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:
- 54
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Broke
- Latest Project:
- Series The Fall of the House of Usher 2023-10-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broke | 2025 | |
| 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 | Scream 4 | Kate Roberts | 2011-04-13 |
| Movie | Margin Call | Mary Rogers | 2011-02-11 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | President Laura Roslin | 2007-11-12 |
| Movie | Mrs. Harris | Vivian Schulte | 2006-02-25 |
| Series | The Closer | Captain Sharon Raydor | 2005-06-13 |
| Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | Laura Roslin | 2004-10-18 |
| Movie | Donnie Darko: Production Diary | Self | 2004-10-04 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | President Laura Roslin | 2003-12-08 |
| Movie | Nola | Margaret Langworthy | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | Donnie Darko | Rose Darko | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | A Father's Choice | Susan Shaw | 2000-01-12 |
| Movie | For All Time | Laura Brown | 2000-10-18 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Mary Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Replacing Dad | Linda Marsh | 1999-03-14 |
| 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 | Spanish Fly | Zoe's Mother | 1998-09-10 |
| Movie | You Can Thank Me Later | Diane | 1998-05-23 |
| Movie | Two Voices | Sybil Goldrich | 1997-06-16 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Judge | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Woman Undone | Teri Hansen | 1996-02-04 |
| Movie | Independence Day | Marilyn Whitmore | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | 1996-06-29 |
| Movie | Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self | 1996-06-30 |
| Movie | Mariette in Ecstasy | Prioress | 1996-07-04 |
| 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 | The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | Herself | 1990-11-15 |
| Movie | Dances with Wolves | Stands With A Fist | 1990-03-30 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Tiger Warsaw | Paula Warsaw | 1988-05-11 |
| 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 |