1959-08-14 La Jolla, California, USA
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.
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Renner | Salenus (voice) | 2025-02-07 |
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Knox Goes Away | Ruby Knox | 2024-03-15 |
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Daughter of the Bride | Diane | 2023-02-03 |
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Tell It Like a Woman | Dr. Partovi | 2022-10-07 |
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Confess, Fletch | Countess Sylvia de Grassi | 2022-09-16 |
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Gigi & Nate | Claire Gibson | 2022-09-02 |
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Moxie | Principal Shelly | 2021-03-03 |
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Pink Skies Ahead | Pamela | 2020-10-18 |
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Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone | Self | 2020-04-26 |
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The Cold Open | 2019-02-23 | |
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Point Blank | Lieutenant Lewis | 2019-07-12 |
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Love You to Death | Camile Stoller | 2019-01-26 |
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In the Night I Remember Your Name | Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice) | 2018-06-16 |
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Fifty Shades Freed | Grace Grey | 2018-01-17 |
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Fifty Shades Darker | Grace Trevelyan Grey | 2017-02-08 |
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Get a Job | Katherine Dunn | 2016-03-17 |
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Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | President of the FAFAFA | 2015-06-05 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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After Words | Jane Taylor | 2015-08-21 |
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Grandma | Judy | 2015-06-04 |
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Fifty Shades of Grey | Dr. Grey | 2015-02-11 |
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Magic in the Moonlight | Mrs. Baker | 2014-07-25 |
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You're Not You | Elizabeth | 2014-10-10 |
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Elsa & Fred | Lydia | 2014-03-07 |
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If I Were You | Madelyn | 2013-03-15 |
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Parkland | Doris Nelson | 2013-10-02 |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
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The Wine of Summer | Shelley | 2013-09-13 |
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Marjorie Dunfour | 2012-02-24 |
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy | Edda Mellas | 2011-02-21 |
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Innocent | Barbara Sabich | 2011-11-29 |
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Detachment | Principal Carol Dearden | 2011-04-24 |
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Whip It | Brooke Cavendar | 2009-04-09 |
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Janina Krzyżanowska | 2009-04-19 |
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Home | Inga | 2009-05-01 |
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The Maiden Heist | Rose Barlow | 2009-05-09 |
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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
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Christmas Cottage | Maryanne Kinkade | 2008-10-15 |
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The Tower | Zoe Cafritz | 2008-01-01 |
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Sex and Lies in Sin City | Becky Binion | 2008-10-25 |
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Fog City Mavericks | Self | 2007-10-24 |
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The Mist | Mrs. Carmody | 2007-11-21 |
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Rails & Ties | Megan Stark | 2007-09-01 |
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The Invisible | Diane Powell | 2007-04-27 |
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Into the Wild | Billie McCandless | 2007-09-21 |
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In from the Night | Vicki Miller | 2006-04-23 |
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The Hoax | Edith Irving | 2006-10-14 |
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American Dreamz | First Lady | 2006-03-04 |
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Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | Self | 2006-01-15 |
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Canvas | Mary Marino | 2006-11-12 |
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The Dead Girl | Melora | 2006-11-07 |
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Bad News Bears | Liz Whitewood | 2005-07-22 |
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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure | Mrs. Martha Merriman | 2005-11-29 |
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Willa Cather: The Road Is All | Voice of Willa Cather | 2005-09-07 |
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American Gun | Janet Huttenson | 2005-09-15 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Welcome to Mooseport | Grace Sutherland | 2004-02-24 |
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See You in My Dreams | Angela Brown | 2004-06-13 |
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She's Too Young | Trish Vogul | 2004-02-16 |
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P.S. | Missy Goldberg | 2004-10-15 |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Self | 2004-06-08 |
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Mystic River: From Page to Screen | Self | 2003-10-31 |
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Mystic River | Celeste Boyle | 2003-10-08 |
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Casa de los Babys | Nan | 2003-09-19 |
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Mona Lisa Smile | Nancy Abbey | 2003-12-19 |
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Guilty Hearts | Jenny Moran | 2002-02-10 |
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King of Texas | Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson | 2002-06-02 |
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Gaudi Afternoon | Frankie | 2001-05-01 |
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Walking Shadow | Susan Silverman | 2001-08-26 |
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Pollock | Lee Krasner | 2000-09-06 |
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Thin Air | Susan Silverman | 2000-09-12 |
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From Where I Sit | Sharon | 2000-01-01 |
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Space Cowboys | Sara Holland | 2000-08-04 |
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Small Vices | Susan Silverman | 1999-07-18 |
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Labor of Love | Annie Pines | 1998-05-04 |
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Curtain Call | Michelle Tippet | 1998-12-05 |
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Meet Joe Black | Allison | 1998-11-12 |
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Desperate Measures | Dr. Samantha Hawkins | 1998-01-30 |
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The Daytrippers | Libby | 1997-03-05 |
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Nancy Floyd | 1997-06-14 |
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Flubber | Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds | 1997-11-26 |
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Far Harbor | Arabella | 1996-11-22 |
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The First Wives Club | Dr. Leslie Rosen | 1996-09-20 |
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The Spitfire Grill | Shelby Goddard | 1996-08-23 |
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Spy Hard | Miss Cheevus | 1996-05-24 |
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Convict Cowboy | Maggie Sinclair | 1995-07-15 |
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Talking With | Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles") | 1995-04-19 |
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Safe Passage | Cynthia | 1994-12-01 |
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Geoffrey Beene 30 | 1993-04-05 | |
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In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway | 1993-06-11 | |
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Crush | Lane | 1992-09-15 |
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Used People | Norma | 1992-12-16 |
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In Broad Daylight | Adina Rowan | 1991-02-03 |
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Late for Dinner | Joy Husband | 1991-09-20 |
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Fever | Lacy | 1991-05-11 |
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Miller's Crossing | Verna | 1990-09-21 |
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Kojak: None So Blind | Angelina | 1990-04-07 |
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | Marcia Connelly | 1988-02-29 |
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Not Only Strangers | Jennie | 1979-01-01 |
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The Dreadful | Morwen | |
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Street Smart | Dr. Partovi |
