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
Independence Day (1996)
as Marilyn Whitmore
Donnie Darko (2001)
as Rose Darko
Sneakers (1992)
as Liz
Scream 4 (2011)
as Kate Roberts
Dances with Wolves (1990)
as Stands With A Fist
Blue Chips (1994)
as Jenny
Margin Call (2011)
as Mary Rogers
12 Angry Men (1997)
as Judge
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Broke (2025)
as Kathy Brandywine
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris (2006)
as Vivian Schulte
Grand Canyon (1991)
as Claire
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion (1996)
as Self
Passion Fish (1992)
as May-Alice Culhane
Matewan (1987)
as Elma Radnor
Garbo Talks (1984)
as Lady Capulet
Woman Undone (1996)
as Teri Hansen
For All Time (2000)
as Laura Brown
The Locket (2002)
as Helen Staples
Mumford (1999)
as Althea Brockett
Tiger Warsaw (1988)
as Paula Warsaw
Evidence of Blood (1998)
as Dora Overton
Courage (1986)
as Gabriella Estrada
Replacing Dad (1999)
as Linda Marsh
Money on the Side (1982)
as Terri
The American Clock (1993)
as Rose Baumler
Two Voices (1997)
as Sybil Goldrich
Behind the Mask (1999)
as Mary Shushan
A Father's Choice (2000)
as Susan Shaw
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
as Self
One Second After (—)
as Jen
Hostile Makeover (2009)
as Rose Smithsonian
The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996)
as Self
Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
as Prioress
Nola (2003)
as Margaret Langworthy
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003)
as Self
You Can Thank Me Later (1998)
as Diane
Crazy Like a Fox (2004)
as Amy Banks
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990)
as Herself