Coming from an acting family, Maggie Gyllenhaal was doomed to this profession. The actor is her famous brother Jake Gyllenhaal, mother Naomi Achs writes scripts, and father Stephen Gyllenhaal is a director.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s real name is Margalit Ruth and, although she was born in New York City, she is of Swedish ancestry. She started with roles in her father’s films. The first was Waterland in 1992, and her character was named after herself – Maggie Ruth. This was followed by other small roles, up to the famous 2001 movie Donnie Darko . This (for many cult) science-fiction drama is about a teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) who has a vision of the end of the world revealed to him by a monster rabbit. In this picture, the Gyllenthaal siblings also starred as siblings.
In later years, she appeared in many films, including a small role in George Clooney’s Dangerous Mind , and for the lead role in the sadomasochistic comedy The Secretary was nominated for a Golden Globe. Her roles are very diverse, Maggie doesn’t want to be pigeonholed. She lent her voice to the animated Terrible House , starred in the film The Case of Harold Crick, the collection of novels Paris in Love , and the films Hysteria . A Romantic Story of a Vibrator, Frank , The Times Square Chronicles, Kindergarten. The artist sometimes also stands on the other side of the camera, as in The Lost Daughter.
Maggie as Rachel Dawes replaced Katie Holmes in Nolan’s second Batman film The Dark Knight (2008) . Apparently, Katie preferred to star in a crime comedy. Rachel is not a superhero, but the daughter of a maid, who becomes a prosecutor through her hard work. He wants to fix a corrupt system from within. It is like a support for Bruce Wayne, his reason to constantly fight against evil. Which of the ladies played its role better – it’s a matter of taste. For obvious reasons, neither of them appeared in the third part.
The following year, Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Mad Heart . The role of the British-Israeli businesswoman in the series A Fair Woman won her a Golden Globe. Its heroines are rebellious, bold, sometimes hyperactive and complex, with a rich interior.
I want to play real women, ones who have their strengths but at the same time are lost, broken, fragile in some respects. In the heroine I play, I want it all at once.
Maggie has two children with Peter Sarsgaard, known among others from the role of Dead Man Walking. The actress has anti-war and feminist views, and supports numerous non-profit organizations. What do you wish her? He has everything, so I guess just for her to get an Oscar? What do you think?