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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:
52
First Appeared:
In the movie Coping
Latest Project:
Series The Fall of the House of Usher 2023-10-12
Known For
Poster of Fargo
Poster of 12 Angry Men
Poster of Woman Undone
Filmography
Movie Coping Jordan 2025
Series The Fall of the House of Usher Madeline Usher 2023-10-12
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
Movie Nola Margaret Langworthy 2003-01-01
Series Battlestar Galactica President Laura Roslin 2003-12-08
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 You Can Thank Me Later Diane 1998-05-23
Movie Spanish Fly Zoe's Mother 1998-09-10
Movie 12 Angry Men Judge 1997-08-17
Movie Two Voices Sybil Goldrich 1997-06-16
Movie Woman Undone Teri Hansen 1996-02-04
Movie Mariette in Ecstasy Prioress 1996-07-04
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
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
Series E/R Eve Sheridan 1984-09-16
Movie Garbo Talks Lady Capulet 1984-10-12
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