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Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 28, 1952
Age
74
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity
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Mary McDonnell
Acting
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 starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, sh…
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Mary Eileen McDonnell
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Filmography
2026
The Boroughs
TV · The Duchess
7.2
2025
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
TV · Delilah
7.8
2025
Broke
Movie · Kathy Brandywine
7.1
2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV · Madeline Usher
7.6
2021
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Movie · Lady Zerbst (voice)
7.4
2021
Rebel
TV · Helen
7.1
2021
Rebel
TV · Helen Peterson
7.1
2014
Fargo
TV · Ruby Goldfarb
8.3
2012
Major Crimes
TV · Captain Sharon Raydor
7.4
2011
Margin Call
Movie · Mary Rogers
6.9
2011
Scream 4
Movie · Kate Roberts
6.5
2009
Hostile Makeover
Movie · Rose Smithsonian
7.8
2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Movie · President Laura Roslin
7.2
2005
Mrs. Harris
Movie · Vivian Schulte
5.8
2005
The Closer
TV · Sharon Raydor
7.8
2005
The Closer
TV · Captain Sharon Raydor
7.8
2005
The Closer
TV · Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.8
2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV · Virginia Dixon
8.2
2004
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie · Amy Banks
6.5
2004
Battlestar Galactica
TV · Laura Roslin
8.2
2004
Veronica Mars
TV · Jane
7.8
2003
Battlestar Galactica
TV · President Laura Roslin
8.2
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Movie · Self
7.5
2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie · Self
8.0