Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters in period and contemporary screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer consultant) and Eileen (Mundy), who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. Then, she went to the drama school and was accepted to the Long Wharf Theatre Company in East Coast. In the following two decades she was offered her first film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) where she played "Stands with a Fist" she was a white girl born to the Sioux Indians. Her first Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell's film credits include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) with veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the famous art house cult film Donnie Darko (192001); and Margin Call (2011). This earned her the Robert Altman Awards at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the small screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons on the Syfy Network's award-winning television series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically acclaimed performance as President Laura Roslin. Her recurring guest role as host on the popular television series ER (1994) brought her an Emmy nomination. TNT's hit drama series Major Crimes (2012) features her as Captain Sharon Raydor. This is the sequel to The Closer (2005) in which McDonnell developed the role. McDonnell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy(r). Her performance as a paraplegic star of 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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