Maggie Gyllenhaal

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 Gyllenhaal began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her fathers 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 Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy drama Secretary 2002 and the drama Sherrybaby 2006 each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination After several commercially successful films in 2006 including World Trade Center she received wider recognition for playing 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress She subsequently starred in the comedies and dramas Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 2010 Hysteria 2011 and Wont Back Down 2012 Her other roles include a Secret Service agent in the actionthriller White House Down 2013 a musician in Frank 2014 and the title role in the drama The Kindergarten Teacher 2018 In 2021 Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter for which she won the Venice International Film Festivals Best Screenplay Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Gyllenhaal has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000 including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing She has starred in several television series including the BBC politicalthriller miniseries The Honourable Woman For her performance she won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce 201719 Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together