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Marcia Gay Harden
Actor, ProducerBorn August 14, 1959 (66 years)
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).
She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.
She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.
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).
She reunited with her former Broadway co-star Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBO's series The Newsroom in 2013. In 2015, she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black. Her other notable television credits include ABC's How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.
She played Christian Grey's mother, Grace Trevelyan Grey, in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018. She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd.
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| 2026 | Trinity (2026) (TV Series) · as Margaret Vandenburg |
| 2026 | Margo's Got Money Troubles (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Gable |
| 2026 | The Dreadful · as Morwen |
| 2025 | Renner · as Salenus (voice) |
| 2024 | Murder in a Small Town (2024) (TV Series) · as Mayor Christie Holman |
| 2023 | Knox Goes Away · as Ruby Knox |
| 2023 | Daughter of the Bride · as Diane |
| 2022 | Tell It Like a Woman · as Dr. Partovi |
| 2022 | So Help Me Todd (TV Series) · as Margaret |
| 2022 | King on Screen · as Mrs. Carmody |
| 2022 | Confess, Fletch · as Countess Sylvia De Grassi |
| 2022 | Gigi & Nate · as Claire Gibson |
| 2022 | Uncoupled (TV Series) · as Claire Lewis |
| 2022 | The Cuphead Show! (TV Series) · as Sally Stageplay (voice) |
| 2021 | Moxie · as Principal Shelly |
| 2020 | Pink Skies Ahead · as Pamela |
| 2020 | Barkskins (TV Series) · as Mathilde Geffard |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Maggie Brener |
| 2019 | Point Blank · as Lieutenant Lewis |
| 2019 | Reef Break (TV Series) · as Betty Ann Miller |
| 2019 | Love You To Death · as Camile Stoller |
| 2018 | A Million Little Things (TV Series) · as Alice Mendez |
| 2018 | Fifty Shades Freed · as Grace Grey |
| 2018 | The Oil Fund (TV Series) · as Usa Ambassadør |
| 2017 | Fifty Shades Darker · as Grace Trevelyan Grey |
| 2016 | Get a Job · as Katherine Dunn |
| 2015 | Code Black (TV Series) · as Dr. Leanne Rorish |
| 2015 | Grandma · as Judy |
| 2015 | After Words · as Jane Taylor |
| 2015 | Unity · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant · as President Of The Fafafa |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey · as Dr. Grey |
| 2014 | You're Not You · as Elizabeth |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred · as Lydia |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) · as Hannah Keating |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Denise (voice) |
| 2014 | Magic in the Moonlight · as Mrs. Baker |
| 2013 | Parkland · as Doris Nelson |
| 2013 | Trophy Wife (TV Series) · as Dr. Diane Buckley |
| 2013 | The Wine of Summer · as Shelley |
| 2012 | If I Were You · as Madelyn |
| 2012 | The Newsroom (2012) (TV Series) · as Rebecca Halliday |
| 2012 | Tron: Uprising (TV Series) · as Keller |
| 2012 | Bent (TV Series) · as Vanessa Carter |
| 2012 | Noah · as Aamah |
| 2011 | Innocent · as Barbara Sabich |
| 2011 | Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You · as Marjorie Dunfour |
| 2011 | Detachment · as Principal Carol Dearden |
| 2011 | Amanda Knox · as Edda Mellas |
| 2011 | Body of Proof (TV Series) · as Sheila Temple |
| 2011 | Smothered · as Fran |
| 2009 | Whip It · as Brooke Cavendar |
| 2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Dr. Elizabeth Blair |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist · as Rose Barlow |
| 2009 | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler · as Janina Krzyżanowska |
| 2008 | Home · as Inga |
| 2008 | Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage · as Maryanne Kinkade |
| 2008 | Sex and Lies in Sin City · as Becky Binion |
| 2007 | Into the Wild · as Billie Mccandless |
| 2007 | Rails & Ties · as Megan Stark |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as Claire Maddox |
| 2007 | The Mist · as Mrs. Carmody |
| 2007 | The Invisible · as Diane Powell |
| 2006 | Canvas · as Mary Marino |
| 2006 | The Hoax · as Edith Irving |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl · as Melora |
| 2006 | In from the Night · as Vicki Miller |
| 2006 | American Dreamz · as First Lady |
| 2006 | Drift · as Cheryl |
| 2005 | Felicity: An American Girl Adventure · as Mrs. Martha Merriman |
| 2005 | American Gun · as Janet Huttenson |
| 2005 | Bad News Bears · as Liz Whitewood |
| 2005 | Hate · as Chief Jackie Mantello |
| 2004 | P.S. · as Missy Goldberg |
| 2004 | See You in My Dreams · as Angela Brown |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport · as Grace Sutherland |
| 2004 | She's Too Young · as Trish Vogul |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile · as Nancy Abbey |
| 2003 | Mystic River · as Celeste Boyle |
| 2003 | Casa de los babys · as Nan |
| 2003 | Just Like Mona · as Cast |
| 2002 | King of Texas · as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson |
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts · as Jenny Moran |
| 2001 | The Education of Max Bickford (TV Series) · as Andrea Haskell |
| 2001 | Walking Shadow · as Susan Silverman |
| 2001 | Gaudi Afternoon · as Frankie |
| 2000 | Thin Air · as Susan Silverman |
| 2000 | Pollock · as Lee Krasner |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys · as Sara Holland |
| 2000 | From Where I Sit · as Sharon |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Dana Lewis |
| 1999 | Spenser: Small Vices · as Susan Silverman |
| 1998 | It All Came True · as Michelle Tippet |
| 1998 | Meet Joe Black · as Allison |
| 1998 | Labor of Love · as Annie Pines |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures · as Dr. Samantha Hawkins |
| 1997 | Flubber · as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing · as Nancy Floyd |
| 1996 | Far Harbor · as Arabella |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club · as Dr. Leslie Rosen |
| 1996 | Spy Hard · as Miss Cheevus |
| 1996 | The Spitfire Grill · as Shelby Goddard |
| 1996 | The Daytrippers · as Libby |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy · as Maggie Sinclair |
| 1994 | Safe Passage · as Cynthia |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Barbara Tomilson |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Marie |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Joan Garbarek |
| 1992 | Used People · as Norma |
| 1992 | Sinatra (TV Series) · as Ava Gardner |
| 1992 | Crush · as Lane |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Late for Dinner · as Joy Husband |
| 1991 | Fever · as Lacy |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight · as Adina Rowan |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing · as Verna |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind · as Angelina |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver (TV Series) · as Lila |
| 1988 | Superman 50th Anniversary · as Marcia Connelly |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Kim |
| 1986 | The Imagemaker · as Stage Manager |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Willa Cather |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series) · as Vicki Miller |
Drift (TV Series) |