Actor

Mary McDonnell

1982–presentb. 1952DramaComedyAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

39 acting credits

as Rose Darko

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as Rose Darko

2001

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as Stands With A Fist

Dances with Wolves

as Stands With A Fist

1990

Dances with Wolves

Filmography

2025BrokeKathy Brandywine6.9 2021The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfLady Zerbst (voice)7.4 2011Scream 4Kate Roberts6.5 2011Margin CallMary Rogers6.9 2009Hostile MakeoverRose Smithsonian7.8 2007Battlestar Galactica: RazorPresident Laura Roslin

About

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.

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