Marcia Gay Harden
Born: 1959-08-14 in La Jolla, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space Cowboys (2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River (2003). She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel. In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009). She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.
Filmography
2026
- TRINITY as Margaret Vandenburg
2025
- Renner as Salenus (voice)
- This Ordinary Thing as Voice
2024
- Murder in a Small Town as Mayor Christie Holman
- Knox Goes Away as Ruby Knox
2023
- Daughter of the Bride as Diane
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- The Cuphead Show! as Sally Stageplay (voice)
- So Help Me Todd as Margaret
- Uncoupled as Claire Lewis
- Gigi & Nate as Claire Gibson
- Confess, Fletch as Countess Sylvia de Grassi
- Tell It Like a Woman as Dr. Partovi
2021
- Moxie as Principal Shelly
- Money, Explained as Self - Narrator
2020
- Pink Skies Ahead as Pamela
- Barkskins as Mathilde Geffard
- Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Morning Show as Maggie Brener
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Point Blank as Lieutenant Lewis
- Reef Break as Betty Ann Miller
- Love You to Death as Camile Stoller
- RuPaul as Self
- The Cold Open
2018
- Fifty Shades Freed as Grace Grey
- A Million Little Things as Alice Mendez
- The Oil Fund as USA Ambassadør
- In the Night I Remember Your Name as Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
2017
- Fifty Shades Darker as Grace Trevelyan Grey
2016
- Get a Job as Katherine Dunn
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- Fifty Shades of Grey as Dr. Grey
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- Code Black as Dr. Leanne Rorish
- After Words as Jane Taylor
- Grandma as Judy
- Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant as President of the FAFAFA
2014
- BoJack Horseman as Denise (voice)
- How to Get Away with Murder as Hannah Keating
- Elsa & Fred as Lydia
- Magic in the Moonlight as Mrs. Baker
- You're Not You as Elizabeth
2013
- Parkland as Doris Nelson
- Trophy Wife as Dr. Diane Buckley
- The Wine of Summer as Shelley
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- If I Were You as Madelyn
2012
- The Newsroom as Rebecca Halliday
- Bent as Vanessa Carter
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You as Marjorie Dunfour
2011
- Body of Proof as Sheila Temple
- Detachment as Principal Carol Dearden
- Innocent as Barbara Sabich
- Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy as Edda Mellas
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Royal Pains as Dr. Elizabeth Blair
- The Maiden Heist as Rose Barlow
- Whip It as Brooke Cavendar
- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler as Janina Krzyżanowska
- Sex and Lies in Sin City as Becky Binion
- Home as Inga
2008
- The Tower as Zoe Cafritz
- When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- Christmas Cottage as Maryanne Kinkade
2007
- Damages as Claire Maddox
- Into the Wild as Billie McCandless
- The Mist as Mrs. Carmody
- The Invisible as Diane Powell
- Rails & Ties as Megan Stark
- Fog City Mavericks as Self
2006
- American Dreamz as First Lady
- Canvas as Mary Marino
- The Dead Girl as Melora
- Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner as Self
- In from the Night as Vicki Miller
- Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater as Narrator
- The Hoax as Edith Irving
2005
- American Gun as Janet Huttenson
- Bad News Bears as Liz Whitewood
- Felicity: An American Girl Adventure as Mrs. Martha Merriman
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- Willa Cather: The Road Is All as Voice of Willa Cather
2004
- P.S. as Missy Goldberg
- See You in My Dreams as Angela Brown
- She's Too Young as Trish Vogul
- Welcome to Mooseport as Grace Sutherland
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
2003
- Mystic River as Celeste Boyle
- Mona Lisa Smile as Nancy Abbey
- Casa de los Babys as Nan
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen as Self
2002
- King of Texas as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
- Guilty Hearts as Jenny Moran
2001
- Gaudi Afternoon as Frankie
- The Education of Max Bickford as Andrea Haskell
- Walking Shadow as Susan Silverman
2000
- Space Cowboys as Sara Holland
- Thin Air as Susan Silverman
- From Where I Sit as Sharon
- Pollock as Lee Krasner
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dana Lewis
- Small Vices as Susan Silverman
1998
- Meet Joe Black as Allison
- Desperate Measures as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
- Curtain Call as Michelle Tippet
- Labor of Love as Annie Pines
1997
- The View as Self
- Flubber as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
- The Daytrippers as Libby
- Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing as Nancy Floyd
1996
- The First Wives Club as Dr. Leslie Rosen
- Spy Hard as Miss Cheevus
- Far Harbor as Arabella
- The Spitfire Grill as Shelby Goddard
1995
- Convict Cowboy as Maggie Sinclair
- Talking With as Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
1994
- Chicago Hope
- Safe Passage as Cynthia
1993
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Used People as Norma
- Crush as Lane
- Sinatra as Ava Gardner
1991
- Late for Dinner as Joy Husband
- Fever as Lacy
- In Broad Daylight as Adina Rowan
1990
- Miller's Crossing as Verna
- Kojak: None So Blind as Angelina
1989
- Gideon Oliver as Lila
1988
- Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel as Marcia Connelly
1981
1979
- Not Only Strangers as Jennie
1971
- Great Performances as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Vicki Miller