Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie...

Known For

Donnie Darko

as Rose Darko

Independence Day

as Marilyn Whitmore

Dances with Wolves

as Stands With A Fist

Cast Credits

Broke

as Kathy Brandywine

Margin Call

as Mary Rogers

Scream 4

as Kate Roberts

Hostile Makeover

as Rose Smithsonian

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

as President Laura Roslin

Mrs. Harris

as Vivian Schulte

Crazy Like a Fox

as Amy Banks

Nola

as Margaret Langworthy

The Locket

as Helen Staples

Donnie Darko

as Rose Darko

For All Time

as Laura Brown

A Father's Choice

as Susan Shaw

Mumford

as Althea Brockett

Replacing Dad

as Linda Marsh

Behind the Mask

as Mary Shushan

Evidence of Blood

as Dora Overton

12 Angry Men

as Judge

Two Voices

as Sybil Goldrich

Independence Day

as Marilyn Whitmore

Woman Undone

as Teri Hansen

Blue Chips

as Jenny

The American Clock

as Rose Baumler

Passion Fish

as May-Alice Culhane

Sneakers

as Liz

Grand Canyon

as Claire

Dances with Wolves

as Stands With A Fist

Tiger Warsaw

as Paula Warsaw