Maggie Gyllenhaal
Born: 1977-11-16 in Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Bride! ... (Producer)
2025
- LOST TREASURES OF ARABIA: THE NABATAEAN KINGDOM as narrator
2021
- The Lost Daughter ... (Director)
2020
- Best Summer Ever as TV Reporter
- How To with John Wilson as Self
- Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
- Homemade ... (Writer)
2019
- The Ben Cobb Show as Amun Ra
2018
- The Kindergarten Teacher as Lisa Spinelli
- Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
2017
- The Deuce as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
2016
- Chelsea as Self
- The New Empress as Olive
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- Beauty Mark as Valerie
- Home as Ruth
2015
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- River of Fundament as Hathfertiti
- The Honourable Woman as Nessa Stein
- Frank as Clara
- The Sturgeon Queens as Self
2013
- White House Down as Finnerty
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Won't Back Down as Jamie Fitzpatrick
- BAM150 as Self
2010
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Isabel Green
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
- Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- Away We Go as LN
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- The Dark Knight as Rachel
- Voyage to the Bunny Planet
- Gotham Tonight as Rachel Dawes
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- High Falls as April
2006
- Monster House as Zee (voice)
- Sherrybaby as Sherry Swanson
- World Trade Center as Allison Jimeno
- Paris Je T'aime as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
- Stranger Than Fiction as Ana Pascal
- Quartier des Enfants-Rouges as Liz
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Happy Endings as Jude
- Trust the Man as Elaine
- The Great New Wonderful as Emme Keeler
- The Dying Gaul ... (Thanks)
2004
- Criminal as Valerie
- Strip Search as Linda Sykes
- The Pornographer: A Love Story as Sidney
- The Misbehavers as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Mona Lisa Smile as Giselle Levy
- Casa de los Babys as Jennifer
2002
- Secretary as Lee Holloway
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Debbie
- Adaptation. as Caroline Cunningham
- 40 Days and 40 Nights as Sam
2001
- Donnie Darko as Elizabeth Darko
- Riding in Cars with Boys as Amelia
2000
- Cecil B. Demented as Raven
- The Photographer as Mira
1999
- Independent Lens
- Resurrection as Mary
1998
- Homegrown as Christina
- The Patron Saint of Liars as Lorraine Thomas
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Shattered Mind as Clothes Clerk
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- A Dangerous Woman as Patsy
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Waterland as Maggie Ruth
1991
- Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story as Noreen Bixler
1953
- The Oscars as Self