Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell | |
|---|---|
 McDonnell at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh | |
| Born | Mary Eileen McDonnell April 28, 1952 |
| Education | State University of New York at Fredonia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse |
Randle Mell
(m. 1984; sep. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952)[1][2][3] is an American movie, theatre and television actress.
She got 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 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 had a main role as Madeleine Usher in the horror limited series The Fall of the House of Usher by Netflix.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Mary McDonnell Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Mary McDonnell Biography". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ↑ Hellmann, Paul T. (2006). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. New York: Routledge. p. 952. ISBN 978-1-135-94859-7.
Other websites
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- Mary McDonnell on IMDb
- Mary McDonnell at the Internet Broadway Database
- Mary McDonnell at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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