Mary McDonnell
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.
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- Born:
- Apr 28, 1952 In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 55
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Broke 2025-06-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broke | Kathy Brandywine | 2025-06-10 |
| Movie | Coping | Jordan | 2023-01-20 |
| Series | The Fall of the House of Usher | Madeline Usher | 2023-10-12 |
| Movie | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | Lady Zerbst (voice) | 2021-08-22 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | Fargo | Ruby Goldfarb | 2014-04-15 |
| Series | Major Crimes | Captain Sharon Raydor | 2012-08-13 |
| Movie | Scream 4 | Kate Roberts | 2011-04-13 |
| Movie | Margin Call | Mary Rogers | 2011-09-28 |
| Movie | Hostile Makeover | Rose Smithsonian | 2009-06-28 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | President Laura Roslin | 2007-11-12 |
| Movie | Mrs. Harris | Vivian Schulte | 2006-02-25 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
| Series | The Closer | Captain Sharon Raydor | 2005-06-13 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | Laura Roslin | 2004-10-18 |
| Movie | Nola | Margaret Langworthy | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | President Laura Roslin | 2003-12-08 |
| Movie | Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | The Locket | Helen Staples | 2002-12-08 |
| Movie | Donnie Darko | Rose Darko | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | For All Time | Laura Brown | 2000-10-18 |
| Movie | A Father's Choice | Susan Shaw | 2000-01-12 |
| Movie | Replacing Dad | Linda Marsh | 1999-03-14 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Mary Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Mumford | Althea Brockett | 1999-09-24 |
| Series | Ryan Caulfield: Year One | Rachel Caulfield | 1999-10-15 |
| Movie | Evidence of Blood | Dora Overton | 1998-04-13 |
| Movie | You Can Thank Me Later | Diane | 1998-09-03 |
| Movie | Spanish Fly | Zoe's Mother | 1998-09-10 |
| Movie | Two Voices | Sybil Goldrich | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Judge | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Independence Day | Marilyn Whitmore | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | Woman Undone | Teri Hansen | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | 1996-06-29 |
| Movie | Mariette in Ecstasy | Prioress | 1996-07-04 |
| Movie | Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self | 1996-06-30 |
| Series | High Society | Dott Emerson | 1995-10-30 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Jenny | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | The American Clock | Rose Baumler | 1993-01-02 |
| Movie | Sneakers | Liz | 1992-09-09 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | May-Alice Culhane | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Grand Canyon | Claire | 1991-12-25 |
| Movie | Dances with Wolves | Stands With A Fist | 1990-03-30 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | Herself | 1990-11-15 |
| Movie | Tiger Warsaw | Paula Warsaw | 1988-05-11 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Matewan | Elma Radnor | 1987-08-28 |
| Movie | Courage | Gabriella Estrada | 1986-09-24 |
| Series | E/R | Eve Sheridan | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Garbo Talks | Lady Capulet | 1984-10-12 |
| Movie | Money on the Side | Terri | 1982-09-29 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |