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Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell is an American actress who is most well-known for starring in the television series "The Closer," and anchoring the spinoff "Major Crimes," playing Capt. Sharon Raydor, which ran for six seasons. She has starred in such films as "Dances with Wolves" and "Independence Day."

English

Donnie Darko

2001
as Mrs. Rose Darko

Independence Day

1996
as First Lady Marilyn Whitmore

Major Crimes

2012
as Sharon Raydor

Scream 4

2011
as Kate Roberts

The Closer

2005
as Sharon Raydor

Dances with Wolves

1990
as Stands With A Fist

12 Angry Men

1997
as Judge

Margin Call

2011
as Mary Rogers

Passion Fish

1992
as May-Alice Culhane

Tiger Warsaw

1988
as Paula Warsaw

For All Time

2000
as Laura Brown

Garbo Talks

1984
as Stage actress

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007
as President Laura Roslin

Amargosa

2000
as Narrator

A Father's Choice

2000
as Susan Shaw

Spanish Fly

1998
as Zoe's Mother

The American Clock

1993
as Rose Baumler

Sneakers

1992
as Liz

Evidence of Blood

1998
as Dora Overton

Mumford

1999
as Althea Brockett

Crazy Like a Fox

2004
as Amy Banks

Mrs. Harris

2006
as Vivian Schulte

Nola

2003
as Margaret Langworthy

High Society

1995
as Dott Emerson

Matewan

1987
as Elma Radnor

Woman Undone

1996
as Teri Hansen

Replacing Dad

1999
as Linda Marsh

Two Small Voices

1997
as Sybil Goldrich

Grand Canyon

1991
as Claire

Blue Chips

1994
as Jenny Bell

Guest Star

Episode FedCon
Unknown
2018
Episode Grey's Anatomy
All by Myself
2008
Episode Fargo
The House of Special Purpose
2017
Episode FedCon
Unknown
2018
Episode Grey's Anatomy
Beat Your Heart Out
2009
Episode Fargo
The Law of Inevitability
2017
Episode Veronica Mars
Years, Continents, Bloodshed
2019
Episode The Closer
Help Wanted
2010
Episode Fargo
Aporia
2017
Episode Fargo
Somebody to Love
2017
Episode ER
Four Corners
2001
Episode American Experience
Fly Girls
1999
Episode That's Life
Baum's Thesis
1970
Episode That's Life
Bad Hair Week
2000
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2892
2008