Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

72 · Born: Apr 28, 1952

Personal Details

Born Apr 28, 1952 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
  • Eileen Mundy
  • John McDonnell

Biography

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.

Career

2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher as Madeline Usher
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2021
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf as Lady Zerbst (voice)
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2017
Fargo
Fargo as Ruby Goldfarb
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2012
Major Crimes
Major Crimes as Captain Sharon Raydor
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2011
Scream 4
Scream 4 as Kate Roberts
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Margin Call
Margin Call as Mary Rogers
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The Closer
The Closer as Sharon Raydor
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2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Battlestar Galactica: Razor as President Laura Roslin
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2004
Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy Like a Fox as Amy Banks
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Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin
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2003
Nola
Nola as Margaret Langworthy
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Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica as President Laura Roslin
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2002
The Locket
The Locket as Helen Staples
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2001
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko as Mrs. Rose Darko
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2000
A Father's Choice
A Father's Choice as Susan Shaw
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For All Time
For All Time as Laura Brown
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Amargosa
Amargosa as Narrator
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1999
Mumford
Mumford as Althea Brockett
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Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask as Mary Shushan
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You Can Thank Me Later
You Can Thank Me Later as Diane
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Replacing Dad
Replacing Dad as Linda Marsh
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1998
Evidence of Blood
Evidence of Blood as Dora Overton
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1997
Two Small Voices
Two Small Voices as Sybil Goldrich
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1996
Woman Undone
Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
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Mariette in Ecstasy
Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress
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Independence Day
Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore
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1995
High Society
High Society as Dott Emerson
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1994
Blue Chips
Blue Chips as Jenny
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1993
The American Clock
The American Clock as Rose Baumler
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1992
Passion Fish
Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
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1991
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon as Claire
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1990
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves as Stands With A Fist
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1988
Tiger Warsaw
Tiger Warsaw as Paula Warsaw
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1987
Matewan
Matewan as Elma Radnor
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1986
Courage
Courage as Gabriella Estrada
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1984
E/R
E/R as Eve Sheridan
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2003
1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
The Making of 'Independence Day'