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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Acting

November 16, 1977 (48 years old)
Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Female
65 Movies
31 TV Shows

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.

The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

2008 8.5

as Rachel

Age 30 (now 48)
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

2006 7.3

as Ana Pascal

Age 28 (now 48)
White House Down
White House Down

White House Down

2013 6.5

as Finnerty

Age 35 (now 48)
Secretary
Secretary

Secretary

2002 6.8

as Lee Holloway

Age 24 (now 48)
Hysteria
Hysteria

Hysteria

2011 6.7

as Charlotte Dalrymple

Age 33 (now 48)
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

2001 7.8

as Elizabeth Darko

Age 23 (now 48)
Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

2009 6.9

as Jean Craddock

Age 32 (now 48)
Frank
Frank

Frank

2014 6.8

as Clara

Age 36 (now 48)
Monster House
Monster House

Monster House

2006 6.7

as Zee (voice)

Age 28 (now 48)
The Kindergarten Teacher
The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018 6.6

as Lisa Spinelli

Age 40 (now 48)
Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile

2003 6.9

as Giselle Levy

Age 26 (now 48)
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006 6.8

as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)

Age 28 (now 48)
The Deuce
The Deuce

The Deuce

2017 7.6

Producer

Age 39 (now 48)
25 eps
The Deuce
The Deuce

The Deuce

2017 7.6

as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell

Age 39 (now 48)
25 eps
Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby

Sherrybaby

2006 6.1

as Sherry Swanson

Age 28 (now 48)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002 6.7

as Debbie

Age 25 (now 48)