Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1977 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan
Movie · as Narration
Best Summer Ever
Movie · as TV Reporter
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Movie · as Self
How To with John Wilson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ben Cobb Show
Movie · as Amun Ra
The Kindergarten Teacher
Movie · as Lisa Spinelli
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
Movie · as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
The Deuce
TV · as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell · 25 eps
Home
Movie · as Ruth
The New Empress
Movie · as Olive
Beauty Mark
Movie · as Valerie
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie · as Self
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Frank
Movie · as Clara
River of Fundament
Movie · as Hathfertiti
The Sturgeon Queens
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Honourable Woman
TV · as Nessa Stein · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
White House Down
Movie · as Finnerty
Won't Back Down
Movie · as Jamie Fitzpatrick
BAM150
Movie · as Self
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hysteria
Movie · as Charlotte Dalrymple
Curiosity
TV · as Host · 1 ep
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Movie · as Isabel Green
Crazy Heart
Movie · as Jean Craddock
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Movie · as Self
Away We Go
Movie · as LN
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Dark Knight
Movie · as Rachel
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Movie
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
Movie · as Rachel Dawes (archive footage)
Gotham Tonight
TV · as Rachel Dawes · 1 ep
High Falls
Movie · as April
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stranger Than Fiction
Movie · as Ana Pascal
Paris Je T'aime
Movie · as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
World Trade Center
Movie · as Allison Jimeno
Monster House
Movie · as Zee (voice)
Sherrybaby
Movie · as Sherry Swanson
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Movie · as Liz
The Great New Wonderful
Movie · as Emme Keeler
Trust the Man
Movie · as Elaine
Happy Endings
Movie · as Jude
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Criminal
Movie · as Valerie
Strip Search
Movie · as Linda Sykes
The Misbehavers
Movie · as Self
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Movie · as Sidney
Mona Lisa Smile
Movie · as Giselle Levy
Casa de los Babys
Movie · as Jennifer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
40 Days and 40 Nights
Movie · as Sam
Adaptation.
Movie · as Caroline Cunningham
Secretary
Movie · as Lee Holloway
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Movie · as Debbie
Donnie Darko
Movie · as Elizabeth Darko
Riding in Cars with Boys
Movie · as Amelia
Cecil B. Demented
Movie · as Raven
The Photographer
Movie · as Mira
Resurrection
Movie · as Mary
Independent Lens
TV · 542 eps
The Patron Saint of Liars
Movie · as Lorraine Thomas
Homegrown
Movie · as Christina
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps
Shattered Mind
Movie · as Clothes Clerk
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
A Dangerous Woman
Movie · as Patsy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Waterland
Movie · as Maggie Ruth
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
TV · as Noreen Bixler · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep