Maggie Gyllenhaal

Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard ˈdʒɪlənhɔːlJILənhawl Swedish ˈjʏlːɛnˌhɑːl 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 fathers 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 Wont 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 20172019 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia