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): Andy Flower • Ann-Margret • Aryeh Bibi • David Freese • Denzel Ward • John Thorn (headmaster) • Jón Páll Sigmarsson • Kim Gordon • Lucas Jakubczyk • Marcia Strassman • Odette Hallowes • Oskar Schindler • Steve Rider • Thomas Waldrom • Vernon Kay • Yves Klein

Born in the same month (April 1952): Annette O'Toole • Bernard Stiegler • David Urquhart (bishop) • Gabrielle Gourdeau • Gary Soto • Gerald Early • Geraldine Doogue • Gilles Valiquette • Jacques Audiard • Jonjo O'Neill (jockey) • Karen Magnussen • Michel Blanc • Mitch Pileggi • Pat Burns • Peter Windsor • Reuben Gant • Simon Cowell (conservationist)