Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell
McDonnell at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh
Born	Mary Eileen McDonnell (1952-04-28) April 28, 1952 (age 72) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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) 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 miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix.