Maggie Gyllenhaal is one of the great young actresses of today. She received critical acclaim during the 2002 Sundance competition for her starring role opposite James Spader in Lion’s Gate’s Secretary, and went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress, a Chicago Film Critics’ Award for Most Promising Performer, a Boston Film Critics’ Award for Best Actress, a National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance and an IFP/Gotham Breakthrough Performance Award for the role.
Most recently, Gyllenhaal starred in this summer’s blockbuster hit The Dark Knight opposite Christian Bale.
Gyllenhaal graduated from Columbia University in 1999 where she studied literature.