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:
- 56
- First Appeared:
- In the movie One Second After
- Latest Project:
- Movie Broke 2025-06-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | One Second After | Jen | 2026 |
| Movie | Broke | Kathy Brandywine | 2025-06-10 |
| Series | The Fall of the House of Usher | Madeline Usher | 2023-10-12 |
| Movie | Coping | Jordan | 2023-01-20 |
| Movie | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf | Lady Zerbst (voice) | 2021-08-22 |
| Series | Fargo | Ruby Goldfarb | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Series | Major Crimes | Captain Sharon Raydor | 2012-08-13 |
| Movie | Margin Call | Mary Rogers | 2011-09-28 |
| Movie | Scream 4 | Kate Roberts | 2011-04-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self | 2003-05-20 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | President Laura Roslin | 2003-12-08 |
| 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 | Behind the Mask | Mary Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Replacing Dad | Linda Marsh | 1999-03-14 |
| Series | Ryan Caulfield: Year One | Rachel Caulfield | 1999-10-15 |
| Movie | Mumford | Althea Brockett | 1999-09-24 |
| 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 | 12 Angry Men | Judge | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Two Voices | Sybil Goldrich | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | Independence Day | Marilyn Whitmore | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | Woman Undone | Teri Hansen | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Mariette in Ecstasy | Prioress | 1996-07-04 |
| Movie | Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self | 1996-06-30 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | 1996-06-29 |
| Series | High Society | Dott Emerson | 1995-10-30 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Jenny | 1994-02-18 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | The American Clock | Rose Baumler | 1993-01-02 |
| Movie | Passion Fish | May-Alice Culhane | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Sneakers | Liz | 1992-09-09 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Garbo Talks | Lady Capulet | 1984-10-12 |
| Series | E/R | Eve Sheridan | 1984-09-16 |
| 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 |