Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell, a two-time
Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is recognized for her roles on screen in both
contemporary and historical roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting
roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April
1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a
computer consultant who are both of Irish heritage. Her birthplace was Ithaca,
New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then
went to drama school and then was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company
(East Coast). Her breakthrough film role was in Dances with Wolves (1990) by
Kevin Costner. She played the character "Stands with a Fist" an
Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award
nomination for the character. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence
Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such seasoned
performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as 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 president Laura Roslin in the critically loved show Battlestar
Galactica (2004) on Syfy. She starred for four seasons. McDonnell received an
Emmy for her regular guest appearance in the television show ER (1994). She is
the lead character of Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's successful drama
series Major Crimes (2012), the sequel to The Closer (2005), where McDonnell
played the lead role and earned an primetime Emmy(r) nomination. The character
she played as a paraplegic character in soap operas in John Sayles' critically acclaimed
film Passion Fish (1992) earned her a Best Actress Academy Award (r) nomination
and an Academy Award nomination. Golden Globe nod.
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