Personal Info
Birth date
1977-11-16 (47 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Мэгги Джилленхол
매기 질렌할
玛吉·吉伦哈尔
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
مگی جیلنهال
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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. Gyllenhaal 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). Gyllenhaal received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic comedy 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, Gyllenhaal 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. Gyllenhaal 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). Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.355
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watchLate Show with David Letterman
6.325
Overview:
Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer. The head writer is Matt Roberts and the announcer is Alan Kalter. Of the major U.S. late-night programs, Late Show ranks second in cumulative average viewers over time and third in number of episodes over time. The show leads other late night shows in ad revenue with $271 million in 2009. In most U.S. markets the show airs at 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific time, but is recorded Monday through Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m and 6:00 p.m. The second Thursday episode usually airs on Friday of that week. In 2002, Late Show with David Letterman was ranked No. 7 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. CBS has a contract with Worldwide Pants to continue the show through 2014; by then, Letterman will surpass Johnny Carson as the longest tenured late-night talk show host.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.127
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.The Daily Show
6.36
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
6.792
Overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.865
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.641
Overview:
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.178
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.Independent Lens
6.467
Overview:
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers and featuring unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
5
Overview:
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.Finding Your Roots
6.2
Overview:
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.Chelsea
5.118
Overview:
It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.Honest Trailers
6.5
Overview:
Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
5.7
Overview:
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.How To with John Wilson
8.2
Overview:
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released "how to" short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John's refreshing honesty.The Oscars
7.056
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.The Deuce
7.6
Overview:
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.The Dark Knight
8.52
Overview:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.Homemade
5.8
Overview:
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.Gotham Tonight
7.286
Overview:
"Gotham Tonight" was a talk show featuring guests from "The Dark Knight" leading up to the release of the 2008 film. The series was originally released exclusively through Comcast On Demand. It was later included as a special feature for the home video release of The Dark Knight.The Honourable Woman
7.282
Overview:
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.Secretary
6.781
Overview:
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.Donnie Darko
7.771
Overview:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Curiosity
7.2
Overview:
Curiosity is an American documentary television series that premiered on August 7, 2011, on the Discovery Channel. Each episode focuses on one question in science, technology, and society and features a different celebrity host. Stephen Hawking hosted the premiere episode titled "Did God Create the Universe?", which aired simultaneously on seven Discovery Communications networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Fit and Health, Animal Planet, Science, Investigation Discovery, and Planet Green. Season one consists of 16 episodes.Acting
2020How To with John Wilson (1 Episode) as Self
2020Best Summer Ever as TV Reporter
2020Joker: Put on a Happy Face as Self
2019The Ben Cobb Show as Amun Ra
2018The Kindergarten Teacher as Lisa Spinelli
2018Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
2017The Deuce (25 Episodes) as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
2016Home as Ruth
2016The New Empress as Olive
2016Beauty Mark as Valerie
2016Chelsea (1 Episode) as Self
2016Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2 Episodes) as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2 Episodes) as Self
2014The Honourable Woman (8 Episodes) as Nessa Stein
2014Frank as Clara
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (2 Episodes) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 Episodes) as Self
2014River of Fundament as Hathfertiti
2014The Sturgeon Queens as Self
2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
2013White House Down as Deputy SAIC Carol Finnerty
2012Won't Back Down as Jamie Fitzpatrick
2012BAM150 as Self
2012Finding Your Roots (1 Episode) as Self
2012Honest Trailers (1 Episode) as Rachel Dawes (archive footage)
2011Curiosity (1 Episode) as Host
2011Hysteria as Charlotte Dalrymple
2010Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Isabel Green
2009Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
2009Live from Studio Five (1 Episode) as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2009Away We Go as LN
2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2008The Dark Knight as Rachel
2008Gotham Tonight (1 Episode) as Rachel Dawes
2008Voyage to the Bunny Planet as Unknown
2007The Graham Norton Show (1 Episode) as Self
2007High Falls as April
2006Stranger Than Fiction as Ana Pascal
2006Sherrybaby as Sherry Swanson
2006World Trade Center as Allison Jimeno
2006Monster House as Zee (voice)
2006Paris Je T'aime as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
2006Quartier des Enfants-Rouges as Liz
2005Trust the Man as Elaine
2005The Great New Wonderful as Emme Keeler
2005Happy Endings as Jude
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2004The Misbehavers as Self
2004Donnie Darko: Production Diary as Self
2004Criminal as Valerie
2004The Pornographer: A Love Story as Sidney
2004Strip Search as Linda Sykes
2003Mona Lisa Smile as Giselle Levy
2003Casa de los Babys as Jennifer
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Debbie
2002Adaptation. as Caroline Cunningham
2002Secretary as Lee Holloway
200240 Days and 40 Nights as Sam
2001Riding in Cars with Boys as Amelia
2001Donnie Darko as Elizabeth Darko
2000Cecil B. Demented as Raven
2000The Photographer as Mira
1999Independent Lens (278 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Resurrection as Mary
1998Homegrown as Christina
1998The Patron Saint of Liars as Lorraine Thomas
1997The View (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show (8 Episodes) as Self
1996Shattered Mind as Clothes Clerk
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993A Dangerous Woman as Patsy
1993Late Show with David Letterman (1 Episode) as Self
1992Waterland as Maggie Ruth
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1 Episode) as Noreen Bixler
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self
Production
2026The Bride! ... Producer
2021The Lost Daughter ... Producer
2020Best Summer Ever ... Executive Producer
2018The Kindergarten Teacher ... Producer
2017The Deuce (25 Episodes) ... Producer
Writing
2026The Bride! ... Writer
2021The Lost Daughter ... Screenplay
2020Homemade (1 Episode) ... Writer
Directing
2026The Bride! ... Director
2021The Lost Daughter ... Director
2020Homemade (1 Episode) ... Director
Crew
2005The Dying Gaul ... Thanks