Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well known for her portrayals on screen in both modern and historical roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage as well as screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), the daughter of a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. A decade later she got her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she played "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl that is raised by Sioux Indians. The role was so well-loved that she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such veteran actors such as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); acclaimed art house cult hit Donnie Darko (2001) as well as Margin Call (2011) (opposite Kevin Spacey), which was awarded the Robert Altman Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the small screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons of the Syfy Network's award-winning show Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her highly acclaimed role as President Laura Roslin. McDonnell was nominated for an Emmy for her regular guest appearance on the television show ER (1994). She is the Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's top drama show Major Crimes (2012), the sequel to The Closer (2005), in which McDonnell originated the role and for which she earned an primetime Emmy(r) nomination. Her role as an actress with paraplegia in John Sayles' critically-acclaimed film Passion Fish (1992), she received a Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination, nomination, and Golden Globe nomination.




 

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