Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Aug 14, 1959 (66 years old)

Overview

Gender
Female
Birthday
Aug 14, 1959

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.

Known For

Renner
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2025

Renner

A computer genius invents an A.I life coach to help...

Knox Goes Away
1h 54m
DOLBY
Movie 2024

Knox Goes Away

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form...

Daughter of the Bride
1h 42m
DOLBY
Movie 2023

Daughter of the Bride

Diane and Kate are not only mother and daughter but...

Tell It Like a Woman
1h 52m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Tell It Like a Woman

Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that...

So Help Me Todd
31 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2022

So Help Me Todd

Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who...

Confess, Fletch
1h 39m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Confess, Fletch

The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime...

Gigi & Nate
1h 54m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

Gigi & Nate

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal...

Moxie
1h 51m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Moxie

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new...

Pink Skies Ahead
1h 34m
DOLBY
Movie 2020

Pink Skies Ahead

A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping...

Barkskins
8 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2020

Barkskins

A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape...

Acting

2025
Renner
Movie
2024
Knox Goes Away
Movie
2023
Daughter of the Bride
Movie
2022
Tell It Like a Woman
Movie
2022
So Help Me Todd
Tv
2022
Confess, Fletch
Movie
2022
Gigi & Nate
Movie
2021
Moxie
Movie
2020
Pink Skies Ahead
Movie
2020
Barkskins
Tv
2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Movie
2019
Point Blank
Movie
2019
The Cold Open
Movie
2019
Love You to Death
Movie
2018
Fifty Shades Freed
Movie
2017
Fifty Shades Darker
Movie
2016
Get a Job
Movie
2015
Code Black
Tv
2015
After Words
Movie
2015
Unity
Movie
2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Movie
2015
Grandma
Movie
2015
Fifty Shades of Grey
Movie
2014
Elsa & Fred
Movie
2013
Parkland
Movie
2013
Trophy Wife
Tv
2013
The Wine of Summer
Movie
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie
2013
If I Were You
Movie
2011
Innocent
Movie
2011
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Movie
2009
Home
Movie
2009
Whip It
Movie
2008
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Movie
2008
Christmas Cottage
Movie
2008
The Tower
Movie
2007
Rails & Ties
Movie
2007
The Mist
Movie
2006
Canvas
Movie
2006
The Dead Girl
Movie
2006
The Hoax
Movie
2006
In from the Night
Movie
2006
American Dreamz
Movie
2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Movie
2006
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Movie
2005
American Gun
Movie
2005
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Movie
2005
Bad News Bears
Movie
2004
P.S.
Movie
2004
See You in My Dreams
Movie
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Movie
2004
She's Too Young
Movie
2003
Casa de los Babys
Movie
2002
King of Texas
Movie
2002
Guilty Hearts
Movie
2001
The Education of Max Bickford
Tv
2001
Gaudi Afternoon
Movie
2000
Pollock
Movie
2000
From Where I Sit
Movie
1999
Small Vices
Movie
1998
Curtain Call
Movie
1998
Meet Joe Black
Movie
1998
Labor of Love
Movie
1998
Desperate Measures
Movie
1997
Flubber
Movie
1997
The Daytrippers
Movie
1995
Talking With
Movie
1993
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Movie
1993
Geoffrey Beene 30
Movie
1992
Used People
Movie
1992
Sinatra
Tv
1992
Crush
Movie
1991
Late for Dinner
Movie
1991
Fever
Movie
1991
In Broad Daylight
Movie
1990
Miller's Crossing
Movie
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
Movie
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Movie