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.
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 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). 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 Won't Back Down (2012). Her other roles include a Secret Service agent in the action-thriller 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 Festival's 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 political-thriller 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 (2017–19). Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
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Filmography (Movies)
LOST TREASURES OF ARABIA: THE NABATAEAN KINGDOM
Character:narrator
Release Date:27/08/2025
Best Summer Ever
Character:TV Reporter
Release Date:10/10/2020
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2020
The Ben Cobb Show
Character:Amun Ra
Release Date:29/07/2019
The Kindergarten Teacher
Character:Lisa Spinelli
Release Date:23/09/2018
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
Character:The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Release Date:11/08/2018
Home
Character:Ruth
Release Date:01/08/2016
The New Empress
Character:Olive
Release Date:01/08/2016
Beauty Mark
Character:Valerie
Release Date:30/07/2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2016
Frank
Character:Clara
Release Date:09/05/2014
River of Fundament
Character:Hathfertiti
Release Date:12/02/2014
The Sturgeon Queens
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2014
White House Down
Character:Finnerty
Release Date:27/06/2013
Won't Back Down
Character:Jamie Fitzpatrick
Release Date:28/09/2012
BAM150
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2012
Hysteria
Character:Charlotte Dalrymple
Release Date:06/06/2011
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Character:Isabel Green
Release Date:26/03/2010
Crazy Heart
Character:Jean Craddock
Release Date:16/12/2009
Away We Go
Character:LN
Release Date:05/06/2009
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2009
The Dark Knight
Character:Rachel
Release Date:16/07/2008
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2008
High Falls
Character:April
Release Date:19/01/2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Character:Ana Pascal
Release Date:09/09/2006
Sherrybaby
Character:Sherry Swanson
Release Date:08/09/2006
World Trade Center
Character:Allison Jimeno
Release Date:09/08/2006
Monster House
Character:Zee (voice)
Release Date:30/06/2006
Paris Je T'aime
Character:Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
Release Date:21/06/2006
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
Character:Liz
Release Date:21/06/2006
Trust the Man
Character:Elaine
Release Date:01/09/2005
The Great New Wonderful
Character:Emme Keeler
Release Date:22/04/2005
Happy Endings
Character:Jude
Release Date:20/01/2005
The Misbehavers
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2004
Criminal
Character:Valerie
Release Date:10/09/2004
The Pornographer: A Love Story
Character:Sidney
Release Date:02/05/2004
Strip Search
Character:Linda Sykes
Release Date:27/04/2004
Mona Lisa Smile
Character:Giselle Levy
Release Date:19/12/2003
Casa de los Babys
Character:Jennifer
Release Date:19/09/2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Character:Debbie
Release Date:31/12/2002
Adaptation.
Character:Caroline Cunningham
Release Date:06/12/2002
Secretary
Character:Lee Holloway
Release Date:20/09/2002
40 Days and 40 Nights
Character:Sam
Release Date:01/03/2002
Riding in Cars with Boys
Character:Amelia
Release Date:19/10/2001
Donnie Darko
Character:Elizabeth Darko
Release Date:19/01/2001
Cecil B. Demented
Character:Raven
Release Date:02/08/2000
The Photographer
Character:Mira
Release Date:15/04/2000
Resurrection
Character:Mary
Release Date:15/03/1999
Homegrown
Character:Christina
Release Date:17/04/1998
The Patron Saint of Liars
Character:Lorraine Thomas
Release Date:05/04/1998
Shattered Mind
Character:Clothes Clerk
Release Date:27/05/1996
A Dangerous Woman
Character:Patsy
Release Date:10/09/1993
Waterland
Character:Maggie Ruth
Release Date:21/08/1992
Television Appearances
How To with John Wilson
Character:Self
The Deuce
Character:Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
Chelsea
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The Honourable Woman
Character:Nessa Stein
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Finding Your Roots
Character:Self
Curiosity
Character:Host
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Gotham Tonight
Character:Rachel Dawes
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Independent Lens
Character:
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Character:Noreen Bixler
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
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