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Maggie Gyllenhaal earned her first Oscar nomination for her role in Crazy Heart in 2009. She made her film debut in Waterland in 1992 and graduated from Columbia University in 1999. She earned acclaim for her performances in Secretary 2002 and The Dark Knight 2008. She is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard and has two daughters.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
Naomi Foner and Stephen Gyllenhaal welcomed Maggie Gyllenhaal on November 16, 1977 in New York City. Her younger brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She attended The Center for Early Education, The Mountain School, and Harvard-Westlake School, graduating in 1995. She then studied at Columbia University, earning a degree in literature in 1999, and briefly studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Gyllenhaal made her film debut in Waterland in 1992, but her breakout role came in 2002 with Secretary, for which she received her first Golden Globe nomination. She appeared in supporting roles in 40 Days and 40 Nights 2002, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002, and Adaptation 2002. In 2006, she earned a second Golden Globe nomination for Sherrybaby. She played Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight 2008. Her performance in Crazy Heart 2009 earned her an Academy Award nomination. Later roles include Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 2010, Hysteria 2011, and Won’t Back Down 2012. She has also worked as a producer and director.
Maggie Gyllenhaal met actor Peter Sarsgaard in 2002, and they married on May 2, 2009. They have two daughters: Ramona, born in 2006, and Gloria, born in 2012. She is close with her brother Jake Gyllenhaal, and her parents are both in the film industry.
The Dark Knight 2008 earned a spot in the National Film Registry. She has won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination. Her acting choices span independent films like Secretary and blockbusters like The Dark Knight. Her performance in Crazy Heart remains a highlight. She continues to be a respected figure in Hollywood.
Every award, honor, and recognition received by Maggie Gyllenhaal — Grammys, hall-of-fame inductions, civic honors, lifetime achievements.
A wall of memorable lines from Maggie Gyllenhaal — lyrics, interviews, and off-the-cuff remarks captured over a lifetime.
I Do Seem to Have a Bit of a Predilection for Movies That Say Something Transgressive.
It’s My Responsibility to See What We Can Move and Change About These Old-school Feminist Mantras.
I Find Myself More and More Interested Only in Roles Which Move the World Forward.
You’re Invited to Tons of Parties, and You’ll Wear These Shoes and That Dress, and It Can Be Enticing, but I Think It Also Sucks You Dry. If You Do It a Little, Sure, It’s Fun, but Too Much and You Start to Lose Your Footing.
Someone Asked Me Why I Didn’t Do Teen Movies or Action Movies, but I’m Not Interested in Them.
With Everything I Work On, I Want to Be Put in a Position That I Have to Be Brave to Do the Project.
These Past Couple of Years Have Been About Learning to Not Sabotage Myself in a Subtler Way – for Instance, Even Just by Putting Moisturiser on When I Get Out of the Shower. Learning to Honour Myself and Believing That I’m Worth Taking Care Of.
I Really Hated Charm School. I Guess I’m Just a Little Bit Bad.
There Is a Need, Especially Right Now in America, to Be a Bit Provocative.
I Want Roles That Challenge People to Question Where They Are in Life.
I Didn’t Act the Way Little Kids Do, I Threw My Whole Self into It.
There Are Two Ways to Be Cool: One Is to Be Disinterested and Make It Seem Like You Must Be Doing Something Much More Interesting Than Everybody Else If You Are This Disinterested. the Other Is to Be Extremely Interested. You Are Not Trying to Please Anyone, but You Are Really Invested Are Really Focused.
I Just Want to Support These Films and Be a Part of Them in Any Way Because They Are so Provocative and Interesting.
I Don’t Think It Is the Narrative Necessarily That Is the Most Important Thing I Think It Is the Human Interaction That Is the Most Important Thing.
I Do See Things Sometimes That Are Good, but They Don’t Feel Like a Challenge to Me Personally. Like, in My Own Life and so Often I Think the Things That Excite Me Are Things That Feel a Little Bit Beyond My Grasp.
I Am Looking for Movies That Are Actually About Something and That Are Questioning Something. Movies That Are Provocative in Some Way and I Am Also Looking for Roles That I Think Will Force Me to Grow or Learn Something About Myself or the World in Order to Play Them Well.
When I Started Making Movies, I Didn’t Care If Anybody Saw Them. and Now I Realize I Don’t Want to Make Movies for the Ten People That Feel the Same Way About the World That I Do! I Want to Make Movies That People See.
Once You’re a Mom, There Are Secret Things You Know – Like in Your Pocket, You’ll Find a Bag of Cheerios.
I Almost Never Have Me Time. That’s the Truth. When I Have a Morning to Myself, I’ll Get a Manicure or a Bikini Wax or I’ll Try to Exercise. If I Can Go for a Run, It Changes My Whole Life!
Little-known facts about Maggie Gyllenhaal — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is an actor and director.
She earned a degree in literature from Columbia University in 1999.
Her father’s ancestry includes Swedish, English, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, and distant Welsh and French roots. Her maternal lineage is Ashkenazi Jewish with ties to Latvia and Poland.
She met her future husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard, in 2002.
One of her films, The Dark Knight 2008, has been selected for the National Film Registry.
She has two daughters: Ramona Sarsgaard, born in 2006, and Gloria Sarsgaard, born in 2012.
She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1995.
She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner.
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