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Mary McDonnell is an American actress with a long, distinguished career in film and stage. She co-starred as a White woman raised by the American Indians in the 1990 Academy Award winner for Best Picture Dances with Wolves, as the First Lady of the United States in the 1996 smash blockbuster Independence Day, and as the titular hero's mother in the 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko. In television, she is best known as President Laura Roslin in the 2000's remake of the sci-fi classic Battlestar Galactica.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Roles 2.1 Starring Roles 2.2 Guest Starring Roles 2.3 Specials and Made-for-TV Movies 2.4 Talk, News and Game Show Appearances 3 Memorable Moments 4 Awards and Accolades 4.1 IVy Awards 4.2 Emmys 4.3 Other Awards 5 Trivia

[edit] Biography

[edit] Roles

[edit] Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
As the World Turns	Claudia Colfax	1980	25
E/R	Dr. Eve Sheridan	1984–1985	1
High Society	Dorothy "Dot" Emerson	1995	1
Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Rachel Caulfield	1999	1
Chestnut Hill	Jane Eastman	2001	ordered to pilot
Battlestar Galactica (2003)	Laura Roslin	2003––	M	1	2	3	4

[edit] Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
HBO First Look	Herself	?? - Independence Day	1996
The American Experience	Narrator	11x10 - Fly Girls	1999
That's Life (2000)	Jules O'Grady	1x05 - Bad Hair Week	October 28, 2000
That's Life (2000)	Jules O'Grady	2x16 - Baum's Thesis	unaired
ER	Eleanor Carter	8x01 - Four Corners	September 27, 2001
ER	Eleanor Carter	8x11 - Beyond Repair	January 10, 2002
ER	Eleanor Carter	8x12 - A River in Egypt	January 17, 2002
ER	Eleanor Carter	8x13 - Damage Is Done	January 31, 2002
ER	Eleanor Carter	8x14 - A Simple Twist of Fate	February 7, 2002
Touched by an Angel	Sister Theodore	8x18 - Minute by Minute	April 13, 2002

[edit] Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Money on the Side	Terri	September 29, 1982
Courage	Gabriella Estrada	September 24, 1986
The Making of "Dances with Wolves"	Herself	October 1989
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards	Herself	March 25, 1991	Academy Awards
O Pioneers!	Alexandra Bergson	May 15, 1991
The 65th Annual Academy Awards	Herself	March 29, 1993	Academy Awards
The American Clock	Rose Baumler	August 23, 1993
Woman Undone	Teri Hansen	1996
The Making of "Independence Day"	Herself	1996
Two Voices	Sybil Goldrich	June 16, 1997
12 Angry Men	Judge	August 17, 1997
Evidence of Blood	Dora Overton	April 13, 1998
Behind the Mask	Mary Shushan	February 28, 1999
Replacing Dad	Linda Marsh	March 14, 1999
A Father's Choice	Susan Shaw	January 12, 2000
For All Time	Mary Mcdonnell
The Locket	Helen Staples	December 8, 2002
05 Spaceys	Herself	May 29, 2005	Spaceys
Sci Fi Inside: Sci Fi Friday	Herself/Laura Roslin	July 11, 2005
The WIN Awards 2006	Herself	2006	The WIN Awards
Mrs. Harris	Vivian Schulte	February 25, 2006
Razor	President Laura Roslin	2007	Battlestar Galactica

[edit] Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Awards and Accolades

[edit] IVy Awards

(3 Nominations)

• Nominated: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2005-06)

Battlestar Galactica

• Nominated: Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2006-07)

Battlestar Galactica

• Nominated: Readers' Choice Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2006-07)

Battlestar Galactica

[edit] Emmys

(1 Nomination)

• Nominated: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2001-02)

ER

[edit] Other Awards

• Academy Awards
  • Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1990) - Dances with Wolves
  • Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role (1992) - Passion Fish

• Golden Globes (Motion Picture), USA
  • Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (1990) - Dances with Wolves
  • Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (1992) - Passion Fish

[edit] Trivia