Maggie Gyllenhaal

Birth Date:
November 16, 1977

Height:
5 ft 9 in

Measurements:
34-23-34

Occupation:
Actress

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Maggie Gyllenhaal was born in New York City. She is the daughter of part-Swedish American director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Ashkenazi Jewish American writer/producer Naomi Foner, and the sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The family are descendants of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

During high school, she attended a semester away program in Vershire, Vermont called The Mountain School. After graduating she attended Columbia University, and spent a summer studying at RADA.

Gyllenhaal's first film roles were directed by her father: Waterland (1992), A Dangerous Woman (1993), and Homegrown (1998). After graduating from college, she had a number of supporting roles, notably co-starring with her brother in Donnie Darko in 2001.

Gyllenhaal's break-out role was in Secretary, which earned her widespread acclaim including a Golden Globe nomination. She has followed up with roles in Adaptation, John Sayles's Casa de los Babys and Mona Lisa Smile alongside Julia Roberts.

She has appeared on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic in, Anthony and Cleopatra and Homebody Kabul among others.

She has modelled for Miu Miu, a branch of the Prada fashion house, and for Reebok.