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 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
Broke
2025
as Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Margin Call
2011
as Mary Rogers
Scream 4
2011
as Kate Roberts
Hostile Makeover
2009
as Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
2005
as Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
2004
as Amy Banks
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
as Self
Nola
2003
as Margaret Langworthy
The Locket
2002
as Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
2001
as Rose Darko
For All Time
2000
as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
2000
as Susan Shaw
Mumford
1999
as Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad
1999
as Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
1999
as Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
as Diane
Evidence of Blood
1998
as Dora Overton
12 Angry Men
1997
as Judge
Two Voices
1997
as Sybil Goldrich
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Mariette in Ecstasy
1996
as Prioress
Independence Day
1996
as Marilyn Whitmore