Marcia Gay Harden
Acting
Born: August 14, 1959 (age 67) · La Jolla, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space Cowboys (2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River (2003). She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel. In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009). She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.
Known for
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
Into the Wild
2007
Fifty Shades Freed
2018
Fifty Shades Darker
2017
Mystic River
2003
The Mist
2007
Meet Joe Black
1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
BoJack Horseman
2014
Flubber
1997
Magic in the Moonlight
2014
Detachment
2011
Photos (14)
Movies (90)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Dr. Grey
Fifty Shades Freed
Grace Grey
The Mist
Mrs. Carmody
Meet Joe Black
Allison
Mystic River
Celeste Boyle
Fifty Shades Darker
Grace Trevelyan Grey
Into the Wild
Billie McCandless
Flubber
Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Detachment
Principal Carol Dearden
Mona Lisa Smile
Nancy Abbey
Spy Hard
Miss Cheevus
Space Cowboys
Sara Holland
The First Wives Club
Dr. Leslie Rosen
Knox Goes Away
Ruby Knox
The Dreadful
Morwen
Miller's Crossing
Verna
Parkland
Doris Nelson
Confess, Fletch
Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Welcome to Mooseport
Grace Sutherland
Magic in the Moonlight
Mrs. Baker
The Invisible
Diane Powell
Whip It
Brooke Cavendar
Desperate Measures
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
The Dead Girl
Melora
The Maiden Heist
Rose Barlow
You're Not You
Elizabeth
Point Blank
Lieutenant Lewis
Grandma
Judy
Moxie
Principal Shelly
Bad News Bears
Liz Whitewood
The Hoax
Edith Irving
Get a Job
Katherine Dunn
American Dreamz
First Lady
Innocent
Barbara Sabich
Gigi & Nate
Claire Gibson
After Words
Jane Taylor
Far Harbor
Arabella
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
President of the FAFAFA
Pollock
Lee Krasner
Love You to Death
Camile Stoller
Rails & Ties
Megan Stark
The Daytrippers
Libby
Used People
Norma
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Janina Krzyżanowska
The Spitfire Grill
Shelby Goddard
Unity
Narrator (voice)
She's Too Young
Trish Vogul
American Gun
Janet Huttenson
Christmas Cottage
Maryanne Kinkade
P.S.
Missy Goldberg
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Marjorie Dunfour
Daughter of the Bride
Diane
Curtain Call
Michelle Tippet
Tell It Like a Woman
Dr. Partovi
Safe Passage
Cynthia
Renner
Salenus (voice)
Pink Skies Ahead
Pamela
Elsa & Fred
Lydia
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Becky Binion
The Wine of Summer
Shelley
In from the Night
Vicki Miller
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Mrs. Martha Merriman
King of Texas
Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Convict Cowboy
Maggie Sinclair
Late for Dinner
Joy Husband
Guilty Hearts
Jenny Moran
Fever
Lacy
Street Smart
Dr. Partovi
See You in My Dreams
Angela Brown
Home
Inga
Small Vices
Susan Silverman
Walking Shadow
Susan Silverman
Casa de los Babys
Nan
The Cold Open
2019
Canvas
Mary Marino
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Edda Mellas
If I Were You
Madelyn
Gaudi Afternoon
Frankie
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Nancy Floyd
Labor of Love
Annie Pines
In Broad Daylight
Adina Rowan
Thin Air
Susan Silverman
Kojak: None So Blind
Angelina
Talking With
Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Marcia Connelly
Crush
Lane
In the Night I Remember Your Name
Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Voice of Willa Cather
Not Only Strangers
Jennie
TV Shows (29)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dana Lewis · 4 eps
Chicago Hope
Barbara Tomilson · 1 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
Hannah Keating · 3 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Joan Garbarek · 1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Denise (voice) · 1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Denise / McCaitlyn (voice) · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
1 eps
Damages
Claire Maddox · 13 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
The Morning Show
Maggie Brener · 10 eps
Royal Pains
Dr. Elizabeth Blair · 3 eps
A Million Little Things
Alice Mendez · 1 eps
Murder in a Small Town
Mayor Christie Holman · 7 eps
Body of Proof
Sheila Temple · 1 eps
The Newsroom
Rebecca Halliday · 10 eps
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Elizabeth Gable · 5 eps
The Cuphead Show!
Sally Stageplay (voice) · 2 eps
Code Black
Dr. Leanne Rorish · 47 eps
So Help Me Todd
Margaret · 31 eps
Fallen Angels
Marie · 1 eps
Trophy Wife
Dr. Diane Buckley · 22 eps
Uncoupled
Claire Lewis · 6 eps
Bent
Vanessa Carter · 1 eps
Barkskins
Mathilde Geffard · 8 eps
The Education of Max Bickford
Andrea Haskell · 22 eps
Reef Break
Betty Ann Miller · 1 eps
The Oil Fund
USA Ambassadør · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicki Miller · 1 eps
Sinatra
Ava Gardner · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self · 7 eps
American Playhouse
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 4 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Money, Explained
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
RuPaul
Self · 1 eps
Fog City Mavericks
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Self
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self