Mary McDonnell
Acting
Born: 1952-04-28 · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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 sta
🎬 Movies (20)
Broke
2025
Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
Lady Zerbst (voice)
Margin Call
2011
Mary Rogers
Scream 4
2011
Kate Roberts
Hostile Makeover
2009
Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
2006
Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
2004
Amy Banks
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
Self
Nola
2003
Margaret Langworthy
The Locket
2002
Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
2001
Rose Darko
For All Time
2000
Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
2000
Susan Shaw
Mumford
1999
Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad
1999
Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
1999
Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
Diane
Evidence of Blood
1998
Dora Overton
📺 TV Shows (20)
VisionQuest
2026
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
2025
Delilah
The Fall of the House of Usher
2023
Madeline Usher
Rebel
2021
Helen Peterson
Rebel
2021
Helen
Fargo
2014
Ruby Goldfarb
Major Crimes
2012
Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005
Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005
Sharon Raydor
The Closer
2005
Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Virginia Dixon
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars
2004
Jane
Battlestar Galactica
2003
President Laura Roslin
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
1999
Rachel Caulfield
High Society
1995
Dott Emerson
Touched by an Angel
1994
Sister Theodore Claire
ER
1994
Eleanor Carter
American Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
E/R
1984
Eve Sheridan