
Mary McDonnell
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 sta…
Known For
Donnie Darko
Rose Darko
Dances with Wolves
Stands With A Fist
Independence Day
Marilyn Whitmore
Battlestar Galactica
Laura Roslin
Battlestar Galactica
President Laura Roslin
Scream 4
Kate Roberts
Margin Call
Mary Rogers
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Lady Zerbst (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (61)
Movies (40)
Broke
2025as Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Scream 4
2011as Kate Roberts
Margin Call
2011as Mary Rogers
Hostile Makeover
2009as Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
2006as Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
2004as Amy Banks
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003as Self
Nola
2003as Margaret Langworthy
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003as Self
The Locket
2002as Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
2001as Rose Darko
For All Time
2000as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
2000as Susan Shaw
Mumford
1999as Althea Brockett
Behind the Mask
1999as Mary Shushan
Replacing Dad
1999as Linda Marsh
Evidence of Blood
1998as Dora Overton
You Can Thank Me Later
1998as Diane
12 Angry Men
1997as Judge
Two Voices
1997as Sybil Goldrich
Independence Day
1996as Marilyn Whitmore
Woman Undone
1996as Teri Hansen
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996as Self
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996as Prioress
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996as Self
Blue Chips
1994as Jenny
The American Clock
1993as Rose Baumler
Sneakers
1992as Liz
Passion Fish
1992as May-Alice Culhane
Grand Canyon
1991as Claire
Dances with Wolves
1990as Stands With A Fist
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990as Herself
Tiger Warsaw
1988as Paula Warsaw
Matewan
1987as Elma Radnor
Courage
1986as Gabriella Estrada
Garbo Talks
1984as Lady Capulet
Money on the Side
1982as Terri
One Second After
as Jen
Television (21)
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
2025as Delilah
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023as Madeline Usher
Rebel
2021as Helen
Fargo
2014as Ruby Goldfarb
Major Crimes
2012as Captain Sharon Raydor
Grey's Anatomy
2005as Virginia Dixon
The Closer
2005as Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005as Sharon Raydor
Veronica Mars
2004as Jane
Battlestar Galactica
2004as Laura Roslin
Battlestar Galactica
2003as President Laura Roslin
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1999as Rachel Caulfield
High Society
1995as Dott Emerson
ER
1994as Eleanor Carter
Touched by an Angel
1994as Sister Theodore Claire
American Experience
1988as Narrator (voice)
E/R
1984as Eve Sheridan
The Oscars
1953as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Helen Staples
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self
VisionQuest
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