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 April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant, both of Irish origin. She was born in Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to drama school and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). After a few decades she was offered her first film role in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990) as "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians. In the film, she received her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite other experienced actors 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 was awarded 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. McDonnell was a star for four seasons. Her recurring guest role as host on the popular television series ER (1994) was rewarded with an Emmy nomination. She stars as Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's successful drama series Major Crimes (2012), the follow-up to The Closer (2005), where McDonnell originated the role and was awarded an Primetime Emmy(r) nomination. The character she played as an actress with paraplegia in soap operas in John Sayles' critically acclaimed film Passion Fish (1992) earned her an Best Actress Academy Award (r) nomination as well as a Golden Globe nod.




 

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