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Aliases: Мэгги Джилленхол , 매기 질렌할 , 玛吉·吉伦哈尔 , Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Finding Your Roots
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6

Finding Your Roots

(2012) Self
The Deuce
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8

The Deuce

(2017) Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
The Dark Knight
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9

The Dark Knight

(2008) Rachel Dawes
The Honourable Woman
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7

The Honourable Woman

(2014) Nessa Stein
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
White House Down
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6

White House Down

(2013) Finnerty
Donnie Darko
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8

Donnie Darko

(2001) Elizabeth Darko
Mona Lisa Smile
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7

Mona Lisa Smile

(2003) Giselle Levy

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Self
TV Reporter
Self
Amun Ra
2018 Lisa Spinelli
Narrator
2017 Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
2016 Ruth
Olive
Valerie
Self
N/A
2015 Self
Self
2014 Self
Nessa Stein
Clara
Self
Self
Hathfertiti
Self
2013 Herself
Self (archive footage)
Finnerty
2012 Jamie Fitzpatrick
Self
Self
2011 Charlotte Dalrymple
2010 Isabel Green
2009 Jean Craddock
Self
LN
Self
2008 Rachel Dawes
Rachel Dawes
N/A
2007 April
Self
2006 Ana Pascal
Sherry Swanson
Allison Jimeno
Zee (voice)
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
2005 Elaine
Emme Keeler
Jude
Self
2004 Self
Valerie
Sidney
Linda Sykes
2003 Giselle Levy
Jennifer
N/A
2002 Debbie
Caroline Cunningham
Lee Holloway
Sam
2001 Amelia
N/A
Elizabeth Darko
2000 Raven
Mira
1999 Noreen Bixler (Part 1)
N/A
Mary
1998 Christina
Lorraine Thomas
1997 Self
Self - Guest
1996 Self
Clothes Clerk
1993 Self - Guest
Patsy
Herself
1992 Maggie Ruth
N/A
1988 N/A
1953 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Director
2020 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Producer
2020 Executive Producer
2018 Producer
2017 Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Screenplay
2020 Writer
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2005 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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