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April 28, 1952 (73 years old)

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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Mary McDonnell

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Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, sh...

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Grey's Anatomy

Virginia Dixon

Fargo

Ruby Goldfarb

ER

Eleanor Carter

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

The Closer

Sharon Raydor

The Closer

Captain Sharon Raydor

The Closer

Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self

Veronica Mars

Jane

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

Laura Roslin

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