Mary McDonnell

Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands with a Fist in Dances with Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she had a main role as Madeleine Usher in the horror limited series The Fall of the House of Usher by Netflix.

28 April 1952

Born on the same birth date (28 April 1952): Chuck Leavell

Born on the same birth day (28 April): Alice Berry • Arthur Võõbus • Blake Bortles • Brian Greenhoff • Carolyn Jones • Daequan Cook • Heinrich Müller (Gestapo) • Howard Donald • Jack Fingleton • James Monroe • Jessica Alba • Juan Mata • Kurt Gödel • L'Wren Scott • Lucas Jakubczyk • Nikki Grahame • Paul Guilfoyle • Pedro Ramos • Simin Daneshvar • Steve Rider • Tom Browning

Born in the same month (April 1952): Ari Vatanen • Arkan • Brian Muir (sculptor) • Dave Valentin • Gabrielle Gourdeau • Gary Soto • George Gervin • Indira Samarasekera • Jack Middelburg • Jacques Santini • John C. Dvorak • Karen Magnussen • Ketil Bjørnstad • Kym Gyngell • Larry Elder • Nancy Honeytree • Narada Michael Walden • Nora Dunn