Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell, a two-time
Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is best famous for her performance on screen in
historical and modern roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well
as screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant both
from Irish heritage. She was raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the
State University of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She later attended drama
school and was admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the
East Coast. At the age of 22, she was when she got her first film part in
Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist" Sioux
Indian woman that is white. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for
the character. McDonnell's film credits include the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand
Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such well-known actors like Robert
Redford, Sidney Poitier, and Ben Kingsley); Roland Emmerich's Independence Day
(1996) (starring Will Smith); acclaimed art house cult-hit Donnie Darko (2001)
as well as Margin Call (2011) (opposite Kevin Spacey), which brought 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. McDonnell was a star for four seasons. Her recurring guest role as
host on the TV show ER (1994) resulted in an Emmy nomination. The popular drama
series on TNT Major Crimes (2012) stars her as Captain Sharon Raydor. It is
McDonnell's second series and she was nominated for a primetime Emmy(r). In
recognition of her performance as a paraplegic soap-opera star in John Sayles's
critically acclaimed film Passion Fish (1992), she was awarded the Best Actress
Academy Award(r) nomination, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.
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