Mary McDonnell
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore 1996
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist 1990
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts 2011
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers 2011
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice) 2021
Sneakers
as Liz 1992
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin 2007
12 Angry Men
as Judge 1997
Grand Canyon
as Claire 1991
Blue Chips
as Jenny 1994
Matewan
as Elma Radnor 1987
Mumford
as Althea Brockett 1999
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane 1992
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine 2025
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet 1984
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw 2000