Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal was in a relationship with the actor Peter Sarsgaard from 2002 and the two got married on May 2, 2009. They have two daughters, Ramona (b. 2006) and Gloria Ray Sarsgaard (b. 2012) and the family currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

She is politically active and spoke on the opposition to the Iraq War at 18th Independent Spirit Award and Artists United to Win Without War campaign. She was also a part of the video showing support for Chelsea Manning in June 2013.

Maggie is a supporter of Witness, a non-profit organization that uses video and online technologies to expose human rights violations. She has also been supporting Hear the World Foundation as an ambassador from the past nine years.

Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977, in New York. She is the daughter of film director and writer, Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. She has one younger brother, Jake Gyllenhaal who is also an actor.

Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was an infant. She developed an interest in acting during her teens and studied drama at Harvard–Westlake prep school. She completed her graduation in 1995 and studied literature and Eastern religions at Columbia University, New York.

Maggie Gyllenhaal made her debut in films at the age of fifteen in 1992 with ‘Waterland’ which was directed by her father. Her next two films, ‘A Dangerous Woman’ (1993) and ‘Homegrown’ (1998) were also directed by her father and featured her brother as well. She also appeared in the television movie ‘The Patron Saint of Liars’ in 1998.

She made her debut in theatre with ‘Closer’ in 2000 and had a supporting act in the films ‘Cecil B. Demented’ in 2000 and ‘Riding in Cars with Boys’ in 2001. Maggie received a lot of recognition for her performance in ‘Donnie Darko’ in 2001.

Secretary’ in 2002 launched her to stardom and she won her first award for her performance in the film. She showed her range by appearing in the comedy movies ‘Adaptation’ and ’40 Days and 40 Nights’ in 2002.

Maggie Gyllenhaal then starred in the movies ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ (2002), ‘Casa de los Babys’ (2003), and ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ (2003) and returned to theatre with ‘Homebody/Kabul’ in 2003.

Over the next couple of years, she appeared in ‘Criminal’ (2004), ‘Strip Search’ (2004), ‘Happy Endings’ (2005), ‘The Great New Wonderful’ (2005), and ‘Trust the Man’ (2005). She then played the role of a young drug addict in ‘Sherrybaby’ in 2006.

Maggie Gyllenhaal rose to stardom and earned recognition with her role in the dark comedy ‘Secretary’ in 2002. She won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and received nomination for the Golden Globe Award for her performance.

She played her first lead in ‘The Dark Knight’ in 2008 and the film was a big commercial success. Her performance was critically acclaimed and earned her nominations for Critics' Choice Movie Award and Saturn Award.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her supporting act in the film ‘Crazy Heart’ in 2009.