Mary McDonnell
Mary Eileen McDonnell 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.
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🎬 Movies
Broke
actor
2025
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
actor
2021
Margin Call
actor
2011
Scream 4
actor
2011
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
actor
2007
Nola
actor
2003
The Locket
actor
2002
Donnie Darko
actor
2001
For All Time
actor
2000
A Father's Choice
actor
2000
Mumford
actor
1999
Behind the Mask
actor
1999
12 Angry Men
actor
1997
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
actor
1996
Independence Day
actor
1996
Blue Chips
actor
1994
The American Clock
actor
1993
Passion Fish
actor
1992
Sneakers
actor
1992
Grand Canyon
actor
1991
Dances with Wolves
actor
1990
Matewan
actor
1987
Courage
actor
1986