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Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an United States actor. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal began her acting career in a film directed by her father, and later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother's on-screen sister in
Donnie Darko. She made her break-through in the Sadomasochism romance film
Secretary (film), for which she received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination. and, like her brother and parents, supports the American Civil Liberties Union. She participated in Protests against the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and achieved some notoriety for being quoted as saying U.S. government was "responsible in some way" for the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Maggie Gyllenhaal biography
Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an United States actor. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal began her acting career in a film directed by her father, and later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother's on-screen sister in
Donnie Darko. She made her break-through in the Sadomasochism romance film
Secretary (film), for which she received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination. and, like her brother and parents, supports the American Civil Liberties Union. She participated in Protests against the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and achieved some notoriety for being quoted as saying U.S. government was "responsible in some way" for the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Biography
Early life
Gyllenhaal was born in New York City, the daughter of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screen-writer Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. Jake Gyllenhaal, her brother, is also an actor. Gyllenhaal's father was raised in the Swedenborgianism religion and is a descendant of the Sweden noble Gyllenhaal family; her last Swedish ancestor was her great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Her mother is from a Jewish family in New York City , and is the ex-wife of Eric Foner, a history professor at Columbia University.
Gyllenhaal grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School prep school. While there, she attended a semester away program in Vershire, Vermont called The Mountain School. She graduated from Columbia University in 1999 with a B.A. in literature and Eastern religions and spent a summer studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Gyllenhaal's first film roles were directed by her father:
Waterland (film) (1992), her feature film debut,
A Dangerous Woman (1993), and
Homegrown (film) (1998); the latter two also featured her brother. After graduating from college, she had a number of supporting roles, in such films as
40 Days and 40 Nights,
Riding in Cars with Boys, and
Cecil B. Demented.
Paper (magazine) magazine has described these roles, including her casting as Donnie Darko's sister opposite real-life brother Jake, as "the girl you're not supposed to notice". In the
The New York Times review of the film, critic Stephen Holden wrote: "The role of Lee, which Maggie Gyllenhaal imbues with a restrained comic delicacy and sweetness, should make her a star." Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com concluded with: "Gyllenhaal's performance is a direct challenge to anyone who would dare pass judgment on the movie's sexual morality." The film earned Gyllenhaal widely-spread acclaim including a Golden Globe Award nomination, and marked the first time Gyllenhaal performed full nudity on camera. Although insisting Shainberg did not exploit her, Gyllenhaal has said she felt "slightly taken advantage of" and in agreeing to do certain scenes she "conceded in a way that maybe in retrospect I wish I hadn't." She also appeared in smaller independent films such as John Sayles'
Casa de los Babys, and
Criminal (film) with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna. She also played a love interest of Harold Crick, played by Will Ferrell, in
Stranger than Fiction (film).
Gyllenhaal has also appeared in theatre. She starred as Alice in the Mark Taper Forum production of Patrick Marber's
Closer (play), Gyllenhaal shot a commercial for Rock the Vote, and along with her brother Jake Gyllenhaal, visited the University of Southern California to encourage students to vote during the United States presidential election, 2004. Besides acting, she has modeled for Miu Miu, Reebok, and Agent Provocateur (lingerie), and recorded the first unabridged audiobook version of Sylvia Plath's novel,
The Bell Jar.
In 2008, Gyllenhaal was also set to play "Suky" in
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee but pulled out before filming began. She has been replaced by Maria Bello. In the IGN review of the film, critic Todd Gilchrist wrote: "Meanwhile taking over for Katie Holmes, Gyllenhaal adds real depth and energy to Rachel Dawes, showing how her feelings for Bruce Wayne aren't simply unrequited, but actually based in both sincere affection and common sense."
Personal life
Gyllenhaal has been in a relationship with actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2002. They have a daughter, Ramona, born on October 4, 2006, and reside in Brooklyn, New York. Sarsgaard is close friends with Gyllenhaal's brother Jake Gyllenhaal. In the latest fundraising campaign, Gyllenhaal helped design and promote a necklace that sells for $100, with all proceeds going to the charity.
Controversy
Gyllenhaal drew fire for a comment made during an interview with NY1 at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival where she suggested that the United States was somewhat responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks. She remarked, "I think America has done reprehensible things and is responsible in some way..." In response to the criticism, she issued a statement saying that 9/11 was "an occasion to be brave enough to ask some serious questions about America's role in the world" and that it was "useful as individuals or nations to ask how we may have knowingly or unknowingly contributed to this conflict." She pointedly denied saying that the 9/11 attacks were deserved. Gyllenhaal later said that she regretted her comments, and asserted that film interviews were not the "right place" to discuss politics. Gyllenhaal also said that she had "nothing but gratitude and admiration" for firefighters and that she should have "been more gentle and more thoughtful" in her comments.
Gyllenhaal eventually met with Port Authority officer Will Jimeno and his wife, Allison, whom Gyllenhaal depicted in the 2006 film
World Trade Center (film).
Filmography
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