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Mary Eileen McDonnell
Mary McDonnell
Acting
Biography
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, sh…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
Hostile Makeover
as Rose Smithsonian
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
TV Shows
Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
as Delilah · 6 ep.
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeline Usher · 8 ep.
Rebel
as Helen · 1 ep.
Fargo
as Ruby Goldfarb · 4 ep.
Major Crimes
as Captain Sharon Raydor · 105 ep.
Grey's Anatomy
as Virginia Dixon · 3 ep.
The Closer
as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep.
Veronica Mars
as Jane · 1 ep.
Battlestar Galactica
as Laura Roslin · 73 ep.
Battlestar Galactica
as President Laura Roslin · 2 ep.