Maggie Gyllenhaal
2.5Acting

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Nov 16, 1977 - Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA

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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Cast

Media
Movie2001Donnie DarkoElizabeth Darko
Movie2008The Dark KnightRachel
Movie2006Stranger Than FictionAna Pascal
Movie2006Paris Je T'aimeLiz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Movie2006World Trade CenterAllison Jimeno
Movie200240 Days and 40 NightsSam
Movie2002Adaptation.Caroline Cunningham
Movie2002SecretaryLee Holloway
Movie2003Mona Lisa SmileGiselle Levy
Movie2005The Great New WonderfulEmme Keeler
Movie2009Crazy HeartJean Craddock
Movie2006Monster HouseZee (voice)
Movie2006SherrybabySherry Swanson
Movie2010Nanny McPhee and the Big BangIsabel Green
Movie2000Cecil B. DementedRaven
Movie2004CriminalValerie
Movie2005Trust the ManElaine
Movie2004Strip SearchLinda Sykes
Movie2005Happy EndingsJude
Movie2003Casa de los BabysJennifer
Movie2009Heath Ledger: A TributeSelf
Movie2009Away We GoLN
Movie2008Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Movie2012Won't Back DownJamie Fitzpatrick
Movie1998The Patron Saint of LiarsLorraine Thomas
Movie2011HysteriaCharlotte Dalrymple
Movie1993A Dangerous WomanPatsy
Movie2013White House DownDeputy SAIC Carol Finnerty
Movie2000The PhotographerMira
Movie2014FrankClara
Movie2014River of FundamentHathfertiti
Movie2002Confessions of a Dangerous MindDebbie
Movie2012BAM150Self
Movie2004The MisbehaversSelf
Movie1996Shattered MindClothes Clerk
Movie2006Quartier des Enfants-RougesLiz
Movie2001Riding in Cars with BoysAmelia
Movie2016HomeRuth
Movie2016The New EmpressOlive
Movie2007High FallsApril
Movie1998HomegrownChristina
Movie2016Beauty MarkValerie
Movie1999ResurrectionMary
Movie2018The Kindergarten TeacherLisa Spinelli
Movie2004The Pornographer: A Love StorySidney
Movie2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
Movie2018Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell JarThe Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Movie1992WaterlandMaggie Ruth
Movie2020Best Summer EverTV Reporter
Movie2014The Sturgeon QueensSelf
Movie2004Donnie Darko: Production DiarySelf
Movie2019The Ben Cobb ShowAmun Ra
Movie2020Joker: Put on a Happy FaceSelf
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!2
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf8
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf2
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest3
TV Show1999Independent Lens278
TV Show2009Live from Studio FiveSelf1
TV Show2014The Honourable WomanNessa Stein8
TV Show1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf1
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf1
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf1
TV Show2017The DeuceEileen 'Candy' Merrell25
TV Show2016ChelseaSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show2020How To with John WilsonSelf1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf2
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest3
TV Show2012Honest TrailersRachel Dawes (archive footage)1
TV Show2008Gotham TonightRachel Dawes1
TV Show2011CuriosityHost1
TV Show1991Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love StoryNoreen Bixler1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf2

Crew

Media
Movie2026The Bride!ProducerProduction
Movie2026The Bride!WriterWriting
Movie2018The Kindergarten TeacherProducerProduction
Movie2005The Dying GaulThanksCrew
Movie2021The Lost DaughterDirectorDirecting
Movie2021The Lost DaughterProducerProduction
Movie2026The Bride!DirectorDirecting
Movie2020Best Summer EverExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2021The Lost DaughterScreenplayWriting
TV Show2017The DeuceProducerProduction
TV Show2020HomemadeWriterWriting
TV Show2020HomemadeDirectorDirecting