elcome to Mary McDonnell Vault, 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. But she also did others like Battlestar Galactica, Independence Day, Donnie Darko, Dances with Wolves, Sneakers and many others. Site is comprehensive of a big photogallery with events, photoshoots, magazines, stills, a media archive dedicated to all fans fanarts on Mary, 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!!!

May 9, 2018   Appereances

I went through a massive update of events Mary attended during the years. ** are the events that have been added new to the gallery. Take a look below and enjoy! Public Appearances > 1992 > Dec 03 | Unknown Event ** Public Appearances > 1998 > Apr 16: 43rd Annual GENII Awards ** Public […]


February 1, 2018   Movies, Screencaptures, The Locket, Videos

It has been a while since I posted screencaptures and clips from a TV movie Mary starrred in and today I picked The Locket, in which she played Helen Staples, perhaps for a vicinity of mine towards nursing homes, but also because it is a great movie starring Chad Willett, Marguerite Moreau and the timeless […]


July 15, 2017   Appereances

I went adding a bunch of new photos from old events, covering years from 2002 to 2007 (we’re in deep Battlestar Galactica era), mostly in HQ some others in a bit lower quality but not too much. My thanks go to Sara, for helping with many of those. Take a look and enjoy! Public Appereances […]



In 2002 Mary did a guest star in Touched by an Angel as Sister Theodore Claire, a nun with a dark past tries to stop two boys from blowing up a high school. (taken from IMDB) I have added to the gallery screencaptures from her episode, take a look! Television Series > Touched By An […]


October 5, 2016   Appereances

I went through a little dive into the archive and found a bunch of photos from events to add to the gallery. Various years have been updated so be sure to check them all! Public Appereances > 2014 > May 07: In Pursuit Of Peace Award Dinner Public Appereances > 2014 > Jan 06: Queen […]



AVC: How was the experience of doing the dramatic ER? MM: The dramatic ER was fantastic. It was such an interesting character, one that was very short-lived but was very powerful nonetheless. And I do love Noah Wyle, so it was very easy to step into playing his mother and understanding him as that entity. […]