Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films. She appeared with her brother in the thriller Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas Secretary (2002) and Sherrybaby (2006), both of which earned her Golden Globe Award nominations. She had commercial success in the thriller World Trade Center (2006). She received wider recognition for her role as 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 the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), Won't Back Down (2012), White House Down (2013), Frank (2014), and The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–2019). Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maggie Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Donnie Darko
(Elizabeth Darko)
The Dark Knight
(Rachel)
Stranger Than Fiction
(Ana Pascal)
Paris Je T'aime
(Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges))
World Trade Center
(Allison Jimeno)
40 Days and 40 Nights
(Sam)
Adaptation.
(Caroline Cunningham)
Secretary
(Lee Holloway)
Mona Lisa Smile
(Giselle Levy)
The Great New Wonderful
(Emme Keeler)
Crazy Heart
(Jean Craddock)
Monster House
(Zee (voice))
Sherrybaby
(Sherry Swanson)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
(Isabel Green)
Cecil B. Demented
(Raven)
Criminal
(Valerie)
Trust the Man
(Elaine)
Strip Search
(Linda Sykes)
Happy Endings
(Jude)
Casa de los Babys
(Jennifer)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
(Self)
Away We Go
(LN)
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
Won't Back Down
(Jamie Fitzpatrick)
The Patron Saint of Liars
(Lorraine Thomas)
Hysteria
(Charlotte Dalrymple)
A Dangerous Woman
(Patsy)
White House Down
(Finnerty)
The Photographer
(Mira)
Frank
(Clara)
River of Fundament
(Hathfertiti)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
(Debbie)
BAM150
(Self)
The Misbehavers
(Self)
Shattered Mind
(Clothes Clerk)
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
(Liz)
Riding in Cars with Boys
(Amelia)
Home
(Ruth)
The New Empress
(Olive)
High Falls
(April)
Homegrown
(Christina)
Beauty Mark
(Valerie)
Resurrection
(Mary)
The Kindergarten Teacher
(Lisa Spinelli)
The Pornographer: A Love Story
(Sidney)
Starring Austin Pendleton
(Self)
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
(The Bell Jar Reader (voice))
Waterland
(Maggie Ruth)
Best Summer Ever
(TV Reporter)
The Sturgeon Queens
(Self)
The Ben Cobb Show
(Amun Ra)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
(Self)
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
(Narrator (voice))
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Independent Lens
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
The Honourable Woman
(Nessa Stein)
Late Show with David Letterman
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
The Deuce
(Eileen 'Candy' Merrell)
Chelsea
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
How To with John Wilson
(Self)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Gotham Tonight
(Rachel Dawes)
Curiosity
(Host)
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
(Noreen Bixler)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self - Guest)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self - Guest)
The Bride!
(Producer)
The Bride!
(Writer)
The Kindergarten Teacher
(Producer)
The Dying Gaul
(Thanks)
The Lost Daughter
(Producer)
The Lost Daughter
(Director)
The Bride!
(Director)
Best Summer Ever
(Executive Producer)
The Lost Daughter
(Writer)
Creation Lake
(Writer)
Creation Lake
(Director)
Creation Lake
(Producer)
The Deuce
(Producer)
Homemade
(Writer)
Homemade
(Director)