Actor
Mary McDonnell
74 years · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA · 39 films
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.
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Broke
2025 · Kathy Brandywine
On Netflix
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021 · Lady Zerbst (voice)
On Netflix
Margin Call
2011 · Mary Rogers
On Kanopy
Scream 4
2011 · Kate Roberts
Hostile Makeover
2009 · Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007 · President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
2004 · Amy Banks
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003 · Self
Nola
2003 · Margaret Langworthy
On Fawesome
The Locket
2002 · Helen Staples
On Plex
Donnie Darko
2001 · Rose Darko
On Hulu
For All Time
2000 · Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
2000 · Susan Shaw
On Hoopla
Mumford
1999 · Althea Brockett
On Hoopla
Replacing Dad
1999 · Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
1999 · Mary Shushan
On Tubi TV
You Can Thank Me Later
1998 · Diane
On Plex
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Dora Overton
On Philo
12 Angry Men
1997 · Judge
Two Voices
1997 · Sybil Goldrich
Independence Day
1996 · Marilyn Whitmore
On TNT
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996 · Self