Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is recognized for her roles on screen in both contemporary and historical roles. She also has a lengthy history of acting roles on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on the 28th of April 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant who are both of Irish heritage. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to drama school and then was 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 "Stands with a Fist" an Indian Sioux-raised white woman. McDonnell received her first Academy Award nomination for the character. McDonnell's credits in films include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite such seasoned performers as Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier as well as 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 won 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. She starred for four seasons. McDonnell received an Emmy for her regular guest appearance in the television show ER (1994). She is the lead character of Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT's successful drama series Major Crimes (2012), the sequel to The Closer (2005), where McDonnell played the lead role and earned an primetime Emmy(r) nomination. The character she played as a paraplegic character in 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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