Mary McDonnell

McDonnell, Mary Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Jimmy Nolan

  2011, role: actress , character name: Beverly Miller
• Play in Full Screen Scream 4

  2011, role: actress , character name: Kate Roberts
• Play in Full Screen Death and Taxes

  2011, role: actress , character name: Rose Darko
• Play in Full Screen Margin Call

  2011, role: actress , character name: Mary Rogers
• Play in Full Screen Hostile Makeover

  2009, role: actress , character name: Rose Smithsonian
• Play in Full Screen Killer Hair

  2009, role: actress , character name: Rose
• Play in Full Screen Battlestar Galactica: The Last Frakkin' Special

  2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen The Music of 'Battlestar Galactica'

  2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Battlestar Galactica: The Journey

  2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Mister President

  2008, role: actress , character name: President Laura Roslin
• Play in Full Screen BSGcast

  2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Mister President

  2008, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Battlestar Galactica: Razor

  2007, role: actress , character name: President Laura Roslin
• Play in Full Screen The WIN Awards 2006

  2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far

  2006, role: actress , character name: President Laura Roslin
• Play in Full Screen The 65th Annual Peabody Awards

  2006, role: actress , character name: Herself - Winner
• Play in Full Screen Mrs. Harris

  2005, role: actress , character name: Vivian Schulte
• Play in Full Screen Sci Fi Inside: Sci Fi Friday

  2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Sci Fi Inside: Sci Fi Friday

  2005, role: actress , character name: Laura Roslin
• Play in Full Screen 05 Spaceys

  2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen 'Donnie Darko': Production Diary

  2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Crazy Like a Fox

  2004, role: actress , character name: Amy Banks
• Play in Full Screen Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

  2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown

  2003, role: actress , character name: Herself - Laura Roslin
• Play in Full Screen Nola

  2003, role: actress , character name: Margaret Langworthy
• Play in Full Screen The Making of 'Sneakers'

  2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen The Locket

  2002, role: actress , character name: Helen Staples
• Play in Full Screen Donnie Darko

  2001, role: actress , character name: Rose Darko
• Play in Full Screen Chestnut Hill

  2001, role: actress , character name: Jane Eastman
• Play in Full Screen Amargosa

  2000, role: actress , character name: Narrator
• Play in Full Screen For All Time

  2000, role: actress , character name: Laura Brown
• Play in Full Screen A Father's Choice

  2000, role: actress , character name: Susan Shaw
• Play in Full Screen Replacing Dad

  1999, role: actress , character name: Linda Marsh
• Play in Full Screen You Can Thank Me Later

  1999, role: actress , character name: Diane
• Play in Full Screen Mumford

  1999, role: actress , character name: Althea Brockett
• Play in Full Screen Behind the Mask

  1999, role: actress , character name: Mary Shushan
• Play in Full Screen Spanish Fly

  1998, role: actress , character name: Zoe's Mother
• Play in Full Screen Evidence of Blood

  1998, role: actress , character name: Dora Overton
• Play in Full Screen Two Voices

  1997, role: actress , character name: Sybil Goldrich
• Play in Full Screen 12 Angry Men

  1997, role: actress , character name: Judge
• Play in Full Screen Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

  1996, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Mariette in Ecstasy

  1996, role: actress , character name: Prioress
• Play in Full Screen The Making of 'Independence Day'

  1996, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Play in Full Screen Woman Undone

  1996, role: actress , character name: Teri Hansen
• Play in Full Screen Independence Day

  1996, role: actress , character name: First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
• Play in Full Screen Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

  1996, role: actress , character name: Marilyn Whitmore
• Play in Full Screen Blue Chips

  1994, role: actress , character name: Jenny Bell
• Play in Full Screen The 65th Annual Academy Awards

  1993, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Play in Full Screen The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards

  1993, role: actress , character name: Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
• Play in Full Screen The American Clock

  1993, role: actress , character name: Rose Baumler

McDonnell, Mary Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Close

  2003, role: actress

McDonnell, Marie Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Dancin' Thru the Dark

  1990, role: miscellaneous crew

Famous quotes by Mary McDonnell:

"What?! I'm not sleeping with a hologram!"

"Ron allowed us to see right away the private piece of a person about to become very public. I suspect we're going to see more of her very private world - Laura's private experience. I'm not sure yet how public she's going to be about the actions she's going to have to take."

"I really think we haven't found a way to allow women to have grace while finding power, particularly in the military. I'm going to get to discover on my feet with Ron and the others what is the truth here, what is the truth of the woman in power, and why do we vilify them, demonize them?"

"It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work."

"It's even more realistic that she's co-running things with Commander Adama - Thank God it's the brilliant Eddie Olmos playing him! I mean, he has the power on this ship."

"I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do."

"Well, I don't know what Ron has in mind, but I do know about the arc of the show. Looking at how intuitive and instinctive Eddie and I play, that is the sort of thing that leads into sexual chemistry. I wouldn't be surprised if it emerged."

"He's very intuitive about human behavior, combined with a wonderful understanding of the scientific/fantasy perception - an understanding of what we can perceive beyond what we admit to. But he doesn't depart from the human being. That means you get to use everything you are and more as an actor."

"I remember when I saw the rough cut of the series, even with all the little drawings in place of the special effects, I was so pleased at how interested and attached I become to the other characters. I'm a very critical viewer, but this became "real" to me. I'm fascinated by other realities and other realms and I think they exist - and when you have a good writer, it becomes palpable."

"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."

"I love to work. I love to have complexity."

"With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives."

"The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way."

"I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble."