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Marcia Gay Harden

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 08/14/1959 (64) | La Jolla, California (United States of America (USA))
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Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came in the 1990 Coen brothers' film Miller's Crossing. For her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 biographical film Pollock, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as a troubled wife in the drama film Mystic River (2003). Her other notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), Space Cowboys (2000), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), and the Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018). Harden made her Broadway debut in 1993, starring in Tony Kushner's epic play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches/Angels in America: Perestroika for which she ... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that th ...

The Mist

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2007 | 3.5/5 | 2h 6min
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. ...

Mystic River

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2003 | 3.9/5 | 2h 18min
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an ...

Pollock

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2000 | 3.4/5 | 2h 2min
Drama, Romance / Love
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After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska t ...

Into the Wild

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2007 | 3.9/5 | 2h 28min
Adventure, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Marcia Gay Harden

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Academy Awards Saturn Awards Tony Awards 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Marcia Gay Harden as Actress(90)

2024 Knox Goes Away
as Diane2023 Daughter of the Bride
as Claire Gibson2022 Gigi & Nate
as Countess Sylvia de Grassi2022 Confess, Fletch
as Dr. Partovi2022 Tell It Like a Woman
as Principal Shelly2021 Moxie
as herself2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Pamela2020 Pink Skies Ahead
as Camile2019 Love You To Death
as Lieutenant Lewis2019 Point Blank
as Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey2018 Fifty Shades Freed
as Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey2017 Fifty Shades Darker
as Katherine Dunn2016 Get a Job
as Narrator (voice)2015 Unity
as Jane2015 After Words
as Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey2015 Fifty Shades of Grey
as Judy2015 Grandma
as President of the FAFAFA2015 Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Lydia2014 Elsa & Fred
as Elizabeth2014 You're Not You
as Mrs. Baker2014 Magic in the Moonlight
as Madelyn2013 If I Were You
as Shelley2013 The Wine of Summer
as Doris Nelson2013 Parkland
as herself2013 Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Marjorie Dunfour2012 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Barbara Sabich2011 Innocent
as Principal Carol Dearden2011 Detachment
as Edda Mellas2011 Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
as Janina Krzyżanowska2009 The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
as Inga2009 Home
as Brooke Cavendar2009 Whip It
as Rose Barlow2009 The Maiden Heist
as Maryanne Kinkade2008 Christmas Cottage
as herself2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
as Becky Binion2008 Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Billie McCandless2007 Into the Wild
as Megan Stark2007 Rails & Ties
as Mrs. Carmody2007 The Mist
as Diane Powell2007 The Invisible
as herself2007 Fog City Mavericks
as Melora2006 The Dead Girl
as Edith Irving2006 The Hoax
as herself2006 Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
as Vicki Miller2006 In from the Night
as First Lady2006 American Dreamz
as Mary Marino2006 Canvas
as Mrs. Martha Merriman2005 Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
as Liz Whitewood2005 Bad News Bears
as Janet Huttenson2005 American Gun
as Grace Sutherland2004 Welcome to Mooseport
as Angela Brown2004 See You in My Dreams
as Trish Vogul2004 She's Too Young
as Missy Goldberg2004 P.S.
as Celeste Boyle2003 Mystic River
as Nancy Abbey2003 Mona Lisa Smile
as Nan2003 Casa de los Babys
as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson2002 King of Texas
as Jenny Moran2002 Guilty Hearts
2001 Gaudi Afternoon
as Susan Silverman2001 Walking Shadow
as Sharon2000 From Where I Sit
as Susan Silverman2000 Thin Air
as Sara Holland2000 Space Cowboys
as Lee Krasner2000 Pollock
as Annie Pines1998 Labor of Love
as Dr. Samantha Hawkins1998 Desperate Measures
as Michelle Tippet1998 Curtain Call
as Allison Parrish1998 Meet Joe Black
as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds1997 Flubber
as Nancy Floyd1997 Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Libby1997 The Daytrippers
as Miss Cheevus1996 Spy Hard
as Dr. Leslie Rosen1996 The First Wives Club
as Shelby Goddard1996 The Spitfire Grill
as Arabella1996 Far Harbor
as Marie1995 Good Housekeeping
as Maggie Sinclair1995 Convict Cowboy
as Cynthia1994 Safe Passage
1993 Geoffrey Beene 30
as Lane1992 Crush
as Norma1992 Used People
as Joy Husband1991 Late for Dinner
as Adina Rowan1991 In Broad Daylight
as Lacy1991 Fever
as Angelina1990 Kojak: None So Blind
as Verna Bernbaum1990 Miller's Crossing
as Marcia Connelly1988 Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Dancer1984 Footloose
1979 Not Only Strangers

TV Shows/Series with Marcia Gay Harden as Actress(28)

as Margaret2022 So Help Me Todd
as Claire Lewis2022 Uncoupled
as Sally Stageplay (voice)2022 The Cuphead Show!
as Self - Narrator2021 Money, Explained
as Mathilde Geffard2020 Barkskins
as Betty Ann Miller2019 Reef Break
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Maggie Brener2019 The Morning Show
as herself2019 RuPaul
as USA Ambassadør2018 The Oil Fund
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Dr. Leanne Rorish2015 Code Black
as Denise (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Hannah Keating2014 How to Get Away with Murder
as Dr. Diane Buckley2013 Trophy Wife
as Rebecca Halliday2012 The Newsroom
as Vanessa Carter2012 Bent
as Claire Maddox2007 Damages
as Andrea Haskell2001 The Education of Max Bickford
as Dana Lewis1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as herself1997 The View
1994 Chicago Hope
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as Ava Gardner1992 Sinatra
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1981 Simon & Simon
as herself1971 Great Performances
as Vicki Miller??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Marcia Gay Harden as Crew(1)

Crew/Thanks2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

TV Shows/Series with Marcia Gay Harden as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2022 So Help Me Todd

Additional Information

Full Name: Marcia Gay Harden
Born: Friday, 08/14 1959 (August) in La Jolla, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 64 years + 249 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Surrattsville High School
Spouses (current/former): Thaddaeus Scheel
Other names for Marcia Gay Harden (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Marsha Gay Harden"
"Marcia Harden"
"马西娅·盖伊·哈登"
"Марша Гей Харден"
"Gay Hagen"
Marcia Gay Harden frequently works together with these people:
Dave Wasson (20x, Crew)
Patton Oswalt (14x, Actor)
Cosmo Segurson (14x, Crew)
Grey DeLisle (11x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Adam Conover (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Clint Eastwood (9x, Actor)
Kristin Chenoweth (9x, Actress)
George Rose (9x, Actor)
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (9x, Crew)
Mike Hollingsworth (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1251, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/07/2024