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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 28, 1952
Place of Birth:
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Broke | Kathy Brandywine |
| 2021 | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | Lady Zerbst (voice) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Scream 4 | Kate Roberts |
| 2011 | Margin Call | Mary Rogers |
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | President Laura Roslin |
| 2006 | Mrs. Harris | Vivian Schulte |
| 2004 | Crazy Like a Fox | Amy Banks |
| 2004 | Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Self |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self |
| 2003 | Nola | Margaret Langworthy |
| 2003 | Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self |
| 2002 | The Locket | Helen Staples |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Rose Darko |
| 2000 | For All Time | Laura Brown |
| 2000 | A Father's Choice | Susan Shaw |
| 1999 | Mumford | Althea Brockett |
| 1999 | Replacing Dad | Linda Marsh |
| 1999 | Behind the Mask | Mary Shushan |
| 1998 | Evidence of Blood | Dora Overton |
| 1998 | You Can Thank Me Later | Diane |
| 1997 | Two Voices | Sybil Goldrich |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men | Judge |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Marilyn Whitmore |
| 1996 | Woman Undone | Teri Hansen |
| 1996 | Mariette in Ecstasy | Prioress |
| 1996 | Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self |
| 1996 | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self |
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Jenny |
| 1993 | The American Clock | Rose Baumler |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Liz |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | May-Alice Culhane |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Claire |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Stands With A Fist |
| 1990 | The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | Herself |
| 1988 | Tiger Warsaw | Paula Warsaw |
| 1987 | Matewan | Elma Radnor |
| 1986 | Courage | Gabriella Estrada |
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Lady Capulet |
| 1982 | Money on the Side | Terri |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Twelve Dates of Christmas | Delilah |
| 2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Madeline Usher |
| 2021 | Rebel | Helen Peterson |
| 2021 | Rebel | Helen |
| 2014 | Fargo | Ruby Goldfarb |
| 2012 | Major Crimes | Captain Sharon Raydor |
| 2005 | The Closer | Sharon Raydor |
| 2005 | The Closer | Captain Sharon Raydor |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Virginia Dixon |
| 2005 | The Closer | Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Laura Roslin |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Jane |
| 2003 | Battlestar Galactica | President Laura Roslin |
| 1999 | Ryan Caulfield: Year One | Rachel Caulfield |
| 1995 | High Society | Dott Emerson |
| 1994 | ER | Eleanor Carter |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Sister Theodore Claire |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | E/R | Eve Sheridan |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Helen Staples |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |