Mary McDonnell
April 28, 1952 (73 years old) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Stands With A Fist in Dances with Wolves, and she is also very well known for her performance as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, the President's wife in Independence Day, and for her starring role in Donnie Darko as the title character's mother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2025 · The Twelve Dates of Christmas as Delilah
- 2025 · Broke as Kathy Brandywine
- 2023 · The Fall of the House of Usher as Madeline Usher
- 2021 · The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
- 2021 · Rebel as Helen Peterson
- 2021 · Rebel as Helen
- 2014 · Fargo as Ruby Goldfarb
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Captain Sharon Raydor
- 2011 · Margin Call as Mary Rogers
- 2011 · Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
- 2009 · Hostile Makeover as Rose Smithsonian
- 2007 · Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin
- 2006 · Mrs. Harris as Vivian Schulte
- 2005 · The Closer as Captain Sharon Raydor
- 2005 · The Closer as Sharon Raydor
- 2005 · The Closer as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Virginia Dixon
- 2004 · Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin
- 2004 · Veronica Mars as Jane
- 2003 · Battlestar Galactica as President Laura Roslin
- 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2003 · Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self
- 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 · A Father's Choice as Susan Shaw
- 1999 · Ryan Caulfield: Year One as Rachel Caulfield
- 1999 · Mumford as Althea Brockett
- 1999 · Replacing Dad as Linda Marsh
- 1999 · Behind the Mask as Mary Shushan
- 1998 · You Can Thank Me Later as Diane
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Dora Overton
- 1997 · 12 Angry Men as Judge
- 1997 · Two Voices as Sybil Goldrich
- 1996 · Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- 1996 · Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore
- 1996 · Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
- 1995 · High Society as Dott Emerson
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sister Theodore Claire
- 1994 · ER as Eleanor Carter
- 1994 · Blue Chips as Jenny
- 1993 · The American Clock as Rose Baumler
- 1992 · Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
- 1992 · Sneakers as Liz
- 1991 · Grand Canyon as Claire
- 1990 · The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself
- 1990 · Dances with Wolves as Stands With A Fist
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Tiger Warsaw as Paula Warsaw
- 1987 · Matewan as Elma Radnor
- 1986 · Courage as Gabriella Estrada
- 1984 · Garbo Talks as Lady Capulet
- 1984 · E/R as Eve Sheridan
- 1982 · Money on the Side as Terri
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Helen Staples
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee