Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
2025 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
1977-11-16
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Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Writers: Homemade
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
Best Summer Ever
2020 · Movie
as TV Reporter
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Movie
as Self
How To with John Wilson
2020 · TV Show
as Self
The Ben Cobb Show
2019 · Movie
as Amun Ra
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018 · Movie
as Lisa Spinelli
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
2018 · Movie
as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
The Deuce
2017 · TV Show
as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
No image
Home
2016 · Movie
as Ruth
The New Empress
2016 · Movie
as Olive
Beauty Mark
2016 · Movie
as Valerie
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 · Movie
as Self
Chelsea
2016 · TV Show
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Frank
2014 · Movie
as Clara
River of Fundament
2014 · Movie
as Hathfertiti
The Sturgeon Queens
2014 · Movie
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self
The Honourable Woman
2014 · TV Show
as Nessa Stein
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
White House Down
2013 · Movie
as Finnerty
Won't Back Down
2012 · Movie
as Jamie Fitzpatrick
BAM150
2012 · Movie
as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV Show
as Self
Hysteria
2011 · Movie
as Charlotte Dalrymple
Curiosity
2011 · TV Show
as Host
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Movie
as Isabel Green
Crazy Heart
2009 · Movie
as Jean Craddock
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009 · Movie
as Self
Away We Go
2009 · Movie
as LN
Live from Studio Five
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie
as Rachel
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008 · Movie
Gotham Tonight
2008 · TV Show
as Rachel Dawes
High Falls
2007 · Movie
as April
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · Movie
as Ana Pascal
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
World Trade Center
2006 · Movie
as Allison Jimeno
Monster House
2006 · Movie
as Zee (voice)
Sherrybaby
2006 · Movie
as Sherry Swanson
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Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
2006 · Movie
as Liz
The Great New Wonderful
2005 · Movie
as Emme Keeler
Trust the Man
2005 · Movie
as Elaine
Happy Endings
2005 · Movie
as Jude
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
Criminal
2004 · Movie
as Valerie
Strip Search
2004 · Movie
as Linda Sykes
No image
The Misbehavers
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004 · Movie
as Sidney
Mona Lisa Smile
2003 · Movie
as Giselle Levy
Casa de los Babys
2003 · Movie
as Jennifer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self
40 Days and 40 Nights
2002 · Movie
as Sam
Adaptation.
2002 · Movie
as Caroline Cunningham
Secretary
2002 · Movie
as Lee Holloway
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 · Movie
as Debbie
Donnie Darko
2001 · Movie
as Elizabeth Darko
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001 · Movie
as Amelia
Cecil B. Demented
2000 · Movie
as Raven
The Photographer
2000 · Movie
as Mira
Resurrection
1999 · Movie
as Mary
Independent Lens
1999 · TV Show
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998 · Movie
as Lorraine Thomas
Homegrown
1998 · Movie
as Christina
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Shattered Mind
1996 · Movie
as Clothes Clerk
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Movie
as Patsy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Waterland
1992 · Movie
as Maggie Ruth
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991 · TV Show
as Noreen Bixler
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Crew Credits
The Bride!
2026 · Movie
Producer, Writer, Director
No image
Flesh Impact
2026 · Movie
Director
The Lost Daughter
2021 · Movie
Director, Producer, Writer
Best Summer Ever
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Homemade
2020 · TV Show
Writer, Director
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018 · Movie
Producer
The Deuce
2017 · TV Show
Producer
The Dying Gaul
2005 · Movie
Thanks
No image
Creation Lake
· Movie
Director, Producer, Screenplay
