
Mary McDonnell
Biography
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.
TV Shows(23)

VisionQuest

Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas
Delilah

The Fall of the House of Usher
Madeline Usher

Rebel
Helen Peterson

Rebel
Helen

Fargo
Ruby Goldfarb

Major Crimes
Captain Sharon Raydor

The Closer
Sharon Raydor

The Closer
Captain Sharon Raydor

Grey's Anatomy
Virginia Dixon

The Closer
Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Battlestar Galactica
Laura Roslin

Veronica Mars
Jane

Battlestar Galactica
President Laura Roslin

Ryan Caulfield: Year One
Rachel Caulfield

High Society
Dott Emerson

ER
Eleanor Carter

Touched by an Angel
Sister Theodore Claire

American Experience
Narrator (voice)

E/R
Eve Sheridan