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Mary McDonnell
1 FOLLOWER • 24 CREDITS • APR 28, 1952 • 72
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.
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Known For
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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The Closer
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The Oscars
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Grey's Anatomy
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Veronica Mars
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6U9CPeD8obHzweikFhiLhpc7YBT.jpg)
Fargo
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2rl04pRCaGfz91lwfWdDQmOiGJp.jpg)
The Fall of the House of Usher
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Margin Call
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l2pIGwCvpZEpBuMb55YBl6A04Jv.jpg)
Sneakers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tcrI37K98TVopLbcZBa55mWhLT1.jpg)
Scream 4
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ER
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Donnie Darko
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tO3EoFJj0FJjKelDW5SUtquDIy2.jpg)
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p0BPQGSPoSa8Ml0DAf2mB2kCU0R.jpg)
Independence Day
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Blue Chips
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Matewan
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Battlestar Galactica
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/99PJSbcO2LeM10uOGWeFihNp77j.jpg)
Battlestar Galactica
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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
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Tracker
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E/R
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Dances with Wolves
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Woman Undone
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