Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell is a two-time
Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is known for her character roles in both period
and present-day screen roles, and an extensive history of films and stage
roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child
of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, as well as John
McDonnell. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State
University of New York. In the following years, she was a student at a drama
school and was admitted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. She
was just 22 when she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990),
where she played "Stands with a Fist" Sioux Indian woman who is
white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the
role. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon
(1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other well-known actors like Robert
Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day
(1996) (starring Will Smith); acclaimed art house cult-hit Donnie Darko (2001);
and Margin Call (2011) (opposite Kevin Spacey), which won her the Robert Altman
Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. McDonnell was a regular in the
Syfy Network's award-winning series Battlestar Galactica (2004), where she was
recognized for her portrayal of the President Laura Roslin. Her frequent guest
appearance as a host on the television series ER (1994) resulted in an Emmy
nomination. The popular drama series on TNT Major Crimes (2012) stars her as
Captain Sharon Raydor. It is McDonnell's first series and she received a
nomination for a Primetime Emmy(r). She was awarded an Best Actress Academy
Award(r) nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of an actor
with paraplegia on soap opera in John Sayles' critically acclaimed film,
Passion Fish (1992).
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