Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actor
Born November 16, 1977 in Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films. She appeared with her brother in the thriller Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas Secretary (2002) and Sherrybaby (2006), both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations. She had commercial success in the thriller World Trade Center (2006). She received wider recognition for her role as Rachel Dawes in the superhero film The Dark Knight (2008).
Filmography
The Bride!
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
The Lost Daughter
How To with John Wilson
Self
Best Summer Ever
TV Reporter
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
Homemade
The Ben Cobb Show
Amun Ra
The Kindergarten Teacher
Lisa Spinelli
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
The Deuce
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
The New Empress
Olive
Beauty Mark
Valerie
Chelsea
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Honourable Woman
Nessa Stein
Frank
Clara
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
The Sturgeon Queens
Self
White House Down
Finnerty
Won't Back Down
Jamie Fitzpatrick
BAM150
Self
Finding Your Roots
Self
Curiosity
Host
Hysteria
Charlotte Dalrymple
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Isabel Green
Crazy Heart
Jean Craddock
Live from Studio Five
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Away We Go
LN
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
The Dark Knight
Rachel
Gotham Tonight
Rachel Dawes
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
The Graham Norton Show
Self
High Falls
April
Stranger Than Fiction
Ana Pascal
Sherrybaby
Sherry Swanson
World Trade Center
Allison Jimeno
Monster House
Zee (voice)
Paris Je T'aime
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Trust the Man
Elaine
The Great New Wonderful
Emme Keeler
Happy Endings
Jude
The Dying Gaul
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Criminal
Valerie
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Sidney
Strip Search
Linda Sykes
Mona Lisa Smile
Giselle Levy
Casa de los Babys
Jennifer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Debbie
Adaptation.
Caroline Cunningham
Secretary
Lee Holloway
40 Days and 40 Nights
Sam
Riding in Cars with Boys
Amelia
Donnie Darko
Elizabeth Darko
Cecil B. Demented
Raven
The Photographer
Mira
Independent Lens
Resurrection
Mary
Homegrown
Christina
The Patron Saint of Liars
Lorraine Thomas
The View
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Shattered Mind
Clothes Clerk
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
A Dangerous Woman
Patsy
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
Waterland
Maggie Ruth
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Noreen Bixler
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
Self