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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The Dreadful | Morwen | 2026-02-20 |
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Renner | Salenus (voice) | 2025-02-07 |
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This Ordinary Thing | Self (voice) | 2025-12-05 |
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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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Gigi & Nate | Claire Gibson | 2022-09-02 |
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Confess, Fletch | Countess Sylvia de Grassi | 2022-09-16 |
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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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Love You to Death | Camile Stoller | 2019-01-26 |
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Point Blank | Lieutenant Lewis | 2019-07-12 |
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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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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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Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | President of the FAFAFA | 2015-06-05 |
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Fifty Shades of Grey | Dr. Grey | 2015-02-11 |
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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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Magic in the Moonlight | Mrs. Baker | 2014-07-25 |
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The Wine of Summer | Shelley | 2013-09-13 |
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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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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Marjorie Dunfour | 2012-02-24 |
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Detachment | Principal Carol Dearden | 2011-04-24 |
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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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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Janina Krzyżanowska | 2009-04-19 |
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Sex and Lies in Sin City | Becky Binion | 2009-10-22 |
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Whip It | Brooke Cavendar | 2009-04-09 |
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The Maiden Heist | Rose Barlow | 2009-05-09 |
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Home | Inga | 2009-05-01 |
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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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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
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The Mist | Mrs. Carmody | 2007-11-21 |
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Fog City Mavericks | Self | 2007-10-24 |
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Into the Wild | Billie McCandless | 2007-09-21 |
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The Invisible | Diane Powell | 2007-04-27 |
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Rails & Ties | Megan Stark | 2007-09-01 |
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In from the Night | Vicki Miller | 2006-04-23 |
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | Self | 2006-01-15 |
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The Hoax | Edith Irving | 2006-10-14 |
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Canvas | Mary Marino | 2006-11-12 |
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Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
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The Dead Girl | Melora | 2006-11-07 |
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American Dreamz | First Lady | 2006-03-04 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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American Gun | Janet Huttenson | 2005-09-15 |
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Willa Cather: The Road Is All | Voice of Willa Cather | 2005-09-07 |
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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure | Mrs. Martha Merriman | 2005-11-29 |
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Bad News Bears | Liz Whitewood | 2005-07-22 |
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P.S. | Missy Goldberg | 2004-10-15 |
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She's Too Young | Trish Vogul | 2004-02-16 |
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See You in My Dreams | Angela Brown | 2004-06-13 |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Self | 2004-06-08 |
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Welcome to Mooseport | Grace Sutherland | 2004-02-24 |
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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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From Where I Sit | Sharon | 2000-01-01 |
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Thin Air | Susan Silverman | 2000-09-12 |
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Pollock | Lee Krasner | 2000-09-06 |
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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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Meet Joe Black | Allison | 1998-11-12 |
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Curtain Call | Michelle Tippet | 1998-12-05 |
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Desperate Measures | Dr. Samantha Hawkins | 1998-01-30 |
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Labor of Love | Annie Pines | 1998-05-04 |
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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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Spy Hard | Miss Cheevus | 1996-05-24 |
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The First Wives Club | Dr. Leslie Rosen | 1996-09-20 |
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Far Harbor | Arabella | 1996-11-22 |
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The Spitfire Grill | Shelby Goddard | 1996-08-23 |
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Talking With | Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles") | 1995-04-19 |
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Convict Cowboy | Maggie Sinclair | 1995-07-15 |
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Safe Passage | Cynthia | 1994-12-01 |
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In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway | 1993-06-11 | |
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Geoffrey Beene 30 | 1993-04-05 | |
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Crush | Lane | 1992-09-15 |
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Used People | Norma | 1992-12-16 |
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Fever | Lacy | 1991-05-11 |
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Late for Dinner | Joy Husband | 1991-09-20 |
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In Broad Daylight | Adina Rowan | 1991-02-03 |
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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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In the Echo | Marcia | |
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Street Smart | Dr. Partovi |
