Marcia Gay Harden
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1959-08-14 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- La Jolla, California, USA
- Also known as
- Marsha Gay Harden · Marcia Harden · 马西娅·盖伊·哈登 · Марша Гей Харден · Gay Hagen
Biography
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing.
Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), and Space Cowboys (2000). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River (2003).
She appeared in several 2007 films, including Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Frank Darabont's The Mist, based on the novella by Stephen King. Also in 2007, she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties, the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) One scene required her to bare her breasts, with the missing breast removed using computer-generated imagery. In Home, her co-stars include her daughter, Eulala Scheel.
In 2009, she had quite a busy year. She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt. She co-starred in the films Whip It, and The Maiden Heist. She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage, co-starring with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels. All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award; Harden won Best Actress in a Play. She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).
Known For
TV Shows (42)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dana Lewis
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Denise (voice) / Denise / McCaitlyn (voice)
Chicago Hope
1994
as Barbara Tomilson
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Hannah Keating
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Margo's Got Money Troubles
2026
as Elizabeth Gable
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Joan Garbarek
Simon & Simon
1981
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Body of Proof
2011
as Sheila Temple
Damages
2007
as Claire Maddox
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Morning Show
2019
as Maggie Brener
Royal Pains
2009
as Dr. Elizabeth Blair
A Million Little Things
2018
as Alice Mendez
The Newsroom
2012
as Rebecca Halliday
The Oscars
1953
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
The Cuphead Show!
2022
as Sally Stageplay (voice)
Code Black
2015
as Dr. Leanne Rorish
Fallen Angels
1993
as Marie
So Help Me Todd
2022
as Margaret
Murder in a Small Town
2024
as Mayor Christie Holman
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
as Andrea Haskell
Trophy Wife
2013
as Dr. Diane Buckley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Vicki Miller
Uncoupled
2022
as Claire Lewis
Reef Break
2019
as Betty Ann Miller
Bent
2012
as Vanessa Carter
Barkskins
2020
as Mathilde Geffard
RuPaul
2019
as Self
Gideon Oliver
1989
as Lila
Money, Explained
2021
as Self - Narrator
Sinatra
1992
as Ava Gardner
The Oil Fund
2018
as USA Ambassadør
TRINITY
2026
as Margaret Vandenburg
Drift
Movies (104)
Fifty Shades Freed
2018
as Grace Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
as Dr. Grey
Fifty Shades Darker
2017
as Grace Trevelyan Grey
The Mist
2007
as Mrs. Carmody
Meet Joe Black
1998
as Allison
Mystic River
2003
as Celeste Boyle
Detachment
2011
as Principal Carol Dearden
Into the Wild
2007
as Billie McCandless
Parkland
2013
as Doris Nelson
The Dreadful
2026
as Morwen
Flubber
1997
as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Space Cowboys
2000
as Sara Holland
Miller's Crossing
1990
as Verna
Mona Lisa Smile
2003
as Nancy Abbey
Gigi & Nate
2022
as Claire Gibson
Spy Hard
1996
as Miss Cheevus
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Knox Goes Away
2024
as Ruby Knox
Whip It
2009
as Brooke Cavendar
The First Wives Club
1996
as Dr. Leslie Rosen
Bad News Bears
2005
as Liz Whitewood
Moxie
2021
as Principal Shelly
P.S.
2004
as Missy Goldberg
Confess, Fletch
2022
as Countess Sylvia de Grassi
You're Not You
2014
as Elizabeth
The Invisible
2007
as Diane Powell
The Hoax
2006
as Edith Irving
American Gun
2005
as Janet Huttenson
Desperate Measures
1998
as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
The Maiden Heist
2009
as Rose Barlow
Magic in the Moonlight
2014
as Mrs. Baker
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009
as Janina Krzyżanowska
Point Blank
2019
as Lieutenant Lewis
Small Vices
1999
as Susan Silverman
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
as President of the FAFAFA
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
as Marjorie Dunfour
Get a Job
2016
as Katherine Dunn
Pollock
2000
as Lee Krasner
The Dead Girl
2006
as Melora
Grandma
2015
as Judy
Walking Shadow
2001
as Susan Silverman
Curtain Call
1998
as Michelle Tippet
Convict Cowboy
1995
as Maggie Sinclair
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Grace Sutherland
American Dreamz
2006
as First Lady
Safe Passage
1994
as Cynthia
Rails & Ties
2007
as Megan Stark
Canvas
2006
as Mary Marino
Pink Skies Ahead
2020
as Pamela
The Daytrippers
1997
as Libby
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
Street Smart
as Dr. Partovi
After Words
2015
as Jane Taylor
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
Used People
1992
as Norma
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as Marcia Connelly
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
2005
as Mrs. Martha Merriman
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Lydia
Love You to Death
2019
as Camile Stoller
Tell It Like a Woman
2022
as Dr. Partovi
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
She's Too Young
2004
as Trish Vogul
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Maryanne Kinkade
The Spitfire Grill
1996
as Shelby Goddard
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
as Nancy Floyd
Daughter of the Bride
2023
as Diane
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Adina Rowan
Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009
as Becky Binion
Innocent
2011
as Barbara Sabich
Fever
1994
as Lacy
King of Texas
2002
as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
The Tower
2008
as Zoe Cafritz
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
2011
as Edda Mellas
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
as Angelina
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
2020
as Self
Renner
2025
as Salenus (voice)
Thin Air
2000
as Susan Silverman
The Wine of Summer
2013
as Shelley
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
Casa de los Babys
2003
as Nan
Far Harbor
1996
as Arabella
From Where I Sit
2000
as Sharon
Crush
1992
as Lane
Gaudi Afternoon
2001
as Frankie
The Cold Open
2019
If I Were You
2013
as Madelyn
In from the Night
2006
as Vicki Miller
Late for Dinner
1991
as Joy Husband
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003
as Self
Labor of Love
1998
as Annie Pines
Talking With
1995
as Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Guilty Hearts
2002
as Jenny Moran
See You in My Dreams
2004
as Angela Brown
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
Home
2009
as Inga
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
2006
as Narrator
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005
as Voice of Willa Cather
Not Only Strangers
1979
as Jennie
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
as Self
In the Echo
as Marcia
In the Night I Remember Your Name
2018
as Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
About Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s. In 1986, she appeared in her first film role, with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed Miller's Crossing. Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (199… With 146 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Marcia Gay Harden has appeared in 104 films and 42 TV shows.
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- Fifty Shades Freed (2018) — as Grace Grey
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) — as Dr. Grey
- Fifty Shades Darker (2017) — as Grace Trevelyan Grey
- The Mist (2007) — as Mrs. Carmody
- Meet Joe Black (1998) — as Allison
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