Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient ofmany accoladesincluding anAcademy Awardand aTony Award, in addition to nominations for aCritics' Choice Movie Awardand threePrimetime Emmy Awards.She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990Coen brothers-directedMiller's Crossing.Her next notable film credits includeThe First Wives Club(1996),Flubber(1997), andSpace Cowboys(2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile(2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama filmMystic River(2003).She appeared in several 2007 films, includingSean Penn'sInto the Wildand Frank Darabont'sThe Mist, based on the novella byStephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing withKevin BaconinRails & Ties, the directorial debut ofAlison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy inHome(2008). (Her character inRails & Tiesalso had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed usingcomputer-generated imagery. InHome, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel.In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on theFXseries Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney oppositeGlenn CloseandWilliam Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway inYasmina Reza'sGod of Carnage, co-starring withJames Gandolfini,Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her firstPrimetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama seriesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a secondPrimetime Emmy Awardnomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television filmThe Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler(2009).She reunited with her former Broadway co-starJeff Danielsas a new cast member onHBO's seriesThe Newsroomin 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medicaldrama Code Black. Her other notable television credits includeABC'sHow to Get Away with Murder and theApple TV+seriesThe Morning Show.She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in theFifty Shadesfilm seriesfrom 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS dramaSo Help Me Todd.