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	Acting
Most Rating	43.549
Birthday	1977-11-16
Place of Birth	Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As	Мэгги Джилленхол, 매기 질렌할, 玛吉·吉伦哈尔, Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal,

Donnie Darko

The Dark Knight

Stranger Than Fiction

Paris Je T'aime

World Trade Center

40 Days and 40 Nights

Adaptation.

Secretary

Mona Lisa Smile

The Great New Wonderful

Crazy Heart

Monster House

Sherrybaby

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Cecil B. Demented

Criminal

Trust the Man

Strip Search

Happy Endings

Casa de los Babys

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Away We Go

Voyage to the Bunny Planet

Won't Back Down

The Patron Saint of Liars

Hysteria

A Dangerous Woman

White House Down

The Photographer

Frank

River of Fundament

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

BAM150

The Misbehavers

Shattered Mind

Quartier des Enfants-Rouges

Riding in Cars with Boys

Home

The New Empress

High Falls

Homegrown

Beauty Mark

Resurrection

The Kindergarten Teacher

The Pornographer: A Love Story

Starring Austin Pendleton

Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

Waterland

Best Summer Ever

The Sturgeon Queens

Donnie Darko: Production Diary

The Ben Cobb Show

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

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