Maggie Gyllenhaal
Acting
Born: 1977-11-16 · Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
2025
Narrator (voice)
Best Summer Ever
2020
TV Reporter
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
Self
The Ben Cobb Show
2019
Amun Ra
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
Lisa Spinelli
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
2018
The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
Home
2016
Ruth
The New Empress
2016
Olive
Beauty Mark
2016
Valerie
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Self
Frank
2014
Clara
River of Fundament
2014
Hathfertiti
The Sturgeon Queens
2014
Self
White House Down
2013
Finnerty
Won't Back Down
2012
Jamie Fitzpatrick
BAM150
2012
Self
Hysteria
2011
Charlotte Dalrymple
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Isabel Green
Crazy Heart
2009
Jean Craddock
Away We Go
2009
LN
📺 TV Shows (20)
How To with John Wilson
2020
Self
The Deuce
2017
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
Chelsea
2016
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Self
The Honourable Woman
2014
Nessa Stein
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self
Finding Your Roots
2012
Self
Curiosity
2011
Host
Live from Studio Five
2009
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
Gotham Tonight
2008
Rachel Dawes
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self
Independent Lens
1999
The View
1997
Self