Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best known for her portrayals on screen in historical and modern roles. She also has a long history of roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) is who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. She was raised in Ithaca and then graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Later, she attended the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the role of "Stands with a Fist" who was a Sioux Indian raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite to 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 won her the Robert Altman Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. McDonnell was the president Laura Roslin in the critically well-reviewed show Battlestar Galactica (2004) on Syfy. She starred for four seasons. She earned an Emmy nomination for her regular guest role in the TV series ER (1994). She is the Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's hit drama series Major Crimes (2012), the follow-up to The Closer (2005), where McDonnell originated the role and for which she earned an primetime Emmy(r) nomination. Her performance as a paraplegic soap opera in John Sayles' critically acclaimed film Passion Fish (1992) earned her an Best Actress Academy Award (r) nomination as well as an Academy Award nomination. Golden Globe nod.




 

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