Maggie Gyllenhaal

Margalit “Maggie” Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977, in New York City), daughter of filmmakers Naomi Foner and Stephen Gyllenhaal, acted in Donnie Darko (2001) with younger brother Jake Gyllenhaal. She starred in Secretary (2002) with James Spader, Mona Lisa Smile (2003) by Mike Newell with Julia Roberts, Sherrybaby (2006), Stranger Than Fiction (2006) by Marc Forster, Crazy Heart (2009) with Jeff Bridges, The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) by Sara Colangelo. On television, she starred in The Honourable Woman (2014), and in The Deuce (2017-2019) with James Franco. The actress made her directorial debut with The Lost Daughter (2021) and wrote the screenplay from the 2006 novel by Elena Ferrante La figlia oscura.

Golden Globe Awards

2022 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Lost Daughter, The
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
2018 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
- Deuce, The
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
2015 Winner

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Honourable Woman, The
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
2007 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Sherrybaby
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
2003 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Secretary
- Maggie Gyllenhaal