Maggie Gyllenhaal Biography
Maggie Gyllenhaal is a filmmaker and television actress from the United States. She began her career as a teenager with small appearances in several of her father’s films, and she co-starred alongside her brother in the cult classic Donnie Darko (2001). She made her theatrical debut in Patrick Marber’s Closer at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
How old is Maggie Gyllenhaal?- Age
She is 45 years old as of November 2022. Gyllenhaal was born Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal on November 16, 1977, in New York,United States of America.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Height
Maggie stands at a height of 5’9″ (175 cm), tall.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Education
She attended The Mountain School, a semester school for high school seniors in Vermont, for four months. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake in 1995 and traveled to New York to study literature and Eastern religions at Columbia University. She also spent a summer term studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, England.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Family
Maggie Gyllenhaal was born and raised in New York. She is the daughter of Stephen Gyllenhaal, a film director and writer, and Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, a screenwriter. Jake Gyllenhaal, her younger brother, is also an actor. From their father’s second marriage, he also has a half-brother named Luke. Her parents divorced in October 2008 after marrying in 1977.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Husband- Relationship- Daughters
Maggie Gyllenhaal began dating actor Peter Sarsgaard in 2002, and the two married on May 2, 2009. They have two daughters, Ramona (born in 2006) and Gloria Ray Sarsgaard (born in 2012), and live in Brooklyn, New York.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Career
Gyllenhaal made her film debut at the age of fifteen in 1992, in the film ‘Waterland,’ directed by her father. Her father directed her next two films, ‘A Dangerous Woman’ (1993) and ‘Homegrown’ (1998), which also starred her brother. In 1998, she also participated in the television film “The Patron Saint of Liars.” She made her stage debut in ‘Closer’ in 2000 and appeared as a supporting actress in ‘Cecil B. Demented’ in 2000 and ‘Riding in Cars with Boys’ in 2001. Maggie garnered a lot of praise for her role in ‘Donnie Darko’ in 2001. Secretary’ in 2002 catapulted her to popularity, and she received her first award for her performance.
Gyllenhaal went on to star in the films ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ (2002), ‘Casa de los Babys’ , and ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ (2003) before returning to the big screen with ‘Homebody/Kabul’ in 2003. She acted in a number of films during the next several years, including ‘Criminal’ ‘Strip Search’ (2004), ‘Happy Endings’ , ‘The Great New Wonderful’ (2005), and ‘Trust the Man’ (2005). She then portrayed a young heroin addict in ‘Sherrybaby’ in 2006. In 2006, she appeared in ‘Paris, je t’aime,’ ‘World Trade Center,’ and ‘Stranger than Fiction,’ and she provided the voice for ‘Monster House’ the following year. She also participated in the short film ‘High Falls’ Maggie starred in the box office triumph ‘The Dark Knight’ in 2008.
She starred in the films ‘Nanny McPhee Returns’ (2010) and ‘Hysteria’ (2011), as well as the Classic Stage Company’s performance of ‘Three Sisters’ in 2011. In 2012, she hosted the documentary ‘Discovery’s “Curiosity”‘ and starred in the television film ‘The Corrections’. She appeared in ‘Won’t Back Down’ (2012), ‘White House Down’ (2013), ‘Frank’ (2014), ‘River of Fundament’ (2014), and ‘The Real Thing’ at American Airlines Theater in 2014. In 2014, she also participated in the TV mini-series “The Honourable Woman.”Gyllenhaal’s narration rendition of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’ has been made available for purchase. She appeared in an episode of ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ in 2016 and narrated the documentary ‘Truth and Power’ that same year. She appeared in the TC show ‘The Deuce’.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Net Worth
Maggie has an estimated net worth of 25 million dollars as of 2023.
Maggie Gyllenhaal Movies
2017–19 The Deuce
2016 Inside Amy Schumer
2016 Truth and Power
2014 The Honourable Woman
2012 Discovery’s “Curiosity”
2012 The Corrections
2004 Strip Search
1999 Resurrection
1999 Shake, Rattle, and Roll: An American Love Story
1998 The Patron Saint of Liars
1996 Shattered Mind
