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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 Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she had a main role as Madeleine Usher in the horror limited series The Fall of the House of Usher by Netflix.

Mary Eileen McDonnell was born April 28, 1952, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, one of six children born to Eileen (née Mundy) and John "Jack" McDonnell, a computer consultant. She is of Irish descent and was raised Roman Catholic. As a child, McDonnell relocated with her family to Ithaca, New York, where she spent the remainder of her upbringing.

McDonnell appeared off Broadway in two separate productions of Buried Child in 1978 and 1979, both times in the role of "Shelly". She won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1981 for her work in the play Still Life. On Broadway, she has performed in productions of Execution of Justice, The Heidi Chronicles, and Summer and Smoke. After more than 21 years of theater and television work, McDonnell made her film breakthrough in 1990 as the daughter of American settlers raised by Sioux Indians named Stands with a Fist in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves. Portraying the adopted daughter of Graham Greene's character Kicking Bird, McDonnell, then 37, was only 10 months younger than Greene and less than two years younger than Tantoo Cardinal, who played Black Shawl, her adoptive mother. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. McDonnell's role in Passion Fish (1992) brought her another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other notable films include Grand Canyon (1991), Sneakers (1992), Independence Day (1996), and Donnie Darko (2001). McDonnell also starred with Patrick Swayze in the 1988 movie, Tiger Warsaw. In 1997, she played the judge in the film 12 Angry Men. On television, McDonnell had her first regular part in 1980 on the soap opera As the World Turns. She starred in 1984 on the short lived CBS medical comedy E/R. Coincidentally, she guest starred in 2001 on the NBC medical series of the same name ER. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role on the show as Eleanor Carter. She played Dr. Virginia Dixon, a surgeon with Asperger syndrome for three episodes of Grey's Anatomy in 2008 and 2009. In 2003, McDonnell starred in the miniseries Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin. The miniseries led to the weekly series, with McDonnell's reprising her Laura Roslin role. The series ended in March 2009. McDonnell received worldwide recognition for her performance in the show, part of which was shown when she was invited to the United Nations for a retrospective and discussion with Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama). McDonnell took part in a special session entitled Battlestar Galactica at the 2009 World Science Festival. The session also included Michael Hogan, as well as scientists Nick Bostrom and Kevin Warwick. In 2011, she appeared in the role of Kate Roberts, the mother of Emma Roberts's character in Scream 4. From 2009 to 2012, McDonnell had a recurring role in The Closer as Capt. Sharon Raydor, a police captain in the Force Investigation Division, who often butts heads with Kyra Sedgwick's Golden Globe and Emmy award winning character. McDonnell received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 for the role. After The Closer wrapped up its final season 2012, McDonnell's character continued as the lead in the spin off, Major Crimes, which debuted August 13, 2012 and ended in January 2018.

McDonnell married actor Randle Mell in 1984. They have two children, Michael and Olivia. The couple separated in December 2021.

Year Title Role Notes 1980 As the World Turns Claudia Colfax Unknown episodes 1982 Money on the Side Terri Television film 1984–1985 E/R Dr. Eve Sheridan Main role; 20 episodes 1995–1996 High Society Dorothy "Dott" Emerson Main role; 13 episodes 1997 12 Angry Men Judge Cynthia Nance Television film 1998 Evidence of Blood Dora Overton Television film 1999 Replacing Dad Linda Marsh Television film 1999 Ryan Caulfield: Year One Rachel Caulfield 2 episodes 2000 A Father's Choice Susan Shaw Television film 2000 For All Time Laura Brown Television film 2001–2002 ER Eleanor Carter 5 episodes 2002 Touched by an Angel Sister Theodore Episode: "Minute by Minute" 2002 Helen Staples Television film 2003 Battlestar Galactica President Laura Roslin Television miniseries 2004–2009 Battlestar Galactica President Laura Roslin Main role; 71 episodes 2005 Mrs. Harris Vivian Schulte Television film 2008–2009 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Virginia Dixon 3 episodes 2009 Killer Hair Rose Television film 2009 Hostile Makeover Rose Smithsonian Television film 2009–2012 Captain Sharon Raydor Recurring Role (season 5–6) Main Cast (season 7) 23 episodes 2012–2018 Major Crimes Captain (later Commander) Sharon Raydor Main role; 105 episodes 2017 Fargo Ruby Goldfarb 4 episodes2019Veronica MarsJaneEpisode: "Years, Continents, Bloodshed"2021RebelHelen Peterson7 episodes2023The Fall of the House of Usher Madeline Usher 8 episodes