Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Broke
2025
as Kathy Brandywine
A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficul...
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
as Lady Zerbst (voice)
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past...
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...
Margin Call
2011
as Mary Rogers
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Scream 4
2011
as Kate Roberts
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of ...
Hostile Makeover
2009
as Rose Smithsonian
Lacey Smithsonian is a stylish journalist who works as a television reporter. When interviewing a prestigious fashion designer Amanda Manville, it con...
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
as President Laura Roslin
The history and adventures of the Battlestar Pegasus, from shortly before the Cylon invasion to shortly after Lee Adama is made commander. The story i...
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Vivian Schulte
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean ...
Crazy Like a Fox
2004
as Amy Banks
This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of la...
Donnie Darko: Production Diary
2004
as Self
Behind the scenes look at the making of cult classic Donnie Darko
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
as Self
A documentary of the making of Dances with Wolves told through interviews with cast and crew. It describes the financial and production details, scout...
Nola
2003
as Margaret Langworthy
An urban fairy tale-romantic comedy, in which Nola, an aspiring songwriter, leaves an abusive Kansas home and journeys to New York to find her biologi...
The Locket
2002
as Helen Staples
A bereaved man takes a job at a health care center, where he befriends an elderly and embittered woman - and as time passes, he becomes obsessed with ...
Donnie Darko
2001
as Rose Darko
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series ...
For All Time
2000
as Laura Brown
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end of the nineteenth century.
A Father's Choice
2000
as Susan Shaw
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed...
Mumford
1999
as Althea Brockett
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarm...
Replacing Dad
1999
as Linda Marsh
Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daught...
Behind the Mask
1999
as Mary Shushan
Dr. Bob Shushan is an overworked and absent father who runs a centre for the mentally and physically challenged. When Shushan suffers a heart attack, ...
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
as Diane
Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital — failed writer Eli, neurotic Sus...
Evidence of Blood
1998
as Dora Overton
When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.
12 Angry Men
1997
as Judge
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result ...
Two Voices
1997
as Sybil Goldrich
When two women have breast implants for contrasting reasons, they both suffer from frightening side effects. They decide to unite and fight the drug c...
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996
as Prioress
In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, ru...
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
as Self
A "mockumentary" of the alien invasion during Independence Day. Barry Nolan hosts the programme, the first 9 minutes of which are a spoof news report ...
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self
We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-...
Independence Day
1996
as Marilyn Whitmore
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...
Woman Undone
1996
as Teri Hansen
When Terri Hansen (Mary McDonnell) emerges from a fiery car crash as a widow, the local sheriff at first believes her account of the accident. But the...
Blue Chips
1994
as Jenny
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future ar...
The American Clock
1993
as Rose Baumler
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...
Passion Fish
1992
as May-Alice Culhane
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nur...
Sneakers
1992
as Liz
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'b...
Grand Canyon
1991
as Claire
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990
as Herself
A documentary about the making of director Kevin Costner's Academy Award-winning directorial debut, Dances With Wolves.
Dances with Wolves
1990
as Stands With A Fist
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junct...
Tiger Warsaw
1988
as Paula Warsaw
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forg...
Matewan
1987
as Elma Radnor
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...
Courage
1986
as Gabriella Estrada
A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug ...
Garbo Talks
1984
as Lady Capulet
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: ...
Money on the Side
1982
as Terri
Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.