Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an actress who has been nominated for two Oscars(r). She is famous for her portrayals of characters from both contemporary and period screen roles. Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John McDonnell, a computer consultant who are both of Irish descent. Growing up in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia. She attended the drama school after which she was accepted into Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). At the age of 22, she was when she was offered her breakthrough film part in Dances with Wolves (1990), where she was "Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. The first time she received an Academy Award nomination was for this role. McDonnell was a part of the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999) alongside such veteran performers as Robert Redford as well as Sidney Poitier. She also was a part of Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), which starred Will Smith. Margin Call (2011) which was a duet with Kevin Spacey, earned McDonnell the Robert Altman award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. McDonnell was the President Laura Roslin in the critically acclaimed show Battlestar Galactica (2004) on Syfy. McDonnell was a star for four seasons. McDonnell received an Emmy for her recurring guest appearance in the television show ER (1994). The wildly popular TNT drama Major Crimes (2012) stars her as Captain Sharon Raydor. It is McDonnell's second season and she was nominated for a primetime Emmy(r). McDonnell received a Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as a paraplegic soap opera star in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).




 

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