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 (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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All Credits (133)
Street Smart
as Dr. Partovi
Margo's Got Money Troubles
as Elizabeth Gable
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
Renner
as Salenus (voice)
Murder in a Small Town
as Mayor Christie Holman
Knox Goes Away
as Ruby Knox
Daughter of the Bride
as Diane
Tell It Like a Woman
as Dr. Partovi
So Help Me Todd
as Margaret
Confess, Fletch
as Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Gigi & Nate
as Claire Gibson
Uncoupled
as Claire Lewis
The Cuphead Show!
as Sally Stageplay (voice)
Money, Explained
as Self - Narrator
Moxie
as Principal Shelly
Pink Skies Ahead
as Pamela
Barkskins
as Mathilde Geffard
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
as Self
The Morning Show
as Maggie Brener
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Point Blank
as Lieutenant Lewis
Reef Break
as Betty Ann Miller
RuPaul
as Self
The Cold Open
as Unknown
Love You to Death
as Camile Stoller
The Oil Fund
as USA Ambassadør
A Million Little Things
as Alice Mendez
In the Night I Remember Your Name
as Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
Get a Job
as Katherine Dunn
Code Black
as Dr. Leanne Rorish
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
After Words
as Jane Taylor
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as President of the FAFAFA
Grandma
as Judy
You're Not You
as Elizabeth
How to Get Away with Murder
as Hannah Keating
BoJack Horseman
as Denise (voice)
BoJack Horseman
as Denise / McCaitlyn (voice)
Magic in the Moonlight
as Mrs. Baker
Elsa & Fred
as Lydia
Parkland
as Doris Nelson
Trophy Wife
as Dr. Diane Buckley
The Wine of Summer
as Shelley
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
If I Were You
as Madelyn
The Newsroom
as Rebecca Halliday
Bent
as Vanessa Carter
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Marjorie Dunfour
Innocent
as Barbara Sabich
Detachment
as Principal Carol Dearden
Body of Proof
as Sheila Temple
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
as Edda Mellas
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Becky Binion
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Royal Pains
as Dr. Elizabeth Blair
The Maiden Heist
as Rose Barlow
Home
as Inga
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
as Janina Krzyżanowska
Whip It
as Brooke Cavendar
Christmas Cottage
as Maryanne Kinkade
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
as Self
The Mist
as Mrs. Carmody
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
Into the Wild
as Billie McCandless
Rails & Ties
as Megan Stark
Damages
as Claire Maddox
The Invisible
as Diane Powell
Canvas
as Mary Marino
The Dead Girl
as Melora
The Hoax
as Edith Irving
In from the Night
as Vicki Miller
American Dreamz
as First Lady
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
as Self
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
as Mrs. Martha Merriman
American Gun
as Janet Huttenson
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Voice of Willa Cather
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
Bad News Bears
as Liz Whitewood
P.S.
as Missy Goldberg
See You in My Dreams
as Angela Brown
Welcome to Mooseport
as Grace Sutherland
She's Too Young
as Trish Vogul
Mona Lisa Smile
as Nancy Abbey
Casa de los Babys
as Nan
King of Texas
as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Guilty Hearts
as Jenny Moran
The Education of Max Bickford
as Andrea Haskell
Walking Shadow
as Susan Silverman
Gaudi Afternoon
as Frankie
Thin Air
as Susan Silverman
Pollock
as Lee Krasner
Space Cowboys
as Sara Holland
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dana Lewis
Small Vices
as Susan Silverman
Curtain Call
as Michelle Tippet
Meet Joe Black
as Allison
Labor of Love
as Annie Pines
Desperate Measures
as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Flubber
as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
The View
as Self
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Nancy Floyd
The Daytrippers
as Libby
Far Harbor
as Arabella
The First Wives Club
as Dr. Leslie Rosen
The Spitfire Grill
as Shelby Goddard
Spy Hard
as Miss Cheevus
Convict Cowboy
as Maggie Sinclair
Talking With
as Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
Safe Passage
as Cynthia
Chicago Hope
as Barbara Tomilson
Fallen Angels
as Marie
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
as Unknown
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Joan Garbarek
Used People
as Norma
Sinatra
as Ava Gardner
Crush
as Lane
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Unknown
Late for Dinner
as Joy Husband
Fever
as Lacy
In Broad Daylight
as Adina Rowan
Miller's Crossing
as Verna
Kojak: None So Blind
as Angelina
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Marcia Connelly
American Playhouse
as Self
Simon & Simon
as Unknown
Not Only Strangers
as Jennie
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
Great Performances
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Vicki Miller