Maggie Gyllenhaal
Acting
Born: November 16, 1977 (age 48) · Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films. She appeared with her brother in the thriller Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas Secretary (2002) and Sherrybaby (2006), both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations. She had commercial success in the thriller World Trade Center (2006). She received wider recognition for her role as Rachel Dawes in the superhero film The Dark Knight (2008). For her performance as a single mother in Crazy Heart (2009), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), Won't Back Down (2012), White House Down (2013), Frank (2014), and The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–2019). Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Dark Knight
2008
Donnie Darko
2001
White House Down
2013
Monster House
2006
Adaptation.
2002
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Secretary
2002
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
World Trade Center
2006
Frank
2014
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Photos (4)
Movies (45)
The Dark Knight
Rachel
Donnie Darko
Elizabeth Darko
Monster House
Zee (voice)
Secretary
Lee Holloway
White House Down
Finnerty
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Isabel Green
Adaptation.
Caroline Cunningham
Stranger Than Fiction
Ana Pascal
Mona Lisa Smile
Giselle Levy
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Debbie
Paris Je T'aime
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Riding in Cars with Boys
Amelia
World Trade Center
Allison Jimeno
Crazy Heart
Jean Craddock
40 Days and 40 Nights
Sam
The Kindergarten Teacher
Lisa Spinelli
Frank
Clara
Criminal
Valerie
Hysteria
Charlotte Dalrymple
Happy Endings
Jude
Away We Go
LN
Cecil B. Demented
Raven
Trust the Man
Elaine
Shattered Mind
Clothes Clerk
Won't Back Down
Jamie Fitzpatrick
Waterland
Maggie Ruth
A Dangerous Woman
Patsy
Homegrown
Christina
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
Strip Search
Linda Sykes
Sherrybaby
Sherry Swanson
Beauty Mark
Valerie
The Patron Saint of Liars
Lorraine Thomas
The Great New Wonderful
Emme Keeler
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Sidney
Best Summer Ever
TV Reporter
The Photographer
Mira
Casa de los Babys
Jennifer
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Resurrection
Mary
The Ben Cobb Show
Amun Ra
High Falls
April
The New Empress
Olive
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (8)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
Independent Lens
278 eps
The Deuce
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell · 25 eps
Curiosity
Host · 1 eps
The Honourable Woman
Nessa Stein · 8 eps
Gotham Tonight
Rachel Dawes · 1 eps
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Noreen Bixler · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Chelsea
Self · 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
How To with John Wilson
Self · 1 eps
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
The Sturgeon Queens
Self
BAM150
Self
