Maggie Gyllenhaal
Acting
Margalit "Maggie" Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Gyllenhaal began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films, and appeared with her brother in the cult favorite Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy drama Secretary (2002) and the drama Sherrybaby (2006), each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. After several commercially successful films in 2006, including World Trade Center, she received wider recognition for playing 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the comedies and dramas: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), and Won't Back Down (2012). Her other roles include a Secret Service agent in the action-thriller White House Down (2013), a musician in Frank (2014), and the title role in the drama The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). In 2021, Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter, for which she won the Venice International Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Gyllenhaal has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political-thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–19). Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
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1977-11-16
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Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
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Filmography of
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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TV Reporter
... 2020
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Amun Ra
... 2019
Lisa Spinelli
... 2018
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
... 2018
Ruth
... 2016
Olive
... 2016
Valerie
... 2016
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Clara
... 2014
Hathfertiti
... 2014
Self
... 2014
Finnerty
... 2013
Jamie Fitzpatrick
... 2012
Self
... 2012
Charlotte Dalrymple
... 2011
Isabel Green
... 2010
Jean Craddock
... 2009
LN
... 2009
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Rachel
... 2008
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April
... 2007
Ana Pascal
... 2006
Sherry Swanson
... 2006
Allison Jimeno
... 2006
Zee (voice)
... 2006
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
... 2006
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Elaine
... 2005
Emme Keeler
... 2005
Jude
... 2005
Self
... 2004
Valerie
... 2004
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Linda Sykes
... 2004
Giselle Levy
... 2003
Jennifer
... 2003
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Caroline Cunningham
... 2002
Lee Holloway
... 2002
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Amelia
... 2001
Elizabeth Darko
... 2001
Raven
... 2000
Mira
... 2000
Mary
... 1999
Christina
... 1998
Lorraine Thomas
... 1998
Clothes Clerk
... 1996
Patsy
... 1993
Maggie Ruth
... 1992