- Birthday
- 1952-04-28
- Place of Birth
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary McDonnell
ActingBiography
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 performing 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. She starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she pla...
