Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Biography: Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime 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 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space 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 film Mystic River (2003). She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel. In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James 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 first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009). She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: August 14, 1959

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black

1998-11-12

Mystic River
Mystic River

2003-10-07

Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing

1990-09-21

Spy Hard
Spy Hard

1996-05-24

Daughter of the Bride
Daughter of the Bride

2023-02-03

The First Wives Club
The First Wives Club

1996-09-20

Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys

2000-08-04

The Mist
The Mist

2007-11-21

Into the Wild
Into the Wild

2007-09-21

Whip It
Whip It

2009-04-09

In from the Night
In from the Night

2006-04-23

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009-04-19

Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile

2003-12-19

The Maiden Heist
The Maiden Heist

2009-05-09

Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures

1998-01-30

Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

2005-11-29

American Dreamz
American Dreamz

2006-03-04

Flubber
Flubber

1997-11-26

The Invisible
The Invisible

2007-04-27

Pollock
Pollock

2000-09-06

Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears

2005-07-22

The Hoax
The Hoax

2006-10-14

The Dead Girl
The Dead Girl

2006-11-07

Christmas Cottage
Christmas Cottage

2008-10-15

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988-02-29

Rails & Ties
Rails & Ties

2007-09-01

American Gun
American Gun

2005-09-15

Crush
Crush

1992-09-15

Casa de los Babys
Casa de los Babys

2003-09-19

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

1997-06-14

Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport

2004-02-24

King of Texas
King of Texas

2002-06-02

The Spitfire Grill
The Spitfire Grill

1996-08-23

Curtain Call
Curtain Call

1998-12-05

Safe Passage
Safe Passage

1994-12-01

Home
Home

2009-05-01

Innocent
Innocent

2011-11-29

Canvas
Canvas

2006-11-12

Detachment
Detachment

2011-04-24

Late for Dinner
Late for Dinner

1991-09-20

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

2012-02-24

Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

2011-02-21

In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight

1991-02-03

If I Were You
If I Were You

2013-03-15

Convict Cowboy
Convict Cowboy

1995-07-15

Get a Job
Get a Job

2016-03-17

Small Vices
Small Vices

1999-07-18

Parkland
Parkland

2013-10-02

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013-04-27

Walking Shadow
Walking Shadow

2001-08-26

Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey

2015-02-11

Thin Air
Thin Air

2000-09-12

Magic in the Moonlight
Magic in the Moonlight

2014-07-25

Gaudi Afternoon
Gaudi Afternoon

2001-05-01

Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone

2020-04-26

Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred

2014-03-07

Far Harbor
Far Harbor

1996-11-22

You're Not You
You're Not You

2014-10-10

Confess, Fletch
Confess, Fletch

2022-09-16

Fever
Fever

1991-05-11

See You in My Dreams
See You in My Dreams

2004-06-13

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

2006-01-15

Grandma
Grandma

2015-06-04

She's Too Young
She's Too Young

2004-02-16

A Concert for Hurricane Relief
A Concert for Hurricane Relief

2005-09-02

Used People
Used People

1992-12-16

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater

2006-01-01

Unity
Unity

2015-08-12

Knox Goes Away
Knox Goes Away

2024-03-15

After Words
After Words

2015-08-21

Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Willa Cather: The Road Is All

2005-09-07

The Wine of Summer
The Wine of Summer

2013-09-13

The Cold Open
The Cold Open

2019-02-23

Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Darker

2017-02-08

Talking With
Talking With

1995-04-19

Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades Freed

2018-01-17

Labor of Love
Labor of Love

1998-05-04

Kojak: None So Blind
Kojak: None So Blind

1990-04-07

Renner
Renner

2025-02-07

Not Only Strangers
Not Only Strangers

1979-01-01

Sex and Lies in Sin City
Sex and Lies in Sin City

2008-10-25

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway

1993-06-11

Guilty Hearts
Guilty Hearts

2002-02-10

Point Blank
Point Blank

2019-07-12

P.S.
P.S.

2004-10-15

Geoffrey Beene 30
Geoffrey Beene 30

1993-04-05

From Where I Sit
From Where I Sit

2000-01-01

Love You to Death
Love You to Death

2019-01-26

Moxie
Moxie

2021-03-03

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

2015-06-05

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008-03-25

The Daytrippers
The Daytrippers

1997-03-05

Pink Skies Ahead
Pink Skies Ahead

2020-10-18

Tell It Like a Woman
Tell It Like a Woman

2022-10-07

Gigi & Nate
Gigi & Nate

2022-09-02

Fog City Mavericks
Fog City Mavericks

2007-10-24

The Tower
The Tower

2008-01-01

The Dreadful
The Dreadful

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