Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-04-28 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Мері Макдоннелл
مری مکدانل
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 performing 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. She 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 ...
2001
as Rose Darko
1990
as Stands With A Fist
1996
as Marilyn Whitmore
1992
as Liz
1999
as Althea Brockett
1987
as Elma Radnor
1984
as Lady Capulet
1991
as Claire
2011
as Kate Roberts
1992
as May-Alice Culhane
2011
as Mary Rogers
1982
as Terri
2007
as President Laura Roslin
1994
as Jenny
1988
as Paula Warsaw
1986
as Gabriella Estrada
2000
as Laura Brown
1997
as Sybil Goldrich
2000
as Susan Shaw
1993
as Rose Baumler
1999
as Linda Marsh
2025
as Kathy Brandywine
1996
as Teri Hansen
1998
as Dora Overton
2006
as Vivian Schulte
2003
as Self
1999
as Mary Shushan
1997
as Judge
1998
as Diane
1996
as Prioress
2003
as Margaret Langworthy
2004
as Amy Banks
1996
1996
2003
1990
as Herself
2021
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
2002
as Helen Staples
2009
as Rose Smithsonian
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as Jen
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