Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters from the past and present screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both of Irish heritage. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to drama school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. In the following two decades she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist", a white woman that is raised by Sioux Indians. In exchange for the role, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999), opposite veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the popular art house cult hit Donnie Darko (192001); and Margin Call (2011). The film won her the Robert Altman Awards at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the small screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons on the Syfy Network's award-winning series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her highly acclaimed role as President Laura Roslin. The role she played as a frequent guest host on the TV show ER (1994) earned her an Emmy nomination. The hit TNT drama series Major Crimes (2012) features McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor. This is the sequel to The Closer (2005) in which McDonnell developed the role. She was nominated to win a Primetime Emmy(r). Her portrayal of a paraplegic character in soap operas in John Sayles' critically acclaimed film Passion Fish (1992) earned her a Best Actress Academy Award (r) nomination and a Golden Globe nod.




 

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