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Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Birthday: 1952-04-28 | Place of Birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

as    Lady Zerbst (voice)

2012
Major Crimes

as    Captain Sharon Raydor

2011
Scream 4

as    Kate Roberts

2011
Margin Call

as    Mary Rogers

2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor

as    President Laura Roslin

2004
Battlestar Galactica

as    Laura Roslin

2004
Donnie Darko

as    Rose Darko

2003
Battlestar Galactica

as    President Laura Roslin

2000
For All Time

as    Laura Brown

1999
Mumford

as    Althea Brockett

1999
Replacing Dad

as    Linda Marsh

1999
Behind the Mask

as    Mary Shushan

1998
Evidence of Blood

as    Dora Overton

1996
Independence Day

as    Marilyn Whitmore

1996
Woman Undone

as    Teri Hansen

1995
High Society

as    Dott Emerson

1994
Blue Chips

as    Jenny

1992
Sneakers

as    Liz

1992
Passion Fish

as    May-Alice Culhane

1991
Grand Canyon

as    Claire

1990
Dances with Wolves

as    Stands With A Fist

1987
Matewan

as    Elma Radnor

1984
E/R

as    Eve Sheridan