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Mary McDonnell Vault is your online resource dedicated to actress Mary McDonnell. You better know Mary for her role as Captain Sharon Raydor for the TNT crime series The Closer & Major Crimes, Not to forget one of her most important and intense roles, as President of the Universe Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica. A prolofic actress in TV like in Cinema, with roles in movies such as Independence Day, Donnie Darko, Dances with Wolves, Sneakers, Mumford, Passion Fish and many others. Site is comprehensive of a big photogallery with events, photoshoots, magazines, stills, an extensive press library to collect all the articles and interviews on her and a video gallery section for recorded interviews, sneak peeks and trailers of her projects. We claim no rights to know her personally and it's absolutely respectful of her privacy and paparazzi-free!!!
interviews
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Dated: July 25, 2024
| Duration: 11:10
EW goes live with stars at SDCC 2024 (Mary segment starts at 1:42:29)
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Dated: May 22, 2024
| Duration: 24:54
Mary McDonnell ('The Fall of the House of Usher'): 'All the roads of my career have led me to this.' The gothic horror drama is about big-pharma magnate Roderick Usher and the grisly deaths of all six of his adult children. Gold Derby editor Rob Licuria hosts this webchat.
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Dated: May 21, 2024
| Duration: 97:31
I have another MUCH requested interview for you this week... the stunning and talented Mary McDonnell. We talk about the incredible career which has earned her two Oscar nominations, her brilliant performance as Madeline on The Fall of the House of Usher, Battlestar Galactica, societal pressures that come with getting older as a woman, and what the future might hold for young women today.
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Dated: August 30, 2009
| Duration: 04:58
We were fortunate enough to catch up with Battlestar Galactica's Mary MacDonnell (President Laura Roslin) one week before her appearance at DragonCon, while she was in Toronto for Fan Expo
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Dated: July 20, 2023
| Duration: 00:40
"I don't think that this as an industry has ever really understood the value of what it is to use your body, your heart and your mind as your product," McDonnell said. "That's kind of why we're running into the AI situation. They think that's replaceable, but it isn't. So maybe at this point being an actor could gain some more honor."
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Dated: May 19, 2022
| Duration: 28:11
In the next episode of the Battlestar Galactica Franchise, Jim Conlan speaks to Mary McDonnell who played the role of President Laura Roslin
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Dated: September 25, 2021
| Duration: 05:59
Mary McDonnell stars as the feminist icon Gloria Steinem in this production of Gloria: A Life at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Written by Emily Mann, artistic director of the McCarter, the play presents both Gloria the person and the feminist movement of the 1960s to today. Interviews include Mary McDonnell and Emily Mann, who have worked together for over 30 years.
Script developed by Never Enough Design