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.
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2005 • TV
2014 • TV
2005 • TV
2005 • TV
1990 • Movie
1996 • Movie
as Stands With A Fist
as Marilyn Whitmore
as Rose Darko
as Liz
as Kate Roberts
as Mary Rogers
as Diane
as Paula Warsaw
as Vivian Schulte
as Kathy Brandywine
as Rose Smithsonian
as Helen Staples
as Jenny
as Claire
as Judge
as Elma Radnor
as Jen
as Rose Baumler
as Laura Brown
as Althea Brockett
as Virginia Dixon
3 episodes
as Ruby Goldfarb
4 episodes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
21 episodes
as Sharon Raydor
25 episodes
as Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 episodes
as Narrator (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Eleanor Carter
5 episodes
as Jane
1 episodes
as Laura Roslin
73 episodes
as Sister Theodore Claire
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Captain Sharon Raydor
105 episodes
as Madeline Usher
8 episodes
as President Laura Roslin
2 episodes
as Helen Peterson
6 episodes
as Helen
1 episodes
4 episodes
as Eve Sheridan
22 episodes
as Helen Staples
1 episodes
