Mary McDonnell
Born: 1952-04-28
Place: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Stands With A Fist in Dances with Wolves, and she is also very well known for her performance as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, the President's wife in Independence Day, and for her starring role in Donnie Darko as the title character's mother.
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Known For
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Roles by Genre
Genre Evolution Over Time
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Donnie Darko
Dances with Wolves
Independence Day
Sneakers
Mumford
Matewan
Garbo Talks
Grand Canyon
Scream 4
Passion Fish
Full Filmography
🏆 Award Stats
- 8 total wins
- 160 nominations
- 8 Oscars 🥇
1982
1984
1986
1987
1988
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
- Independence Day as Marilyn Whitmore 🏆
- Woman Undone as Teri Hansen
- Mariette in Ecstasy as Prioress
- Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
- The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- Nola as Margaret Langworthy
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self