Acting
Marcia Gay Harden
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.
Filmography
The Dreadful
Film · 2026
Street Smart
Film · 2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Series · 2026
Renner
Film · 2025
This Ordinary Thing
Film · 2025
Knox Goes Away
Film · 2024
Murder in a Small Town
Series · 2024
Daughter of the Bride
Film · 2023
Confess, Fletch
Film · 2022
Tell It Like a Woman
Film · 2022
Gigi & Nate
Film · 2022
So Help Me Todd
Series · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
Uncoupled
Series · 2022
The Cuphead Show!
Series · 2022
Moxie
Film · 2021
Money, Explained
Series · 2021
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Film · 2020
Pink Skies Ahead
Film · 2020
Barkskins
Series · 2020
The Cold Open
Film · 2019
Point Blank
Film · 2019
Love You to Death
Film · 2019
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
RuPaul
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Morning Show
Series · 2019
Reef Break
Series · 2019
Fifty Shades Freed
Film · 2018
In the Night I Remember Your Name
Film · 2018
A Million Little Things
Series · 2018
The Oil Fund
Series · 2018
Fifty Shades Darker
Film · 2017
Get a Job
Film · 2016
Fifty Shades of Grey
Film · 2015
Grandma
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
After Words
Film · 2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Film · 2015
Code Black
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Magic in the Moonlight
Film · 2014
Elsa & Fred
Film · 2014
You're Not You
Film · 2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
If I Were You
Film · 2013
Parkland
Film · 2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Film · 2013
The Wine of Summer
Film · 2013
Trophy Wife
Series · 2013
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Film · 2012
Bent
Series · 2012
The Newsroom
Series · 2012
Innocent
Film · 2011
Detachment
Film · 2011
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Film · 2011
Body of Proof
Series · 2011
Whip It
Film · 2009
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Film · 2009
The Maiden Heist
Film · 2009
Home
Film · 2009
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Royal Pains
Series · 2009
Christmas Cottage
Film · 2008
When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist
Film · 2008
The Tower
Film · 2008
The Mist
Film · 2007
Into the Wild
Film · 2007
The Invisible
Film · 2007
Rails & Ties
Film · 2007
Fog City Mavericks
Film · 2007
Damages
Series · 2007
In from the Night
Film · 2006
American Dreamz
Film · 2006
The Hoax
Film · 2006
The Dead Girl
Film · 2006
Canvas
Film · 2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Film · 2006
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Film · 2006
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Film · 2005
Bad News Bears
Film · 2005
American Gun
Film · 2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Film · 2005
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Film · 2005
Welcome to Mooseport
Film · 2004
See You in My Dreams
Film · 2004
She's Too Young
Film · 2004
P.S.
Film · 2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Film · 2004
Mystic River
Film · 2003
Mona Lisa Smile
Film · 2003
Casa de los Babys
Film · 2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Film · 2003
King of Texas
Film · 2002
Guilty Hearts
Film · 2002
Walking Shadow
Film · 2001
Gaudi Afternoon
Film · 2001
The Education of Max Bickford
Series · 2001
Space Cowboys
Film · 2000
Pollock
Film · 2000
Thin Air
Film · 2000
From Where I Sit
Film · 2000
Small Vices
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Meet Joe Black
Film · 1998
Desperate Measures
Film · 1998
Curtain Call
Film · 1998
Labor of Love
Film · 1998
Flubber
Film · 1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Film · 1997
The Daytrippers
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Spy Hard
Film · 1996
The First Wives Club
Film · 1996
The Spitfire Grill
Film · 1996
Far Harbor
Film · 1996
Convict Cowboy
Film · 1995
Talking With
Film · 1995
Safe Passage
Film · 1994
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Film · 1993
Geoffrey Beene 30
Film · 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
Fallen Angels
Series · 1993
Crush
Film · 1992
Used People
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Sinatra
Series · 1992
Late for Dinner
Film · 1991
In Broad Daylight
Film · 1991
Fever
Film · 1991
Miller's Crossing
Film · 1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Film · 1990
Gideon Oliver
Series · 1989
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Film · 1988
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Simon & Simon
Series · 1981
Not Only Strangers
Film · 1979
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
Great Performances
Series · 1971
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
In the Echo
Film
Hystoria
Film
Drift
Series
TRINITY
Series