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Mary McDonnell
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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 Dance…
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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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2026
The Boroughs
TV show The Duchess
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2025
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
TV show Delilah
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2025
Broke
Movie Kathy Brandywine
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2023
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV show Madeline Usher
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2021
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Movie Lady Zerbst (voice)
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2021
Rebel
TV show Helen
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2014
Fargo
TV show Ruby Goldfarb
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2012
Major Crimes
TV show Captain Sharon Raydor
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2011
Margin Call
Movie Mary Rogers
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2011
Scream 4
Movie Kate Roberts
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2009
Hostile Makeover
Movie Rose Smithsonian
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2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Movie President Laura Roslin
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2005
Mrs. Harris
Movie Vivian Schulte
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2005
The Closer
TV show Sharon Raydor
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Virginia Dixon
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2004
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie Amy Banks
More credits
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2004
Battlestar Galactica
TV show Laura Roslin
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2004
Veronica Mars
TV show Jane
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2003
Battlestar Galactica
TV show President Laura Roslin
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2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Movie Self
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2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie Self
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2003
Nola
Movie Margaret Langworthy
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2002
The Locket
Movie Helen Staples
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2001
Donnie Darko
Movie Rose Darko
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2000
For All Time
Movie Laura Brown
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2000
A Father's Choice
Movie Susan Shaw
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1999
Ryan Caulfield: Year One
TV show Rachel Caulfield
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1999
Mumford
Movie Althea Brockett
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1999
Replacing Dad
Movie Linda Marsh
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1999
Behind the Mask
Movie Mary Shushan
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1998
You Can Thank Me Later
Movie Diane
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1998
Evidence of Blood
Movie Dora Overton
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1997
12 Angry Men
Movie Judge
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1997
Two Voices
Movie Sybil Goldrich
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1996
Mariette in Ecstasy
Movie Prioress
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1996
Independence Day
Movie Marilyn Whitmore
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1996
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Movie Self
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1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Movie Self
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1996
Woman Undone
Movie Teri Hansen
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1995
High Society
TV show Dott Emerson
