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Aliases: Marsha Gay Harden , Marcia Harden , 马西娅·盖伊·哈登 , Марша Гей Харден , Gay Hagen

Gender: Female

Place of birth: La Jolla, California, USA

Homepage: https://m.theofficialmarciagayharden.com/

Movie Involvements: 66

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8
The Morning Show
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8

The Morning Show

(2019) Maggie Brener
How to Get Away with Murder
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8

How to Get Away with Murder

(2014) Hannah Keating
Damages
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7

Damages

(2007) Claire Maddox
Code Black
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8

Code Black

(2015) Dr. Leanne Rorish
The Newsroom
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8

The Newsroom

(2012) Rebecca Halliday
Body of Proof
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7

Body of Proof

(2011) Sheila Temple
Fifty Shades of Grey
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6

Fifty Shades of Grey

(2015) Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Ruby Knox
2023 Diane
2022 Dr. Partovi
Margaret
Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Self - Guest
Claire Gibson
Claire Lewis
Sally Stageplay (voice)
2021 Self - Narrator
Principal Shelly
2020 Pamela
Mathilde Geffard
Self
2019 Maggie Brener
Self - Guest
N/A
Self
Lieutenant Lewis
Betty Ann Miller
Self
N/A
Camile
2018 USA Ambassadør
Alice Mendez
Grace Grey
2017 Grace Trevelyan Grey
2016 Katherine Dunn
2015 Dr. Leanne Rorish
N/A
Jane Taylor
Narrator (voice)
President of the FAFAFA
Judy
Dr. Grey
2014 Elizabeth
Hannah Keating
Denise (voice)
Mrs. Baker
Lydia
2013 Doris Nelson
Dr. Diane Buckley
Shelley
Self
Madelyn
2012 Rebecca Halliday
Vanessa Carter
Marjorie Dunfour
2011 Barbara Sabich
Principal Carol Dearden
Sheila Temple
Edda Mellas
2009 Self - Guest
Rose Barlow
Inga
Janina Krzyżanowska
Brooke Cavendar
2008 Becky Binion
Maryanne Kinkade
Self
2007 Mrs. Carmody
Self
Billie McCandless
Megan Stark
Claire Maddox
Diane Powell
2006 Mary Marino
Melora
Edith Irving
Vicki Miller
First Lady
Self
Narrator
2005 Mrs. Martha Merriman
Janet Huttenson
Voice of Willa Cather
Self - Presenter
Liz Whitewood
2004 Missy Goldberg
Angela Brown
Grace Sutherland
Trish Vogul
2003 Nancy Abbey
Celeste Boyle
Nan
2002 Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Jenny Moran
2001 Andrea Haskell
Susan Silverman
Frankie
2000 Susan Silverman
Lee Krasner
Sara Holland
Sharon
1999 Dana Lewis
Susan Silverman
1998 Michelle Tippet
Allison
Annie Pines
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
1997 Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Self
Nancy Floyd
Libby
1996 Arabella
Dr. Leslie Rosen
Shelby Goddard
Miss Cheevus
1995 Maggie Sinclair
N/A
1994 Cynthia
N/A
1993 Marie
N/A
N/A
N/A
1992 Norma
Ava Gardner
Lane
N/A
1991 Joy Husband
Lacy
Adina Rowan
1990 Verna
Angelina
1989 Lila
1988 Marcia Connelly
1981 N/A
1979 N/A
1971 Self
1953 Self
1951 Vicki Miller
N/A
Salenus (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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