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Maggie Gyllenhaal Biography

Maggie Gyllenhaal is an american actress and producer. She had the biggest role of her career as a lead in the film ‘The Dark Knight’. Maggie is the daughter of notable filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner and she is the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Maggie was born in New York and her family moved to Los Angeles, California.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Age

Maggie was born on November 16, 1977 and is currently 41 years old as of 2018. her birth sign is scorpio.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Parents

• Stephen Gyllenhaal (Father)
• Naomi Achs (Mother)

Maggie Gyllenhaal Siblings

• Jake Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal Height

Maggie is 5 feet and 9 inches tall.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Family|Early Life

Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977, in New York. She is the daughter of film director and writer, Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. She has one younger brother, Jake Gyllenhaal who is also an actor. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was an infant. She developed an interest in acting during her teens and studied drama at Harvard–Westlake prep school. She completed her graduation in 1995 and studied literature and Eastern religions at Columbia University, New York. She also studied acting for a summer term at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Career

Early Career

Maggie Gyllenhaal made her debut in films at the age of fifteen in 1992 with ‘Waterland’ which was directed by her father. Her next two films, ‘A Dangerous Woman’ (1993) and ‘Homegrown’ (1998) were also directed by her father and featured her brother as well. She also appeared in the television movie ‘The Patron Saint of Liars’ in 1998. After college she played supporting roles in films like Cecil B. Demented (2000) and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother’s on-screen sister in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001).

2002-2005

Secretary’ in 2002 launched her to stardom and she won her first award for her performance in the film. She showed her range by appearing in the comedy movies ‘Adaptation’ and ’40 Days and 40 Nights’ in 2002. Maggie Gyllenhaal then starred in the movies ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ (2002), ‘Casa de los Babys’ (2003), and ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ (2003) and returned to theatre with ‘Homebody/Kabul’ in 2003.

Over the next couple of years, she appeared in ‘Criminal’ (2004), ‘Strip Search’ (2004), ‘Happy Endings’ (2005), ‘The Great New Wonderful’ (2005), and ‘Trust the Man’ (2005). She then played the role of a young drug addict in ‘Sherrybaby’ in 2006.

2006-2009

She appeared in ‘Paris, je t’aime’, ‘World Trade Center’ and ‘Stranger than Fiction’ in 2006 and gave her voice for ‘Monster House’ the same year. She also appeared in a short film ‘High Falls’ in 2007. Maggie Gyllenhaal played the lead in the commercially successful film ‘The Dark Knight’ in 2008. She played the role of a bohemian college professor in ‘Away We Go’ in 2009 and acted in the play ‘Uncle Vanya’ in 2009.

Her next role came in the musical-drama Crazy Heart, in which she played journalist Jean Craddock, who falls for musician Bad Blake, played by Jeff Bridges. The movie received favorable reviews, with Gyllenhaal receiving praise from critics. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone reported that Gyllenhaal was “funny, touching and vital as Jean” and that her part was “conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling.” Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

2010-present

She received a lot of critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her supporting act in the film ‘Crazy Heart’ in 2009. She appeared in the movies ‘Nanny McPhee Returns’ (2010) and ‘Hysteria’ (2011), and also acted in the Classic Stage Company’s production ‘Three Sisters’ in 2011. She hosted the documentary ‘Discovery’s “Curiosity”’ in 2012 and appeared in the television movie ‘The Corrections’ in 2012.

She starred in ‘Won’t Back Down’ (2012), ‘White House Down ‘ (2013), ‘Frank’ (2014), ‘River of Fundament’ (2014) and American Airlines Theater’s ‘The Real Thing’ in 2014. She also appeared in a TV mini-series ‘The Honourable Woman’ in 2014. Gyllenhaal’s narration performance of ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy was made available for purchase in August 2016. She played herself in one episode of ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ in 2016 and narrated the documentary ‘Truth and Power’ the same year. She appeared in the TC show ‘The Deuce’ in 2017.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Net Worth

The actress and movie producer has an accumulated net worth of $15 million. She has worked very hard over the years to be deserving of that amount. Considering she has no plans of slowing down, be very certain that her fortune will rise in the near future.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Husband and Children

Maggie Gyllenhaal is married to Peter Sarsgaard, a very close friend of her brother Jake Gyllenhaal. The relationship began in 2002, with engagement surfacing in 2006 and they tied the knot on May 2, 2009 in Italy. They currently have two beautiful daughters “Ramona Ray” and “Gloria Ray”. Her husband was born on the 7th of March 7, 1971, in St. Clair County, Illinois. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family and became an altar boy. His Father was an Airforce engineer and this made the family move constantly.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal The Deuce

Maggie plays “Eileen “Candy” Merrell” the main character in the tv show. Eileen is a Times Square sex worker with an entrepreneurial spirit who is drawn into the emerging pornography industry. She uses the alias “Candy” when working as a prostitute. She is independent and refuses to work with a pimp, despite pressure from Rodney. She has a son Adam who is cared for by her mother.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Batman

In batman maggie portrays “Rachel Dawes” a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. As she grew into a young woman, Rachel became a bold, and crusading assistant D.A. in Gotham City that was under the thumb of powerful crime lords. Although Rachel truly cared about Bruce, she was convinced that the trauma of seeing his parents killed had changed him forever, and wondered if it was justice or revenge that Bruce sought.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Donnie Darko

She plays “Elizabeth Darko” alongside her brother Jake who also featured in the movie as “Donnie Darko”. Elizabeth Darko is Donnie Darko’s older sister. It is later revealed that her boyfriend is the man behind the demonic bunny mask, Frank. She is a manipulated living. Throughout the movie, she subconsciously helps lead Donnie to his goal of escaping the TU (Tangent Universe), while not realizing they ever left the PU (Primary Universe).

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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridges

The two feature in the film “Crazy Heart”. The film centers around a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter (Jeff Bridges) who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

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Maggie Gyllenhaal Movies and TV Shows

Movies

• Waterland
• A Dangerous Woman
• Homegrown
• The Photographer
• Cecil B. Demented
• Donnie Darko
• Riding in Cars with Boys
• Secretary
• 40 Days and 40 Nights
• Adaptation
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Casa de los Babys
• Mona Lisa Smile
• The Pornographer: A Love Story
• Criminal
• Happy Endings
• The Great New Wonderful
• Trust the Man
• Sherrybaby
• Paris, je t’aime
• Monster House
• World Trade Center
• Stranger than Fiction
• High Falls
• The Dark Knight
• Away We Go
• Crazy Heart
• Nanny McPhee Returns
• Hysteria
• Won’t Back Down
• White House Down
• Frank
• River of Fundament
• The Kindergarten Teacher

TV Shows

• Shattered Mind
• The Patron Saint of Liars
• Resurrection
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll: An American Love Story
• Strip Search
• Discovery’s “Curiosity”
• The Corrections
• The Honourable Woman
• Inside Amy Schumer
• Truth and Power
• The Deuce

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