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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1977
Place of Birth
Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Мэгги Джилленхол
- 매기 질렌할
- 玛吉·吉伦哈尔
- Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
- مگی جیلنهال
Maggie Gyllenhaal
2.2 Popularity
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. 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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LOST TREASURES OF ARABIA: THE NABATAEAN KINGDOM
2025
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Self
How To with John Wilson
2020
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TV Reporter
Best Summer Ever
2020
8.1
Self
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
2.7
Amun Ra
The Ben Cobb Show
2019
6.6
Lisa Spinelli
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
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The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
2018
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Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
The Deuce
2017
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Olive
The New Empress
2016
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Ruth
Home
2016
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LOST TREASURES OF ARABIA: THE NABATAEAN KINGDOM
as narrator
2025
0.0
How To with John Wilson
as Self
2020
8.1
Best Summer Ever
as TV Reporter
2020
6.7
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
2020
8.1
The Ben Cobb Show
as Amun Ra
2019
2.7
The Kindergarten Teacher
as Lisa Spinelli
2018
6.6
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
2018
6.3
The Deuce
as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
2017
7.6
The New Empress
as Olive
2016
5.5
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Home
as Ruth
2016
7.7
Beauty Mark
as Valerie
2016
4.6
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
6.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
The Honourable Woman
as Nessa Stein
2014
7.3
Frank
as Clara
2014
6.9
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
River of Fundament
as Hathfertiti
2014
5.9
The Sturgeon Queens
as Self
2014
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White House Down
as Finnerty
2013
6.5
Won't Back Down
as Jamie Fitzpatrick
2012
6.1
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BAM150
as Self
2012
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Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.6
Curiosity
as Host
2011
6.9
Hysteria
as Charlotte Dalrymple
2011
6.7
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Isabel Green
2010
6.3
Crazy Heart
as Jean Craddock
2009
6.9
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Away We Go
as LN
2009
6.7
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
2009
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The Dark Knight
as Rachel
2008
8.5
Gotham Tonight
as Rachel Dawes
2008
7.3
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008
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The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
High Falls
as April
2007
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Stranger Than Fiction
as Ana Pascal
2006
7.3
Sherrybaby
as Sherry Swanson
2006
6.1
World Trade Center
as Allison Jimeno
2006
6.1
Monster House
as Zee (voice)
2006
6.7
Paris Je T'aime
as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
2006
6.8
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Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
as Liz
2006
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Trust the Man
as Elaine
2005
5.1
The Great New Wonderful
as Emme Keeler
2005
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Happy Endings
as Jude
2005
5.6
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
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The Misbehavers
as Self
2004
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Criminal
as Valerie
2004
6.2
The Pornographer: A Love Story
as Sidney
2004
5.6
Strip Search
as Linda Sykes
2004
6.2
Mona Lisa Smile
as Giselle Levy
2003
6.9
Casa de los Babys
as Jennifer
2003
5.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Debbie
2002
6.7
Adaptation.
as Caroline Cunningham
2002
7.3
Secretary
as Lee Holloway
2002
6.8
40 Days and 40 Nights
as Sam
2002
5.5
Riding in Cars with Boys
as Amelia
2001
6.7
Donnie Darko
as Elizabeth Darko
2001
7.8
Cecil B. Demented
as Raven
2000
6.4
The Photographer
as Mira
2000
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Independent Lens
1999
6.5
Resurrection
as Mary
1999
5.0
Homegrown
as Christina
1998
5.6
The Patron Saint of Liars
as Lorraine Thomas
1998
4.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Shattered Mind
as Clothes Clerk
1996
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
A Dangerous Woman
as Patsy
1993
5.5
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
1993
6.4
Waterland
as Maggie Ruth
1992
6.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
as Noreen Bixler
1991
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
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