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Mary McDonnell in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Aaron Douglas, Michael Hogan, Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell in Dances with Wolves (1990)

Mary McDonnell in Dances with Wolves (1990)

Mary McDonnell, Jean Smart, and Faith Prince in High Society (1995)

Mary McDonnell, Jean Smart, and Dan O'Donahue in High Society (1995)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Mary McDonnell and Carrie Coon in Fargo (2014)

Mary McDonnell and Michael Stuhlbarg in Fargo (2014)

Mary McDonnell, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Raymond Cruz, and Phillip P. Keene in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Phillip P. Keene in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Jamie Martz, Bertrand-Xavier Corbi, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Tony Denison, and Graham Patrick Martin in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Phillip P. Keene, Kearran Giovanni, and Daniel di Tomasso in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Robert Gossett in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Henry Kaufman in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Raymond Cruz, and Luke Cook in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Graham Patrick Martin in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Jean Smart in High Society (1995)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Jon Tenney, and Phillip P. Keene in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Phillip P. Keene, Graham Patrick Martin, and Kearran Giovanni in Special Master: Part One (2015)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Jonathan Del Arco, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Phillip P. Keene, Graham Patrick Martin, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell, Kyra Sedgwick, and Michael Paul Chan in The Closer (2005)

Mary McDonnell, Robert Gossett, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell and Jonathan Del Arco in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell in Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, and Tony Denison in Major Crimes (2012)

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar®-nominated actress, who is known for her character portrayals in both period and present-day screen roles, as well as a long history of stage and film roles.

Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish descent. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She later attended drama school and was accepted into the prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Two decades later, she landed her breakthrough film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist", a white woman 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 seasoned performers 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); and 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 on the Syfy Network's award-winning series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically praised performance as President Laura Roslin. She garnered an Emmy nomination for her recurring guest role on the television series ER (1994). She stars as Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's hit drama series Major Crimes (2012), the follow-up to The Closer (2005), in which McDonnell originated the role and for which she earned a Primetime Emmy® nomination. She garnered a Best Actress Academy Award® nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of a paraplegic soap opera star in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).

McDonnell began her career in theatre and has starred in a wide variety of both Broadway and off-Broadway productions. She received an Obie Award for her performance in Emily Mann's Still Life and has starred in off-Broadway productions including the debut production of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child (off-Broadway), John Patrick Shanley Savage in Limbo, John O'Keefe's All Night Long, Michael Cristofer's Black Angel, Kathleen Tolan's A Weekend Near Madison, Paula Cizmar's Death of a Miner, and Dennis McIntyre's National Anthem. Her Broadway credits include Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, the title role in Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heidi Chronicles, and Emily Mann's Execution of Justice. She received rave reviews for her performance opposite David Strathairn in Emily Mann's acclaimed adaptation of Chekhov's classic, The Cherry Orchard.

McDonnell lives in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California with her husband, actor Randle Mell, and their children, Olivia and Michael.

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