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Mary McDonnell

Apr 28, 1952 (73 years old) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Known For

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Grey's Anatomy
Virginia Dixon
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Fargo
Ruby Goldfarb
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The Closer
Sharon Raydor
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ER
Eleanor Carter
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Golden Globe Awards
Self
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Battlestar Galactica
Laura Roslin
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American Experience
Narrator (voice)
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Veronica Mars
Jane
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Touched by an Angel
Sister Theodore Claire
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Major Crimes
Captain Sharon Raydor

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