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Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 28, 1952 (73)
Birthplace Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Jun 20, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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, th ... e 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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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

2021

as Lady Zerbst (voice)

Scream 4

Scream 4

2011

as Kate Roberts

Margin Call

Margin Call

2011

as Mary Rogers

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007

as President Laura Roslin

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

as Vivian Schulte

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

2004

as Amy Banks

Nola

Nola

2003

as Margaret Langworthy

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

2001

as Rose Darko

For All Time

For All Time

2000

as Laura Brown

A Father's Choice

A Father's Choice

2000

as Susan Shaw

Replacing Dad

Replacing Dad

1999

as Linda Marsh

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

1999

as Mary Shushan

Mumford

Mumford

1999

as Althea Brockett

Evidence of Blood

Evidence of Blood

1998

as Dora Overton

You Can Thank Me Later

You Can Thank Me Later

1998

as Diane

Two Voices

Two Voices

1997

as Sybil Goldrich

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1997

as Judge

Woman Undone

Woman Undone

1996

as Teri Hansen

Mariette in Ecstasy

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996

as Prioress

Independence Day

Independence Day

1996

as Marilyn Whitmore

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

as Jenny

The American Clock

The American Clock

1993

as Rose Baumler

Passion Fish

Passion Fish

1992

as May-Alice Culhane

Sneakers

Sneakers

1992

as Liz

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

1991

as Claire

Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves

1990

as Stands With A Fist

Tiger Warsaw

Tiger Warsaw

1988

as Paula Warsaw

Matewan

Matewan

1987

as Elma Radnor

Courage

Courage

1986

as Gabriella Estrada

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

1984

as Lady Capulet

Money on the Side

Money on the Side

1982

as Terri

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Major Crimes

as Captain Sharon Raydor

Episodes: 105

First Aired: Aug 13, 2012

Battlestar Galactica

as Laura Roslin

Episodes: 73

First Aired: Oct 18, 2004

The Closer

as Sharon Raydor

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Jun 13, 2005

E/R

as Eve Sheridan

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 16, 1984

The Closer

as Captain Sharon Raydor

Episodes: 21

First Aired: Jun 13, 2005

High Society

as Dott Emerson

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Oct 30, 1995

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

as Rachel Caulfield

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 15, 1999

The Fall of the House of Usher

as Madeline Usher

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 12, 2023

Rebel

as Helen Peterson

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 08, 2021

ER

as Eleanor Carter

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Fargo

as Ruby Goldfarb

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 15, 2014

Grey's Anatomy

as Virginia Dixon

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

Battlestar Galactica

as President Laura Roslin

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 08, 2003

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Helen Staples

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1988

Veronica Mars

as Jane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

Rebel

as Helen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2021

Touched by an Angel

as Sister Theodore Claire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1994

The Closer

as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 13, 2005

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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2024 6 33 41 25
2024 7 47 66 27
2024 8 35 58 20
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2025 1 27 40 17
2025 2 17 29 4
2025 3 9 27 1
2025 4 1 2 1
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