Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard\u00a0(\/\u02c8d\u0292\u026al\u0259nh\u0254\u02d0l\/JIL-\u0259n-hawl,\u00a0Swedish:\u00a0[\u02c8j\u028f\u0302l\u02d0\u025bn\u02cch\u0251\u02d0l]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, and two\u00a0British Academy Film Awards.<\/p>\n
Part of the\u00a0Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers\u00a0Stephen Gyllenhaal\u00a0and\u00a0Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor\u00a0Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father’s films. She appeared with her brother in the thriller\u00a0Donnie Darko\u00a0(2001). She then appeared in\u00a0Adaptation,\u00a0Confessions of a Dangerous Mind\u00a0(both 2002), and\u00a0Mona Lisa Smile\u00a0(2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas\u00a0Secretary\u00a0(2002) and\u00a0Sherrybaby\u00a0(2006), both of which earned her \u00a0Golden Globe Award nominations. She had commercial success in the thriller\u00a0World Trade Center\u00a0(2006). She received wider recognition for her role as\u00a0Rachel Dawes\u00a0in the superhero film\u00a0The Dark Knight\u00a0(2008).<\/p>\n
For her performance as a\u00a0single mother\u00a0in\u00a0Crazy Heart\u00a0(2009), she received a nomination for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films\u00a0Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Hysteria\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Won’t Back Down\u00a0(2012),\u00a0White House Down\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Frank\u00a0(2014), and\u00a0The Kindergarten Teacher\u00a0(2018). She has starred in several television series, including the\u00a0BBC\u00a0political thriller miniseries\u00a0The Honourable Woman\u00a0(2014), which won her a\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Actress\u00a0and a \u00a0Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also produced and starred in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0period drama series\u00a0The Deuce\u00a0(2017\u20132019).<\/p>\n
Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama\u00a0The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay\u00a0and won the\u00a0Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut in a revival of\u00a0The Real Thing.<\/p>\n
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Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard\u00a0(\/\u02c8d\u0292\u026al\u0259nh\u0254\u02d0l\/JIL-\u0259n-hawl,\u00a0Swedish:\u00a0[\u02c8j\u028f\u0302l\u02d0\u025bn\u02cch\u0251\u02d0l]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, and two\u00a0British Academy Film Awards. Part of the\u00a0Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers\u00a0Stephen Gyllenhaal\u00a0and\u00a0Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor\u00a0Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7782","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n