Actor

Mary McDonnell

Born 28 April 1952 · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025Broke1h 44mKathy Brandywine
  2. 2025Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas1 seasonDelilah
  3. 2023The Fall of the House of Usher1 seasonMadeline Usher
  4. 2021The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf1h 23mLady Zerbst (voice)
  5. 2012Major Crimes6 seasonsCaptain Sharon Raydor
  6. 2011Scream 41h 51mKate Roberts
  7. 2011Margin Call1h 47mMary Rogers
  8. 2009Hostile Makeover1h 30mRose Smithsonian
  9. 2007Battlestar Galactica: Razor1h 28mPresident Laura Roslin
  10. 2005The Closer7 seasonsCaptain Sharon Raydor
  11. 2004Crazy Like a Fox1h 38mAmy Banks
  12. 2004Battlestar Galactica4 seasonsLaura Roslin
  13. 2003Nola1h 37mMargaret Langworthy
  14. 2003Battlestar Galactica1 seasonPresident Laura Roslin
  15. 2003Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic1h 21mSelf
  16. 2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’38mSelf
  17. 2002The Locket1h 40mHelen Staples
  18. 2001Donnie Darko1h 54mRose Darko
  19. 2000For All Time1h 24mLaura Brown
  20. 2000A Father's Choice1h 36mSusan Shaw
  21. 1999Ryan Caulfield: Year One1 seasonRachel Caulfield
  22. 1999Replacing Dad1h 30mLinda Marsh
  23. 1999Behind the Mask1h 30mMary Shushan
  24. 1999Mumford1h 52mAlthea Brockett
  25. 1998Evidence of Blood1h 49mDora Overton
  26. 1998You Can Thank Me Later1h 45mDiane
  27. 1997Two Voices1h 28mSybil Goldrich
  28. 199712 Angry Men1h 57mJudge
  29. 1996Woman Undone1h 31mTeri Hansen
  30. 1996Independence Day2h 25mMarilyn Whitmore
  31. 1996Mariette in Ecstasy1h 41mPrioress
  32. 1996Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion22mSelf
  33. 1996The Making of 'Independence Day'29mSelf
  34. 1995High Society1 seasonDott Emerson
  35. 1994Blue Chips1h 48mJenny
  36. 1993The American Clock1h 32mRose Baumler
  37. 1992Passion Fish2h 15mMay-Alice Culhane
  38. 1992Sneakers2h 5mLiz
  39. 1991Grand Canyon2h 14mClaire
  40. 1990Dances with Wolves3h 1mStands With A Fist
  41. 1990The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'21mHerself
  42. 1988Tiger Warsaw1h 33mPaula Warsaw
  43. 1987Matewan2h 12mElma Radnor
  44. 1986Courage2h 30mGabriella Estrada
  45. 1984E/R1 seasonEve Sheridan
  46. 1982Money on the Side1h 30mTerri
  47. One Second After1h 40mJen