{"title":"Maggie Gyllenhaal","role":"Annie","image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/roundabout-theatre-company\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_880,q_auto,w_880\/v1\/Headshots\/2014-2015-Season\/The-Real-Thing\/maggiegyllenhaal.gif","lede":null,"content":"\r\n
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL (Annie)<\/strong> is one of the great young actresses of today. She gained critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for \"Best Supporting Actress\" for her portrayal of Jean Craddock in Crazy Heart <\/em>alongside Jeff Bridges, further exemplifying her talent and versatility as an actress. After receiving rave reviews out of the 2002 Sundance competition for her starring role opposite James Spader in Lion\u2019s Gate\u2019s Secretary<\/em>, she went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for \u201cBest Actress in a Comedy or Musical\u201d, an Independent Spirit Award nomination for \u201cBest Actress\u201d, a Chicago Film Critics\u2019 Award for \u201cMost Promising Performer\u201d, A Boston Film Critics\u2019 Award for \u201cBest Actress\u201d, a National Board of Review Award for \u201cBreakthrough Performance\u201d and an IFP\/ Gotham \u201cBreakthrough Performance\u201d Award. Maggie made her feature film debut in 1992, alongside Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke in Waterland<\/em>. This was followed by a memorable performance as \u201cRaven\u201d, the Satan-worshiping make-up artist in John Waters\u2019 quirky Hollywood satire, Cecil B. Demented<\/em>, which led her to a co-starring role in Donnie Darko<\/em>, a fantasy-thriller about disturbed adolescence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Years later, back at Sundance in 2007, Maggie starred in Sherrybaby<\/em>; she played a female convict struggling to overcome her drug addiction and regain custody of her daughter. The film was well-received by critics and garnered her second Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama. Gyllenhaal was also nominated for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for her role in Don Roos\u2019 Happy Endings<\/em>, opposite Lisa Kudrow and Tom Arnold. She was Rachel Dawes in the Warner Bros. box office hit Dark Knight <\/em>directed by Chris Nolan. She was also seen in Sam Mendes\u2019s Away We Go<\/em>. In August 2006, Maggie was seen in Trust the Man <\/em>with Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup and David Duchovny and in Oliver Stone\u2019s World Trade Center <\/em>with Maria Bello and Nicholas Cage. She also starred in Marc Forster\u2019s Stranger Than Fiction <\/em>with Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Emma Thompson. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n In the past few years, she appeared in John Sayles\u2019 Casa De Los Babys with Daryl Hannah and Lily Taylor and Mike Newell\u2019s much-anticipated Mona Lisa Smile <\/em>in which Maggie co-starred with Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles and Kirsten Dunst. She was also seen in Criminal with Diego Luna and John C. Reilly as well as Spike Jonze\u2019s Adaptation. <\/em>Also accomplished on stage, Gyllenhaal starred as \u201cAlice\u201d in Patrick Mauber\u2019s award-winning Closer at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles for director Robert Egan, and previously at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. She has also appeared in Anthony and Cleopatra at the Vanborough Theatre in London. In 2004, Maggie starred in Tony Kushner\u2019s play Homebody\/Kabul, which ran in both Los Angeles and at B.A.M. In August 2010, Maggie was seen in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang <\/em>with Emma Thompson. In 2011, Maggie appeared in the Anton Chekhov play \u2018Three Sisters\u2019 alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Jessica Hecht and Josh Hamilton and also starred alongside Hugh Dancy in the romantic comedy, Hysteria. <\/em>In 2012, Maggie starred in the drama, Won\u2019t Back Down <\/em>alongside Viola Davis and directed by Daniel Barnz. Maggie was most recently seen in White House Down, <\/em>directed by Roland Emmerich in which she will star alongside Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. She has completed production on Lenny Abrahamson\u2019s Frank<\/em>, co-starring Michael Fassbender, set to be released in 2014. Maggie is currently filming the BBC\/Sundance original series The Honourable Woman <\/em>in the U.K. This series is set to make its British debut in May 2014 and in July 2014 in the United States.<\/p>\r\n","website":"","alt":null}