Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/16/1977
Place of Birth
Lower East Side, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Мэгги Джилленхол매기 질렌할玛吉·吉伦哈尔
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 roma...
Known For
The Dark Knight
as Rachel
Secretary
as Lee Holloway
Monster House
as Zee (voice)
Hysteria
as Charlotte Dalrymple
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Isabel Green
Sherrybaby
as Sherry Swanson
Donnie Darko
as Elizabeth Darko
Happy Endings
as Jude
Homegrown
as Christina
Waterland
as Maggie Ruth
Criminal
as Valerie
Crazy Heart
as Jean Craddock
World Trade Center
as Allison Jimeno
The Kindergarten Teacher
as Lisa Spinelli
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Debbie
Cecil B. Demented
as Raven
Won't Back Down
as Jamie Fitzpatrick
Mona Lisa Smile
as Giselle Levy
White House Down
as Finnerty
Resurrection
as Mary