University of Texas, Austin (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1979–present
Spouse
Thaddaeus Scheel
(m. 1996; div. 2012)
Children
3
Awards
Full list
Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959)[1] is an American actress. Her breakthrough came in the 1990 Coen brothers' film Miller's Crossing. For her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 biographical film Pollock, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as a troubled wife in the drama film Mystic River (2003). Her other notable film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Flubber (1997), Space Cowboys (2000), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), and the Fifty Shades film series (2015–2018).
Harden made her Broadway debut in 1993, starring in Tony Kushner's epic play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches/Angels in America: Perestroika for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in 2009 in Yazmina Reza's comedic play God of Carnage, with her performance earning her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Harden's television credits include guest roles in the HBO series The Newsroom (2013–2014), the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder (2015–2020) and the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show (2019–present), as well as main roles in the CBS series Code Black (2015–2018) and So Help Me Todd (2022–present). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her guest role in the crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and her supporting role in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).
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MarciaGayHarden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came in the 1990 Coen brothers' film Miller's Crossing. For her portrayal...
MarciaGayHarden is an American actress who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award and three...
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Nakamura, Joanna Kulig, Ray McKinnon, John Hoogenakker, Lela Loren, MarciaGayHarden, and Al Pacino. The film follows a contract killer (Keaton), who after...
as Bill Parrish Claire Forlani as Susan Parrish Jake Weber as Drew MarciaGayHarden as Allison Parrish Jeffrey Tambor as Quince, Allison's husband David...
starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and MarciaGayHarden. The film was released as The Heist in the United Kingdom. Roger (Christopher...
directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, MarciaGayHarden, Hamish Linklater, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney, and Jacki Weaver. Set...
Ficarra and John Requa and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, MarciaGayHarden and Sammi Kane Kraft. It is a remake of the 1976 sports film The Bad...
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