Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar(r)-nominated actress who is known for her character roles in both modern and historical screen roles, and the long list of films and stage roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, and John McDonnell. She was raised in Ithaca and attended Fredonia State University of New York. She attended the drama school and was later 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 of "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian-raised white woman. Her first Academy Award nomination was for the character. McDonnell's film credits also include Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon (1991) & Mumford (1999) as well as opposite veteran actors like Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Ben Kingsley; Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) (starring Will Smith); the highly acclaimed art house hit Donnie Darko (192001) as well as Margin Call (2011). It earned her the Robert Altman Awards at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. McDonnell was a star on the Syfy Network's award-winning show Battlestar Galactica (2004), in which she was praised for her performance as the President Laura Roslin. Her recurring guest role as host on the tv series ER (1994) brought her an Emmy nomination. The popular drama series on TNT Major Crimes (2012) stars her as Captain Sharon Raydor. It is McDonnell's second show and she was nominated to win a Primetime Emmy(r). McDonnell was awarded an Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination as well as an Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of an actress with paraplegia in soap opera in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).




 

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