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Filmography
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Known For
Secretary Lee Holloway (2002) -
The Dark Knight Rachel (2008) -
Stranger Than Fiction Ana Pascal (2006) -
Known For
Crazy Heart Jean Craddock (2009) -
Actress
Best Summer Ever TV Reporter (2020) -
The Deuce Eileen 'Candy' Merrell (2017-2019) -
The Kindergarten Teacher Lisa (2018) -
The New Empress Olive (2016) -
Home Ruth (2016) -
Beauty Mark Valerie (2016) -
Inside Amy Schumer Maggie Gyllenhaal (2016) -
The Honorable Woman Nessa Stein (2014) -
River of Fundament Hathfertiti (2014) -
Frank Clara (2014) -
![White House Down]( "White House Down")
White House Down Finnerty (2013) -
The Corrections Denise (2012)
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![Won't Back Down]( "Won't Back Down")
Won't Back Down Jamie Fitzpatrick (2012) -
![Hysteria]( "Hysteria")
Hysteria Charlotte Dalrymple (2011) -
![Nanny McPhee Returns]( "Nanny McPhee Returns")
Nanny McPhee Returns Isabel Green (2010) -
![Crazy Heart]( "Crazy Heart")
Crazy Heart Jean Craddock (2009) -
![Away We Go]( "Away We Go")
Away We Go LN (2009) -
![The Dark Knight]( "The Dark Knight")
The Dark Knight Rachel (2008) -
![High Falls]( "High Falls")
High Falls April (2007) -
![Stranger Than Fiction]( "Stranger Than Fiction")
Stranger Than Fiction Ana Pascal (2006) -
![World Trade Center]( "World Trade Center")
World Trade Center Allison Jimeno (2006) -
![Monster House]( "Monster House")
Monster House Zee (2006) -
![Paris, je t'aime]( "Paris, je t'aime")
Paris, je t'aime Liz (segment "Quartier des Enfants Rouges") (2006) -
![Sherrybaby]( "Sherrybaby")
Sherrybaby Sherry Swanson (2006) -
![Trust the Man]( "Trust the Man")
Trust the Man Elaine (2005) -
![The Great New Wonderful]( "The Great New Wonderful")
The Great New Wonderful Emme Keeler (2005) -
![Happy Endings]( "Happy Endings")
Happy Endings Jude (2005) -
![Criminal]( "Criminal")
Criminal Valerie (2004) -
![The Pornographer: A Love Story]( "The Pornographer: A Love Story")
The Pornographer: A Love Story Sidney (2004) -
![Strip Search]( "Strip Search")
Strip Search Linda Sykes (2004) -
![Mona Lisa Smile]( "Mona Lisa Smile")
Mona Lisa Smile Giselle Levy (2003) -
![Casa de los babys]( "Casa de los babys")
Casa de los babys Jennifer (2003) -
![Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]( "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind")
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Debbie (2002) -
![Adaptation.]( "Adaptation.")
Adaptation. Caroline Cunningham (2002) -
![40 Days and 40 Nights]( "40 Days and 40 Nights")
40 Days and 40 Nights Sam (2002) -
![Secretary]( "Secretary")
Secretary Lee Holloway (2002) -
![Riding in Cars with Boys]( "Riding in Cars with Boys")
Riding in Cars with Boys Amelia (2001) -
![Donnie Darko]( "Donnie Darko")
Donnie Darko Elizabeth Darko (2001) -
![Cecil B. Demented]( "Cecil B. Demented")
Cecil B. Demented Raven (2000) -
![The Photographer]( "The Photographer")
The Photographer Mira (2000) -
![Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story]( "Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story")
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story Noreen Bixler (Part 1) (1999) -
![Resurrection]( "Resurrection")
Resurrection Mary (1999) -
![Homegrown]( "Homegrown")
Homegrown Christina the Babysitter (1998) -
![The Patron Saint of Liars]( "The Patron Saint of Liars")
The Patron Saint of Liars Lorraine Thomas (1998) -
![Shattered Mind]( "Shattered Mind")
Shattered Mind Clothes Clerk (1996) -
![A Dangerous Woman]( "A Dangerous Woman")
A Dangerous Woman Patsy (1993) -
Actress
![Waterland]( "Waterland")
Waterland Maggie Ruth (1992) -
Producer
![The Lost Daughter]( "The Lost Daughter")
The Lost Daughter (2021) -
![Best Summer Ever]( "Best Summer Ever")
Best Summer Ever (2020) -
![The Deuce]( "The Deuce")
The Deuce (2017-2019) -
Producer
![The Kindergarten Teacher]( "The Kindergarten Teacher")
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) -
Soundtrack
![Frank]( "Frank")
Frank (2014) -
![Sherrybaby]( "Sherrybaby")
Sherrybaby (2006) -
Soundtrack
![Happy Endings]( "Happy Endings")
Happy Endings (2005) -
Director
![The Lost Daughter]( "The Lost Daughter")
The Lost Daughter (2021) -
Director
![Homemade]( "Homemade")
Homemade (2020) -
Writer
![The Lost Daughter]( "The Lost Daughter")
The Lost Daughter (2021) -
Writer
![Homemade]( "Homemade")
Homemade (2020) -
Archive footage
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2022) -
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (2018-2019) -
![Extra]( "Extra")
Extra (2015-2016) -
The Naked Babes of Batman (2016)
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![The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy]( "The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy")
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Death and Taxes (2011)
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![Comedy Central Roasts]( "Comedy Central Roasts")
Comedy Central Roasts (2009) -
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Archive footage
![Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema]( "Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema")
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El Magacine (2005)
All Filmography
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Her mother is a Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated scriptwriter. Her father is an Emmy-nominated director, her grandmother is a doctor and Eric Foner, her mother's first husband, is an acclaimed historian at Columbia, the college she attended.
Quotes
I do see things sometimes that are good, but they don't feel like a challenge to me personally. Like, in my own life and so often I think the things that excite me are things that feel a little bit beyond my grasp.
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Margaret Ruth Gyllenhaal
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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