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Mary McDonnell
ActorBorn April 28, 1952 (73 years)
Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She earned Academy Award nominations for her performances as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is best known for her roles as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She portrayed Captain Sharon Raydor in seasons 5–7 of TNT’s The Closer and later starred as Commander Raydor in its spin-off Major Crimes. In 2023, she appeared as Madeleine Usher in the Netflix miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.
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Mary McDonnell Filmography
| 2025 | Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas (TV Series) · as Delilah |
| 2025 | Broke · as Kathy Brandywine |
| 2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Series) · as Madeline Usher |
| 2021 | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf · as Lady Zerbst (voice) |
| 2021 | Rebel (2021) (TV Series) · as Helen Peterson |
| 2019 | Mariette in Ecstasy · as Prioress |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Ruby Goldfarb |
| 2012 | Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Captain Sharon Raydor |
| 2011 | Margin Call · as Mary Rogers |
| 2011 | Scream 4 · as Kate Roberts |
| 2009 | Hostile Makeover · as Rose Smithsonian |
| 2009 | Killer Hair · as Rose |
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor · as President Laura Roslin |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far · as President Laura Roslin |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris · as Vivian Schulte |
| 2005 | The Closer (TV Series) · as Sharon Raydor |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Virginia Dixon |
| 2004 | Crazy Like a Fox · as Amy Banks |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Laura Roslin |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 2003 | Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) · as President Laura Roslin |
| 2003 | Nola · as Margaret Langworthy |
| 2002 | The Locket · as Helen Staples |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko · as Rose Darko |
| 2000 | For All Time · as Laura Brown |
| 2000 | That's Life (TV Series) · as Jules O'grady |
| 2000 | Amargosa · as Narrator |
| 2000 | A Father's Choice · as Susan Shaw |
| 1999 | Ryan Caulfield: Year One (TV Series) · as Rachel Caulfield |
| 1999 | Mumford · as Althea Brockett |
| 1999 | Fly Girls · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Replacing Dad · as Linda Marsh |
| 1999 | Behind the Mask · as Mary Shushan |
| 1998 | Spanish Fly · as Zoe's Mother |
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later · as Diane |
| 1998 | Evidence of Blood · as Dora Overton |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men · as Judge |
| 1997 | Two Small Voices · as Sybil Goldrich |
| 1996 | Independence Day · as Marilyn Whitmore |
| 1996 | Woman Undone · as Teri Hansen |
| 1995 | High Society (TV Series) · as Dott Emerson |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Sister Theodore Claire |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Eleanor Carter |
| 1994 | Blue Chips · as Jenny |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as President Laura Roslin - Top Ten Presenter |
| 1993 | The American Clock · as Rose Baumler |
| 1992 | Passion Fish · as May-Alice Culhane |
| 1992 | Sneakers · as Liz |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon · as Claire |
| 1991 | O Pioneers! · as Alexandra Bergson |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves · as Stands With A Fist |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kirkpatrick |
| 1988 | Tiger Warsaw · as Paula Warsaw |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Matewan · as Elma Radnor |
| 1986 | Courage · as Gabriella Estrada |
| 1984 | Garbo Talks · as Lady Capulet |
| 1984 | E/R (1984) (TV Series) · as Eve Sheridan |
| 1982 | Money on the Side · as Terri |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Alexandra Bergson |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Claudia Colfax |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Helen Staples |