Mary McDonnell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-04-28 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary McDonnell
Biography
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.
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Acting
(2025)
Broke
as Kathy Brandywine
(2021)
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Margin Call
as Mary Rogers
(2011)
Scream 4
as Kate Roberts
(2007)
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as President Laura Roslin
(2006)
Mrs. Harris
as Vivian Schulte
(2004)
(2004)
Crazy Like a Fox
as Amy Banks
(2003)
Nola
as Margaret Langworthy
(2003)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
The Locket
as Helen Staples
(2001)
Donnie Darko
as Rose Darko
(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
(1998)
Evidence of Blood
as Dora Overton
(1998)
You Can Thank Me Later
as Diane
(1997)
12 Angry Men
as Judge
(1997)
Two Voices
as Sybil Goldrich
(1996)
Independence Day
as Marilyn Whitmore
(1996)
(1996)
Woman Undone
as Teri Hansen
(1996)
(1996)
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Prioress
(1994)
Blue Chips
as Jenny
(1993)
The American Clock
as Rose Baumler
(1992)
Sneakers
as Liz
(1992)
Passion Fish
as May-Alice Culhane
(1991)
Grand Canyon
as Claire
(1990)
Dances with Wolves
as Stands With A Fist
(1990)
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
as Herself
(1988)
Tiger Warsaw
as Paula Warsaw
(1987)
Matewan
as Elma Radnor
(1986)
Courage
as Gabriella Estrada
(1984)
Garbo Talks
as Lady Capulet
(1982)
Money on the Side
as Terri