Mary McDonnell
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Scream 4
2011
as Kate Roberts
Independence Day
1996
as Marilyn Whitmore
Donnie Darko
2001
as Rose Darko
Dances with Wolves
1990
as Stands With A Fist
Sneakers
1992
as Liz
Margin Call
2011
as Mary Rogers
Broke
2025
as Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
12 Angry Men
1997
as Judge
Grand Canyon
1991
as Claire
Blue Chips
1994
as Jenny
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
as President Laura Roslin
Mumford
1999
as Althea Brockett
Matewan
1987
as Elma Radnor
One Second After
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as Jen
Passion Fish
1992
as May-Alice Culhane
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Vivian Schulte
Garbo Talks
1984
as Lady Capulet
Nola
2003
as Margaret Langworthy
Courage
1986
as Gabriella Estrada