Mary McDonnell

Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her Academy Award-nominated performances as Stands With A Fist in Dances with Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell has also gained recognition for her roles as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She portrayed Captain Sharon Raydor on the TNT series The Closer and later starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes. McDonnell was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in Ithaca, New York.