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Marcia Gay Harden is an American actress. Her film breakthrough was in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. She followed this with roles in films including Used People (1992), The First Wives Club (1996), and Flubber (1997). For her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 film Pollock, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She earned another Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in Mystic River (2003). Other notable film roles include American Gun (2005), and 2007's The Mist and Into the Wild.
Born
Friday, 14 August 1959
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Knox Goes Away | Ruby Knox | 2024 |
| Daughter of the Bride | Diane York | 2023 |
| Tell It Like a Woman | Dr. Partovi | 2022 |
| So Help Me Todd | Margaret | 2022 |
| Confess, Fletch | Countess Sylvia de Grassi | 2022 |
| Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022 |
| Gigi & Nate | Claire Gibson | 2022 |
| Uncoupled | Claire / Claire Lewis | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| The Cuphead Show! | Sally Stageplay | 2022 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Knox Goes Away | Ruby Knox | 2024 |
| Daughter of the Bride | Diane York | 2023 |
| Tell It Like a Woman | Dr. Partovi | 2022 |
| So Help Me Todd | Margaret | 2022 |
| Confess, Fletch | Countess Sylvia de Grassi | 2022 |
| Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022 |
| Gigi & Nate | Claire Gibson | 2022 |
| Uncoupled | Claire / Claire Lewis | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| The Cuphead Show! | Sally Stageplay | 2022 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| Money, Explained | Self - Narrator | 2021 |
| Pink Skies Ahead | Pamela | 2021 |
| Moxie | Principal Shelly | 2021 |
| Barkskins | Mathilde Geffard / Mathilde | 2020 |
| The Morning Show | Maggie Brener | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| Point Blank | Lieutenant Lewis / Lt. Lewis | 2019 |
| Reef Break | Betty Ann Miller | 2019 |
| RuPaul | Self | 2019 |
| Love You To Death | Camile Stoller / Camile | 2019 |
| A Million Little Things | Alice Mendez | 2018 |
| Fifty Shades Freed | Grace Grey / Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey | 2018 |
| Fifty Shades Darker | Grace Trevelyan Grey / Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey | 2017 |
| Get a Job | Katherine Dunn | 2016 |
| Code Black | Dr. Leanne Rorish | 2015 |
| Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
| After Words | Jane | 2015 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | President of the FAFAFA | 2015 |
| Grandma | Judy | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Fifty Shades of Grey | Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey / Mrs. Grey | 2015 |
| You're Not You | Elizabeth | 2014 |
| How to Get Away with Murder | Hannah Keating | 2014 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| BoJack Horseman | Denise / McCaitlyn / Melodie | 2014 |
| Magic in the Moonlight | Mrs. Baker | 2014 |
| Elsa & Fred | Lydia | 2014 |
| Parkland | Nurse Doris Nelson / Doris Nelson | 2013 |
| Trophy Wife | Dr. Diane Buckley / Diane Buckley | 2013 |
| The Wine of Summer | Shelley | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Herself / Self | 2013 |
| If I Were You | Madelyn | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| The Newsroom | Rebecca Halliday | 2012 |
| Tron: Uprising | Keller | 2012 |
| Bent | Vanessa Carter | 2012 |
| Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Marjorie Dunfour / Marjorie | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Innocent | Barbara Sabich | 2011 |
| The Chew | Herself | 2011 |
| Detachment | Principal Carol Dearden | 2011 |
| Amanda Knox | Edda Mellas | 2011 |
| Body of Proof | Sheila Temple | 2011 |
| A Cat in Paris | Jeanne | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest / Self - Guest Co-Host | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| The Dr. Oz Show | Self | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| The Maiden Heist | Rose Barlow | 2009 |
| Royal Pains | Dr. Elizabeth Blair | 2009 |
| Home | Inga | 2009 |
| The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Janina Krzyżanowska / Janina Krzyzanowska | 2009 |
| Whip It | Brooke Cavendar | 2009 |
| Sex and Lies in Sin City | Becky Binion | 2008 |
| Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage | Maryanne Kinkade | 2008 |
| The Doctors | Self | 2008 |
| Fog City Mavericks | Herself | 2007 |
| Canvas | Mary Marino | 2007 |
| Into the Wild | Billie McCandless | 2007 |
| Rails & Ties | Megan Stark | 2007 |
| Damages | Claire Maddox | 2007 |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
| The Mist | Mrs. Carmody | 2007 |
| The Invisible | Diane Powell | 2007 |
| The Dead Girl | Melora | 2006 |
| The Hoax | Edith Irving | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The 60th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| In from the Night | Vicki Miller | 2006 |
| American Dreamz | First Lady | 2006 |
| American Gun | Janet Huttenson | 2006 |
| Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | Self | 2006 |
| An American Girl Adventure | Mrs. Martha Merriman | 2005 |
| A Concert for Hurricane Relief | Self | 2005 |
| Bad News Bears | Liz Whitewood | 2005 |
| P.S. | Missy Goldberg | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| Welcome to Mooseport | Grace Sutherland | 2004 |
| She's Too Young | Trish Vogul / Trish Vogel | 2004 |
| Mona Lisa Smile | Nancy Abbey | 2003 |
| Casa de los babys | Nan | 2003 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter & Past Winner | 2003 |
| Mystic River | Celeste Boyle | 2003 |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2002 |
| King of Texas | Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson | 2002 |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Andrea Haskell | 2001 |
| Walking Shadow | Susan Silverman | 2001 |
| Gaudi Afternoon | Frankie | 2001 |
| The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2001 |
| Pollock | Lee Krasner | 2000 |
| Thin Air | Susan Silverman | 2000 |
| Space Cowboys | Sara Holland | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | FBI Agent Dana Lewis / Star Morrison | 1999 |
| Meet Joe Black | Allison / Allison Parrish | 1998 |
| It All Came True | Michelle Tippet | 1998 |
| Desperate Measures | Dr. Samantha Hawkins | 1998 |
| Flubber | Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds | 1997 |
| The View | Herself - Guest | 1997 |
| Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Nancy Floyd | 1997 |
| The Daytrippers | Libby | 1997 |
| Far Harbor | Arabella | 1996 |
| The First Wives Club | Dr. Leslie Rosen | 1996 |
| Spy Hard | Miss Cheevus | 1996 |
| The Spitfire Grill | Shelby Goddard | 1996 |
| Convict Cowboy | Maggie / Maggie Sinclair | 1995 |
| Safe Passage | Cynthia | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Barbara Tomilson | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Fallen Angels | Marie | 1993 |
| The 47th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Joan Garbarek | 1993 |
| Used People | Norma | 1992 |
| Sinatra | Ava Gardner | 1992 |
| Crush | Lane | 1992 |
| Late for Dinner | Joy Husband | 1991 |
| Fever | Lacy | 1991 |
| In Broad Daylight | Adina Rowan | 1991 |
| Miller's Crossing | Verna / Verna Bernbaum | 1990 |
| Kojak: None So Blind | Angelina | 1990 |
| Gideon Oliver | Lila | 1989 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Superman 50th Anniversary | Marcia Connelly | 1988 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Kim | 1987 |
| American Masters | Willa Cather | 1986 |
| The Imagemaker | Stage Manager | 1986 |
| Footloose | Dancer | 1984 |
| American Playhouse | Self | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Librarian, Joan | 1981 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Not Only Strangers | Jennie | 1979 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| So Help Me Todd | 2022 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated |
| 2007 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2004 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2001 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
