Mary McDonnell
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, she played Madeleine Usher in the miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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One Second After
as Jen
The Boroughs
as The Duchess
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
as Delilah
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeline Usher
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Rebel
as Helen
Rebel
as Helen Peterson
Fargo
as Ruby Goldfarb
Major Crimes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
Hostile Makeover
as Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor
The Closer
as Captain Sharon Raydor
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
as Virginia Dixon
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
Battlestar Galactica
as Laura Roslin
Veronica Mars
as Jane
Battlestar Galactica
as President Laura Roslin
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
as Self
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
The Locket
as Helen Staples
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
For All Time
as Laura Brown
A Father's Choice
as Susan Shaw
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
as Rachel Caulfield
Mumford
as Althea Brockett
Replacing Dad
as Linda Marsh
Behind the Mask
as Mary Shushan
You Can Thank Me Later
as Diane
Evidence of Blood
as Dora Overton
12 Angry Men
as Judge
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
as Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
Woman Undone
as Teri Hansen
High Society
as Dott Emerson
Touched by an Angel
as Sister Theodore Claire
ER
as Eleanor Carter
Blue Chips
as Jenny
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
Sneakers
as Liz
Grand Canyon
as Claire
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
as Herself
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
E/R
as Eve Sheridan
Money on the Side
as Terri
The Oscars
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Helen Staples
Golden Globe Awards
as Self