice Culhane
Woman Undone (1996)
as Teri Hansen
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
as President Laura Roslin
Blue Chips (1994)
as Jenny
Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
as Prioress
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
as Self
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion (1996)
as Self
Mumford (1999)
as Althea Brockett
Grand Canyon (1991)
as Claire
For All Time (2000)
as Laura Brown
Tiger Warsaw (1988)
as Paula Warsaw
Mrs. Harris (2005)
as Vivian Schulte
The American Clock (1993)
as Rose Baumler
A Father's Choice (2000)
as Susan Shaw
Evidence of Blood (1998)
as Dora Overton
The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996)
as Self
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Lady Capulet
The Locket (2002)
as Helen Staples
One Second After (—)
as Jen
Replacing Dad (1999)
as Linda Marsh
Nola (2003)
as Margaret Langworthy
Behind the Mask (1999)
as Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
as Diane
Money on the Side (1982)
as Terri
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003)
as Self
Crazy Like a Fox (2004)
as Amy Banks
Two Voices (1997)
as Sybil Goldrich
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990)
as Herself
Hostile Makeover (2009)
as Rose Smithsonian