Acting
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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). For her performance as a single mother in Crazy Heart (2009), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), Won't Back Down (2012), White House Down (2013), Frank (2014), and The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–2019). Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
Film · 2025
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan
Film · 2023
Best Summer Ever
Film · 2020
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Film · 2020
How To with John Wilson
Series · 2020
The Ben Cobb Show
Film · 2019
The Kindergarten Teacher
Film · 2018
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
Film · 2018
The Deuce
Series · 2017
Home
Film · 2016
The New Empress
Film · 2016
Beauty Mark
Film · 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Film · 2016
Chelsea
Series · 2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Frank
Film · 2014
River of Fundament
Film · 2014
The Sturgeon Queens
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
The Honourable Woman
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
White House Down
Film · 2013
Won't Back Down
Film · 2012
BAM150
Film · 2012
Finding Your Roots
Series · 2012
Hysteria
Film · 2011
Curiosity
Series · 2011
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Film · 2010
Crazy Heart
Film · 2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Film · 2009
Away We Go
Film · 2009
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
The Dark Knight
Film · 2008
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Film · 2008
Gotham Tonight
Series · 2008
High Falls
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Film · 2006
Paris Je T'aime
Film · 2006
World Trade Center
Film · 2006
Monster House
Film · 2006
Sherrybaby
Film · 2006
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Film · 2006
The Great New Wonderful
Film · 2005
Trust the Man
Film · 2005
Happy Endings
Film · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
Criminal
Film · 2004
Strip Search
Film · 2004
The Misbehavers
Film · 2004
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Film · 2004
Mona Lisa Smile
Film · 2003
Casa de los Babys
Film · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
40 Days and 40 Nights
Film · 2002
Adaptation.
Film · 2002
Secretary
Film · 2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Film · 2002
Donnie Darko
Film · 2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Film · 2001
Cecil B. Demented
Film · 2000
The Photographer
Film · 2000
Resurrection
Film · 1999
Independent Lens
Series · 1999
The Patron Saint of Liars
Film · 1998
Homegrown
Film · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Shattered Mind
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
A Dangerous Woman
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
Waterland
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Series · 1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The Oscars
Series · 1953