Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal (Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal) was born November 16, 1977, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Gyllenhaal is an American actress and producer. Shortly after graduation, Gyllenhaal performed in supporting roles in Cecil B. Demented (2000) and alongside brother Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko (2001).
Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress, Producer, Biography
Maggie Gyllenhaal: American Actress and Producer, Biography
She is part of the Gyllenhaal family, Her parents, Naomi Foner (née Achs) and Stephen Gyllenhaal both are filmmakers, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She started her career as a teenager with small characters in several of her father's films Waterland (1992), and appeared with her brother in the cult favorite Donnie Darko (2001) nevertheless she keep away to receive a degree in literature from Columbia University in 1999. Furthermore, she studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, which helped with her post-graduation transition back into acting.
She received significant acclaim for her starring roles in the independent films Secretary (2002) and Sherrybaby (2006), receiving Golden Globe nominations in the Comedy and Drama categories, sequentially. In 2008, she earned widespread recognition for playing Rachel Dawes in Christopher Nolan's superhero film The Dark Knight.
Her breakthrough was on the daring, sexy title role in Secretary (2002). That role earning her a Golden Globe nomination. Gyllenhaal received her second Golden Globe nomination for acting a recent prison parolee in Sherrybaby (2006).
In 2014, Gyllenhaal made her Broadway appearance in a revival of The Real Thing and starred in the BBC television miniseries The Honourable Woman. In 2009, Gyllenhaal won great acclaim for her role opposite Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009), which received the actress her first Oscar nomination and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy.
