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.
Known for
Honest Trailers
Rachel Dawes (archive footage)
The Dark Knight
Rachel
Independent Lens
Finding Your Roots
Self
Donnie Darko
Elizabeth Darko
Band of Brothers
Monster House
Zee (voice)
The Deuce
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
Secretary
Lee Holloway
The Oscars
Self
White House Down
Deputy SAIC Carol Finnerty
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Isabel Green
How To with John Wilson
Self
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Debbie
Mona Lisa Smile
Giselle Levy
40 Days and 40 Nights
Sam
The Honourable Woman
Nessa Stein
Hysteria
Charlotte Dalrymple
Curiosity
Host
Happy Endings
Jude
Adaptation.
Caroline Cunningham
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
Stranger Than Fiction
Ana Pascal
The Kindergarten Teacher
Lisa Spinelli
Paris Je T'aime
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Homegrown
Christina
A Dangerous Woman
Patsy
Sherrybaby
Sherry Swanson
Gotham Tonight
Rachel Dawes
World Trade Center
Allison Jimeno
Won't Back Down
Jamie Fitzpatrick
The Great New Wonderful
Emme Keeler
Trust the Man
Elaine
Waterland
Maggie Ruth
The Photographer
Mira
Casa de los Babys
Jennifer
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
The Patron Saint of Liars
Lorraine Thomas
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Shattered Mind
Clothes Clerk
Crazy Heart
Jean Craddock
Riding in Cars with Boys
Amelia
Criminal
Valerie
Away We Go
LN
Best Summer Ever
TV Reporter
Resurrection
Mary
Frank
Clara
Donnie Darko: Production Diary
Self
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Sidney
Beauty Mark
Valerie
Cecil B. Demented
Raven
BAM150
Self
The Misbehavers
Self
Strip Search
Linda Sykes
Home
Ruth
High Falls
April
The Ben Cobb Show
Amun Ra
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Noreen Bixler
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The New Empress
Olive
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Sturgeon Queens
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Liz
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Chelsea
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self