Maggie Gyllenhaal
Acting
81
Acting Credits
4
Directed
Biography
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal Sarsgaard (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, nominations for two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in seve...
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
Filmography
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Nabataean Kingdom
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Best Summer Ever
2020
as TV Reporter
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
How To with John Wilson
2020
as Self
The Ben Cobb Show
2019
as Amun Ra
The Kindergarten Teacher
2018
as Lisa Spinelli
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar
2018
as The Bell Jar Reader (voice)
The Deuce
2017
as Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
Home
2016
as Ruth
The New Empress
2016
as Olive
Beauty Mark
2016
as Valerie
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Frank
2014
as Clara
River of Fundament
2014
as Hathfertiti
The Sturgeon Queens
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Honourable Woman
2014
as Nessa Stein
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
White House Down
2013
as Finnerty
Won't Back Down
2012
as Jamie Fitzpatrick
BAM150
2012
as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Hysteria
2011
as Charlotte Dalrymple
Curiosity
2011
as Host
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Isabel Green
Crazy Heart
2009
as Jean Craddock
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009
as Self
Away We Go
2009
as LN
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Dark Knight
2008
as Rachel
Voyage to the Bunny Planet
2008
Gotham Tonight
2008
as Rachel Dawes
High Falls
2007
as April
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
as Ana Pascal
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Liz (Quartier des Enfants Rouges)
World Trade Center
2006
as Allison Jimeno
Monster House
2006
as Zee (voice)
Sherrybaby
2006
as Sherry Swanson
Quartier des Enfants-Rouges
2006
as Liz
The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Emme Keeler
Trust the Man
2005
as Elaine
Happy Endings
2005
as Jude
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Criminal
2004
as Valerie
Strip Search
2004
as Linda Sykes
The Misbehavers
2004
as Self
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004
as Sidney
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
as Giselle Levy
Casa de los Babys
2003
as Jennifer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
40 Days and 40 Nights
2002
as Sam
Adaptation.
2002
as Caroline Cunningham
Secretary
2002
as Lee Holloway
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
as Debbie
Donnie Darko
2001
as Elizabeth Darko
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
as Amelia
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Raven
The Photographer
2000
as Mira
Resurrection
1999
as Mary
Independent Lens
1999
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
as Lorraine Thomas
Homegrown
1998
as Christina
The View
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Shattered Mind
1996
as Clothes Clerk
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Patsy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self
Waterland
1992
as Maggie Ruth
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991
as Noreen Bixler
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Oscars
1953
as Self