Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is well-known for her portrayals of characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish origin. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She then attended theatre school, and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). A decade later she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) where she played "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman who is raised by the Sioux Indians. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such 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) as well as Margin Call (2011) (opposite Kevin Spacey), which earned her the Robert Altman Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the small screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons of Syfy Network's award-winning show Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically acclaimed performance as President Laura Roslin. She garnered an Emmy nomination for her recurring guest appearance on the tv show ER (1994). The wildly popular TNT drama Major Crimes (2012) stars her as Captain Sharon Raydor. It is McDonnell's second season and she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy(r). She was awarded a Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination as well as a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as a paraplegic soap opera star in John Sayles' critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).




 

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