Acting credits
76
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
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Movies: 53Series: 27Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 1579
IMDb ID: nm0350454
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1977
Age: 48
Place of birth: Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.36
Wikidata: Q202381
Also known as
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
Other jobs
Producer (3)Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
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. She 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). She received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic 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, she 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. She 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). She has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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The Bride!
Producer
2026 Movie
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
as Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
6.5
The Lost Daughter
Director
2021 Movie
6.7
Best Summer Ever
as TV Reporter
2020 Movie
8.1
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
as Self
2020 Movie
2.7
The Ben Cobb Show
as Amun Ra
2019 Movie
6.6
The Kindergarten Teacher
as Lisa Spinelli
2018 Movie
6.3
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
2018 Movie
7.7
Home
as Ruth
2016 Movie
5.5
The New Empress
as Olive
2016 Movie
4.6
Beauty Mark
as Valerie
2016 Movie
6.7
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016 Movie
6.9
Frank
as Clara
2014 Movie
5.9
River of Fundament
as Hathfertiti
2014 Movie
6.0
The Sturgeon Queens
as Self
2014 Movie
6.5
White House Down
as Finnerty
2013 Movie
6.1
Won't Back Down
as Jamie Fitzpatrick
2012 Movie
6.7
Hysteria
as Charlotte Dalrymple
2011 Movie
6.3
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Isabel Green
2010 Movie
6.9
Crazy Heart
as Jean Craddock
2009 Movie
6.7
Away We Go
as LN
2009 Movie
10.0
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self
2009 Movie
8.5
The Dark Knight
as Rachel
2008 Movie
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Maggie Gyllenhaal.
8.1
How To with John Wilson
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
5.5
Homemade
Writer • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.6
The Deuce
as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell • 25 eps
2017 Series
5.1
Chelsea
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
7.3
The Honourable Woman
as Nessa Stein • 8 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.2
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.1
Curiosity
as Host • 1 eps
2011 Series
3.7
Live from Studio Five
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.3
Gotham Tonight
as Rachel Dawes • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.5
Independent Lens
278 eps
1999 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 2 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 8 eps
1996 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
1993 Series
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 eps
1992 Series