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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1977-11-16

Birth Place

Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights

2002

5.5

Movie
A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

5.3

Movie
Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

7.4

Movie
Away We Go

Away We Go

2009

6.6

Movie
BAM150

BAM150

2012

0.0

Movie
poster

Band of Brothers

2001

8.6

TV
Beauty Mark

Beauty Mark

2016

5.1

Movie
Best Summer Ever

Best Summer Ever

2020

7.0

Movie
Casa de los Babys

Casa de los Babys

2003

5.5

Movie
Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented

2000

6.3

Movie
poster

Chelsea

2016

5.1

TV
poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

5.7

TV
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

6.7

Movie
Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

2009

6.9

Movie
Criminal

Criminal

2004

6.2

Movie
poster

Curiosity

2011

7.2

TV
Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

2001

7.8

Movie
Donnie Darko: Production Diary

Donnie Darko: Production Diary

2004

7.5

Movie
poster

Finding Your Roots

2012

6.2

TV
Frank

Frank

2014

6.9

Movie
poster

Gotham Tonight

2008

7.5

TV
Happy Endings

Happy Endings

2005

5.7

Movie
Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

2009

10.0

Movie
High Falls

High Falls

2007

0.0

Movie
Home

Home

2016

7.7

Movie
Homegrown

Homegrown

1998

5.6

Movie
poster

Honest Trailers

2012

6.4

TV
poster

How To with John Wilson

2020

8.2

TV
Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

6.7

Movie
poster

Independent Lens

1999

6.9

TV
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Joker: Put on a Happy Face

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

2020

8.2

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
poster

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

6.3

TV
poster

Live from Studio Five

2009

3.3

TV
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile

2003

6.9

Movie
Monster House

Monster House

2006

6.7

Movie
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

2010

6.3

Movie
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006

6.8

Movie
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges

Quartier des Enfants-Rouges

2006

0.0

Movie
Resurrection

Resurrection

1999

5.0

Movie
Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

6.8

Movie
River of Fundament

River of Fundament

2014

6.6

Movie
Secretary

Secretary

2002

6.8

Movie
poster

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story

1991

0.0

TV
Shattered Mind

Shattered Mind

1996

4.0

Movie
Sherrybaby

Sherrybaby

2006

6.1

Movie
Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

6.7

Movie
Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

7.3

Movie
Strip Search

Strip Search

2004

6.2

Movie
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

2018

6.3

Movie
The Ben Cobb Show

The Ben Cobb Show

2020

3.5

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

2008

8.5

Movie
poster

The Deuce

2017

7.6

TV
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

2013

6.9

Movie
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The Great New Wonderful

The Great New Wonderful

2005

4.9

Movie
poster

The Honourable Woman

2014

7.4

TV
The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018

6.6

Movie
poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

6.8

TV
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
The Misbehavers

The Misbehavers

2004

0.0

Movie
The New Empress

The New Empress

2016

5.5

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Patron Saint of Liars

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998

4.7

Movie
The Photographer

The Photographer

2000

3.5

Movie
The Pornographer: A Love Story

The Pornographer: A Love Story

2004

5.6

Movie
The Sturgeon Queens

The Sturgeon Queens

2014

6.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
Trust the Man

Trust the Man

2005

5.2

Movie
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
Voyage to the Bunny Planet

Voyage to the Bunny Planet

2008

0.0

Movie
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
Waterland

Waterland

1992

6.2

Movie
White House Down

White House Down

2013

6.5

Movie
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012

6.1

Movie
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

2006

6.1

Movie