Maggie Gyllenhaal

Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. She is the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Maggie got many awards for her 2002 movie Secretary.

 Early life 

Maggie was born in New York City to Stephen and Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. Her parents, who married in 1977, filed for divorce in October 2008. Her father is director Stephen Gyllenhaal, who was raised as a Swedenborgian, is of Swedish, French, German, Swiss, Welsh and English descent, and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.Stated on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS, April 22, 2012 Maggie’s last ancestor to be born in Sweden was her great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal.Bloom, Nate (June 11, 2004) Rootsweb.com. Retrieved September 19, 2006. Her mother is Jewish; she was born in New York City, to a family from Russia, Latvia and Poland.

Gyllenhaal grew up in Los Angeles. She studied at the Harvard-Westlake School prep school. In 1995, she went to New York to attend Columbia University. Here, she studied literature and Eastern religions. She graduated in 1999. Hence, she got a Bachelor of Arts degree.

 Personal Life 

Gyllenhaal started dating actor Peter Sarsgaard in 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20080117094141/https://people.com/people/maggie_gyllenhaal/biography  They got engaged in April 2006. 3 years later, they got married.They have 2 children 

 Movies 
+Movies Year Title Role Notes 1992  Waterland  Maggie Ruth  1993  A Dangerous Woman  Patsy  1996  Shattered Mind  Clothes clerk  TV 1998  |Homegrown  Christina  1998    Lorraine Thomas  TV 1999  Resurrection  Mary  TV 2000  The Photographer  Mira  2000  Cecil B. Demented  Raven  2001  Riding in Cars with Boys  Amelia Forrester  2001  Donnie Darko  Elizabeth Darko  2002  Confessions of a Dangerous Mind  Debbie Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer 2002  Adaptation  Caroline Cunningham  Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer 2002  40 Days and 40 Nights  Sam  2002  Secretary  Lee Holloway   2003  Mona Lisa Smile  Giselle Levy  2003  Casa de los Babys  Jennifer  2004  Criminal  Valerie  2004  Strip Search  Linda Sykes  TV 2005  The Great New Wonderful  Emme  2005  Happy Endings  Jude  Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female 2006  Stranger than Fiction  Ana Pascal  Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress 2006  Trust the Man  Elaine  2006  Sherrybaby  Sherry Swanson   2006  Paris, je t'aime  Liz  Segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges" only 2006  World Trade Center  Allison Jimeno  2006  Monster House  Elizabeth "Zee" Nominated – Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production 2008    Rachel Dawes   2009  |Away We Go  Ellen "LN"  2009   Crazy Heart  Jean Craddock   2010  Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang  Mrs. Green  2011  Hysteria  Charlotte Dalrymple  Post-production

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Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
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Category:Living people
Category:Actors from New York City
Category:American movie actors
Category:Jewish American actors