Mary McDonnell

Actor
BirthdayApr 28, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of birthWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
GenderFemale

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.

Known for

Rose Darko

Jan 19, 2001

Virginia Dixon

Mar 27, 2005

Marilyn Whitmore

Jun 25, 1996

Stands With A Fist

Mar 30, 1990

Kate Roberts

Apr 13, 2011

Ruby Goldfarb

Apr 15, 2014

Mary Rogers

Feb 11, 2011

Laura Roslin

Oct 18, 2004

Lady Zerbst (voice)

Aug 22, 2021

Liz

Sep 9, 1992

President Laura Roslin

Dec 8, 2003

ER

7.8

Eleanor Carter

Sep 19, 1994

Jane

Sep 22, 2004

Madeline Usher

Oct 12, 2023

President Laura Roslin

Nov 12, 2007

Judge

Aug 17, 1997

Sharon Raydor, Captain Sharon Raydor, Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jun 13, 2005

Claire

Dec 25, 1991

Captain Sharon Raydor

Aug 13, 2012

Jenny

Feb 18, 1994

Rose Darko

Jan 19, 2001

Virginia Dixon

Mar 27, 2005

Marilyn Whitmore

Jun 25, 1996

Stands With A Fist

Mar 30, 1990

Kate Roberts

Apr 13, 2011

Ruby Goldfarb

Apr 15, 2014

Acting


Participated in 39 movies, 18 TV series

2023


2021


2021

Helen, Helen Peterson


2014

Ruby Goldfarb


2014

Self (archive footage)


2012

Captain Sharon Raydor


2011

Kate Roberts


2011

Mary Rogers


2007

President Laura Roslin


2006

Vivian Schulte


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