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Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal SarsgaardΒ (/ΛdΚΙͺlΙnhΙΛl/JIL-Ιn-hawl,Β Swedish:Β [ΛjΚΜlΛΙnΛhΙΛl]; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including aΒ Golden Globe Award, nominations for twoΒ Academy Awards, and twoΒ British Academy Film Awards.
Part of theΒ Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakersΒ Stephen GyllenhaalΒ andΒ Naomi Achs, and the sister of actorΒ Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films. She appeared with her brother in the thrillerΒ Donnie DarkoΒ (2001). She then appeared inΒ Adaptation,Β Confessions of a Dangerous MindΒ (both 2002), andΒ Mona Lisa SmileΒ (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramasΒ SecretaryΒ (2002) andΒ SherrybabyΒ (2006), both of which earned her Β Golden Globe Award nominations. She had commercial success in the thrillerΒ World Trade CenterΒ (2006). She received wider recognition for her role asΒ Rachel DawesΒ in the superhero filmΒ The Dark KnightΒ (2008).
For her performance as aΒ single motherΒ inΒ Crazy HeartΒ (2009), she received a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the filmsΒ Nanny McPhee and the Big BangΒ (2010),Β HysteriaΒ (2011),Β Won't Back DownΒ (2012),Β White House DownΒ (2013),Β FrankΒ (2014), andΒ The Kindergarten TeacherΒ (2018). She has starred in several television series, including theΒ BBCΒ political thriller miniseriesΒ The Honourable WomanΒ (2014), which won her aΒ Golden Globe Award for Best ActressΒ and a Β Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also produced and starred in theΒ HBOΒ period drama seriesΒ The DeuceΒ (2017β2019).
Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological dramaΒ The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she was nominated for theΒ Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayΒ and won theΒ Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making herΒ BroadwayΒ debut in a revival ofΒ The Real Thing.
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