Maggie Gyllenhaal
Born in Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA — Nov 16 1977
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. She 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). She received critical acclaim for her leading perfo…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal's Credits
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The Dark Knight
Rachel
Independent Lens
The Oscars
Self
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Deuce
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
The Bride!
Production
Homemade
Writing
Donnie Darko
Elizabeth Darko
Secretary
Lee Holloway
Stranger Than Fiction
Ana Pascal
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Isabel Green
Curiosity
Host
Monster House
Zee (voice)
White House Down
Finnerty
How To with John Wilson
Self
Frank
Clara
The Honourable Woman
Nessa Stein
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Debbie
Hysteria
Charlotte Dalrymple
Mona Lisa Smile
Giselle Levy
Paris Je T'aime
Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Adaptation.
Caroline Cunningham
Riding in Cars with Boys
Amelia
World Trade Center
Allison Jimeno
The Lost Daughter
Directing
Gotham Tonight
Rachel Dawes
Happy Endings
Jude
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Self
Crazy Heart
Jean Craddock
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
Criminal
Valerie
Won't Back Down
Jamie Fitzpatrick
A Dangerous Woman
Patsy
Homegrown
Christina
Away We Go
LN
Waterland
Maggie Ruth
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Noreen Bixler
Cecil B. Demented
Raven
Trust the Man
Elaine
Sherrybaby
Sherry Swanson
40 Days and 40 Nights
Sam
The Dying Gaul
Crew
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
The Kindergarten Teacher
Lisa Spinelli
The Patron Saint of Liars
Lorraine Thomas
Shattered Mind
Clothes Clerk
Strip Search
Linda Sykes
Best Summer Ever
TV Reporter
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
The Great New Wonderful
Emme Keeler
Casa de los Babys
Jennifer
The New Empress
Olive
The Photographer
Mira
High Falls
April
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Sidney
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Resurrection
Mary
Beauty Mark
Valerie
The Misbehavers
Self
BAM150
Self
Home
Ruth
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
Narrator (voice)
The Ben Cobb Show
Amun Ra
The Sturgeon Queens
Self
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Liz
Voyage to the Bunny Planet