Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar(r),-nominated actress, is most well famous for her performance on screen in modern and historical roles. She also has a lengthy history of roles both on stage and screen. Mary Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen (Mundy), an Irish-American computer consultant, and John McDonnell. Her birthplace was Ithaca, New York and graduated from Fredonia State University of New York. She then went to the drama school and was then accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). A decade later, she landed her breakthrough film role, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), playing "Stands with a Fist" as a white woman who is raised by the Sioux Indians. For the role, she was awarded her first Academy Award nomination. McDonnell has been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran performers as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also played in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), starring Will Smith. Margin Call (2011) the film, which was a duet with Kevin Spacey, earned McDonnell the Robert Altman award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. On the smaller screen, McDonnell starred in four seasons of the Syfy Network's award-winning television series Battlestar Galactica (2004) in her critically acclaimed performance as President Laura Roslin. She garnered an Emmy nomination for her frequent guest role on the television show ER (1994). The hit TNT drama series Major Crimes (2012) features McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor. This is the sequel to The Closer (2005) in which McDonnell developed the role. The show was nominated for a Primetime Emmy(r). Her portrayal of a paraplegic character 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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