Mary McDonnell
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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 (for which she won a Saturn Award), 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.
Early life
Mary Eileen McDonnell was born April 28, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, one of six children born to Eileen (née Mundy) and John "Jack" McDonnell, a computer consultant. She is of Irish descent and was raised Roman Catholic. As a child, McDonell relocated with her family to Ithaca, New York, where she spent the remainder of her upbringing.
After graduating from the State University of New York at Fredonia, she attended drama school and joined the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, where she worked for three months. McDonnell's father died when she was 21 years old.
Personal life
McDonnell was married to actor Randle Mell. They have two children, Michael and Olivia. The couple separated in December 2021.
Career
McDonnell appeared on Buried Child in two separate productions, both in the role of "Shelly." In 1981, she received an Obie Award for Best Actress for her role in the play Still Life. She has appeared in Exequition of Justice, The Heidi Chronicles, and Summer and Smoke on Broadway.
McDonnell made her film debut in 1990 as the daughter of American settlers raised by Sioux Indians. The adopted daughter of Graham Greene's character Kicking Bird, McDonnell, was just 10 months younger than Greene and less than two years younger than Tantoo Cardinal, who portrayed Black Shawl. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
McDonnell's appearance in Passion Fish (1992) earned her another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Grand Canyon (1991), Sneakers (1992), Independence Day (1996), and Donnie Darko (2001). In the 1988 film Tiger Warsaw, McDonnell appeared alongside Patrick Swayze. In 1997, she appeared as the judge in the film 12 Angry Men.
McDonnell appeared on television for the first time on 1980's soap opera As the World Turns. She appeared on the short-lived CBS medical comedy E/R in 1984. Coincidentally, she appeared on the same name ER in 2001. Eleanor Carter, who appeared on the program, was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dr. Virginia Dixon, a surgeon with Asperger syndrome, appeared on three episodes of Grey's Anatomy in 2008 and 2009.
Laura Roslin appeared in the miniseries Battlestar Galactica in 2003. McDonnell's reprised her Laura Roslin role in the miniseries, which culminated in the weekly series. In March 2009, the series came to an end. McDonnell gained international renown for her appearance in the exhibition, part of which was on display in the United Nations for a retrospective and discussion with Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama).
At the 2009 World Science Festival, McDonnell appeared in Battlestar Galactica. Michael Hogan, as well as scientists Nick Bostrom and Kevin Warwick, were also present in the session.
Kate Roberts, Emma Roberts' mother, appeared in Scream 4 in 2011.
McDonnell appeared in The Closer as Capt. Sharon Raydor, a police captain in the Force Investigation Division, is a member of the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning character who often butts heads with Kyra Sedgwick's Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning character. In 2011, McDonnell was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for the role.
McDonnell's character continued as the lead in the spin-off "Big Crimes," which premiered on August 13, 2012 and concluded in January 2018.