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[[Image:bsg-mmc.jpg|thumb|Mary McDonnell (credit: Jonathan Nourok)]] | |||
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Two-time Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actress Mary McDonnell has transformed both period and present day screen roles into dynamic character portrayals. Among McDonnell's film credits are Richard Kelley's "Donnie Darko", Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" and "Mumford", John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Passion Fish" with Alfre Woodard, Kevin Costner's "Dances With Wolves", "Sneakers" with Robert Redford, "Blue Chips", "Independence Day" with Bill Pullman and Will Smith, and yet-to-be-released films "Nola" and "Goose Creek Story". | Two-time Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actress Mary McDonnell has transformed both period and present day screen roles into dynamic character portrayals. Among McDonnell's film credits are Richard Kelley's "Donnie Darko", Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" and "Mumford", John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Passion Fish" with Alfre Woodard, Kevin Costner's "Dances With Wolves", "Sneakers" with Robert Redford, "Blue Chips", "Independence Day" with Bill Pullman and Will Smith, and yet-to-be-released films "Nola" and "Goose Creek Story". | ||
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McDonnell recently appeared on stage in Los Angeles as "Troy" in the play "James and The Handless Maiden", directed by Mell. She is also in the process of adapting the renowned Irish columnist and novelist Nuala O' Faolain's "Are You Somebody" into a one-woman show for the stage. | McDonnell recently appeared on stage in Los Angeles as "Troy" in the play "James and The Handless Maiden", directed by Mell. She is also in the process of adapting the renowned Irish columnist and novelist Nuala O' Faolain's "Are You Somebody" into a one-woman show for the stage. | ||
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"President Laura Roslin"
Two-time Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actress Mary McDonnell has transformed both period and present day screen roles into dynamic character portrayals. Among McDonnell's film credits are Richard Kelley's "Donnie Darko", Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" and "Mumford", John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Passion Fish" with Alfre Woodard, Kevin Costner's "Dances With Wolves", "Sneakers" with Robert Redford, "Blue Chips", "Independence Day" with Bill Pullman and Will Smith, and yet-to-be-released films "Nola" and "Goose Creek Story".
For television, McDonnell most recently completed "The Locket" for Hallmark with Vanessa Redgrave. She received a 2002 Emmy Nomination for her work as Eleanor Carter on "ER". Some of her television credits include: "High Society" with Jean Smart, "Replacing Dad", "For All Time", "Behind the Mask" - all for CBS, Arthur Miller's "American Clock" for TNT and "O Pioneers!" for PBS with her husband, director Randle Mell.
Equally at home in film, television, and theatre, McDonnell starred on Broadway in the title role of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play "The Heidi Chronicles". Other New York credits include: "Summer and Smoke" (Miss Alma), "Execution of Justice" (Maryanne White on Broadway), "Buried Child", "Three Ways Home", "Savage in Limbo", "A Weekend Near Madison", "Letters Home", "Black Angel", "The Vagina Monologues" and "Still Life" (Obie Award) - off Broadway.
McDonnell recently appeared on stage in Los Angeles as "Troy" in the play "James and The Handless Maiden", directed by Mell. She is also in the process of adapting the renowned Irish columnist and novelist Nuala O' Faolain's "Are You Somebody" into a one-woman show for the stage.