
Mary McDonnell
Known for: Acting
Born: April 28, 1952
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 sta…
Known for

Passion Fish
1992

Two Voices
1997

Replacing Dad
1999

Woman Undone
1996

Dances with Wolves
1990

For All Time
2000

A Father's Choice
2000

Evidence of Blood
1998

Crazy Like a Fox
2004

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021

Matewan
1987

Blue Chips
1994

The American Clock
1993

Behind the Mask
1999

You Can Thank Me Later
1998

Independence Day
1996

Grand Canyon
1991

Tiger Warsaw
1988

Broke
2025
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996

Nola
2003
One Second After

Mumford
1999

Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007

Courage
1986

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003

Donnie Darko
2001

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003

The Locket
2002

Sneakers
1992

The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990

Margin Call
2011

Scream 4
2011

Hostile Makeover
2009

12 Angry Men
1997

Money on the Side
1982

Mrs. Harris
2006

Garbo Talks
1984

The Closer
2005

Battlestar Galactica
2004

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

E/R
1984

High Society
1995

The Oscars
1953

Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1999

Major Crimes
2012

Grey's Anatomy
2005

ER
1994

The Fall of the House of Usher
2023

Fargo
2014

American Experience
1988

Battlestar Galactica
2003

Veronica Mars
2004

Rebel
2021

Touched by an Angel
1994

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
2025

VisionQuest
2026