Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell, a two-time
Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is famous for her performance on screen in modern
and historical roles. She also has a long list of roles on stage as well as
screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell was the daughter of John McDonnell (a computer
consultant) and Eileen (Mundy) she was who is a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
native. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of
New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. After that, she went to drama school , and was
admitted to the well-known Long Wharf Theatre Company on the East Coast. Her
film debut came in Dances with Wolves (1990) by Kevin Costner. She played the
role of "Stands with a Fist" as a Sioux Indian-born white woman. Her
first Academy Award nomination for the role. McDonnell's credits in films
include Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991) and Mumford (1999) (opposite
the likes of well-known actors like 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) 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 acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica (2004) on Syfy. She was the
lead for four seasons. McDonnell received an Emmy for her regular guest
appearance on the television show ER (1994). TNT's hit drama show Major Crimes
(2012) stars her as Captain Sharon Raydor. It is McDonnell's first series and
she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy(r). For her role as a paraplegic
soap-opera actress in John Sayles’s critically acclaimed film Passion Fish
(1992), she was awarded a Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination, nomination,
and Golden Globe nomination.
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