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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

2025
Broke

as    Kathy Brandywine

2023
The Fall of the House of Usher

as    Madeline Usher

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

2004
2003
Nola

as    Margaret Langworthy

2003
Battlestar Galactica

as    President Laura Roslin

2003
Battlestar Galactica

as    President Laura Roslin

2003
2002
The Locket

as    Helen Staples

2000
For All Time

as    Laura Brown

2000
A Father's Choice

as    Susan Shaw

1999
Mumford

as    Althea Brockett

1999
Replacing Dad

as    Linda Marsh

1999
Behind the Mask

as    Mary Shushan

1999
Ryan Caulfield: Year One

as    Rachel Caulfield

1998
You Can Thank Me Later

as    Diane

1998
Evidence of Blood

as    Dora Overton

1996
Independence Day

as    Marilyn Whitmore

1996
Mariette in Ecstasy

as    Prioress

1996
Woman Undone

as    Teri Hansen