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Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an American actress who is most well-known for starring in the television series "The Closer," and anchoring the spinoff "Major Crimes," playing Capt. Sharon Raydor, which ran for six seasons. She has starred in such films as "Dances with Wolves" and "Independence Day."

English
Filmography

Donnie Darko

2001
as Mrs. Rose Darko

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

2021
as Lady Zerbst

Independence Day

1996
as First Lady Marilyn Whitmore

Scream 4

2011
as Kate Roberts

Dances with Wolves

1990
as Stands With A Fist

12 Angry Men

1997
as Judge

Margin Call

2011
as Mary Rogers

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996
as Mary McDonnell

Passion Fish

1992
as May-Alice Culhane

Tiger Warsaw

1988
as Paula Warsaw

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

1990
as Mary McDonnell

For All Time

2000
as Laura Brown

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

1996
as Mary McDonnell

Garbo Talks

1984
as Stage actress

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007
as President Laura Roslin

Amargosa

2000
as Narrator

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996
as Prioress

A Father's Choice

2000
as Susan Shaw

Spanish Fly

1998
as Zoe's Mother

The American Clock

1993
as Rose Baumler

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

2003
as Mary McDonnell

You Can Thank Me Later

1999
as Diane

Sneakers

1992
as Liz

Evidence of Blood

1998
as Dora Overton

Mumford

1999
as Althea Brockett

Crazy Like a Fox

2004
as Amy Banks

Mrs. Harris

2006
as Vivian Schulte

Nola

2003
as Margaret Langworthy

Matewan

1987
as Elma Radnor

Woman Undone

1996
as Teri Hansen

Replacing Dad

1999
as Linda Marsh

Two Small Voices

1997
as Sybil Goldrich

Grand Canyon

1991
as Claire

Blue Chips

1994
as Jenny Bell