Maggie Gyllenhaal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-11-16 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA

Maggie Gyllenhaal

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 S...

Acting

2001

Donnie Darko

as Elizabeth Darko

2008

2006

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)

2006

World Trade Center

as Allison Jimeno

2002

Adaptation.

as Caroline Cunningham

2002

Secretary

as Lee Holloway

2003

Mona Lisa Smile

as Giselle Levy

2005

2009

Crazy Heart

as Jean Craddock

2006

Monster House

as Zee (voice)

2006

Sherrybaby

as Sherry Swanson

2000

2004

Criminal

as Valerie

2005

Trust the Man

as Elaine

2004

Strip Search

as Linda Sykes

2005

2003

2009

2012

Won't Back Down

as Jamie Fitzpatrick

1998

The Patron Saint of Liars

as Lorraine Thomas

2011

Hysteria

as Charlotte Dalrymple

1993

2013

White House Down

as Deputy SAIC Carol Finnerty

2000

2014

Frank

as Clara

2014

River of Fundament

as Hathfertiti

2012

BAM150

as Self

2004

1996

Shattered Mind

as Clothes Clerk

2016

Home

as Ruth

2016

2007

High Falls

as April

1998

Homegrown

as Christina

2016

Beauty Mark

as Valerie

1999

2018

The Kindergarten Teacher

as Lisa Spinelli

2018

Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)

1992

Waterland

as Maggie Ruth

2020

Best Summer Ever

as TV Reporter

2019

Production

2026

The Bride!

as Producer

2026

The Bride!

as Writer

2005

2021

2021

2026

The Bride!

as Director

2020

Best Summer Ever

as Executive Producer

2021

The Lost Daughter

as Screenplay

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