Marcia Gay Harden
Acting
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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movieStreet Smart
2026
Dr. Partovi
tvMargo's Got Money Troubles
2026
Elizabeth Gable
movieThe Dreadful
2026
Morwen
movieThis Ordinary Thing
2025
Self (voice)
movieRenner
2025
Salenus (voice)
tvMurder in a Small Town
2024
Mayor Christie Holman
movieKnox Goes Away
2024
Ruby Knox
movieTell It Like a Woman
2022
Dr. Partovi
tvSo Help Me Todd
2022
Margaret
movieConfess, Fletch
2022
Countess Sylvia de Grassi
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieGigi & Nate
2022
Claire Gibson
tvUncoupled
2022
Claire Lewis
tvThe Cuphead Show!
2022
Sally Stageplay (voice)
tvMoney, Explained
2021
Self - Narrator
movieMoxie
2021
Principal Shelly
tvBarkskins
2020
Mathilde Geffard
tvThe Morning Show
2019
Maggie Brener
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
moviePoint Blank
2019
Lieutenant Lewis
tvReef Break
2019
Betty Ann Miller
tvRuPaul
2019
Self
movieLove You to Death
2019
Camile Stoller
tvThe Oil Fund
2018
USA Ambassadør
tvA Million Little Things
2018
Alice Mendez
movieIn the Night I Remember Your Name
2018
Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
movieFifty Shades Freed
2018
Grace Grey
movieFifty Shades Darker
2017
Grace Trevelyan Grey
movieGet a Job
2016
Katherine Dunn
tvCode Black
2015
Dr. Leanne Rorish
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieAfter Words
2015
Jane Taylor
movieUnity
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieLarry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
President of the FAFAFA
movieGrandma
2015
Judy
movieFifty Shades of Grey
2015
Dr. Grey
movieYou're Not You
2014
Elizabeth
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
Hannah Keating
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Denise (voice) / Denise / McCaitlyn (voice)
movieMagic in the Moonlight
2014
Mrs. Baker
movieElsa & Fred
2014
Lydia
movieParkland
2013
Doris Nelson
tvTrophy Wife
2013
Dr. Diane Buckley
movieThe Wine of Summer
2013
Shelley
movieIf I Were You
2013
Madelyn
tvThe Newsroom
2012
Rebecca Halliday
tvBent
2012
Vanessa Carter
movieSomeday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
Marjorie Dunfour
movieInnocent
2011
Barbara Sabich
movieDetachment
2011
Principal Carol Dearden
tvBody of Proof
2011
Sheila Temple
movieSex and Lies in Sin City
2009
Becky Binion
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvRoyal Pains
2009
Dr. Elizabeth Blair
movieThe Maiden Heist
2009
Rose Barlow
movieHome
2009
Inga
movieThe Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009
Janina Krzyżanowska
movieWhip It
2009
Brooke Cavendar
movieChristmas Cottage
2008
Maryanne Kinkade
The Tower
2008
Zoe Cafritz
movieThe Mist
2007
Mrs. Carmody
movieInto the Wild
2007
Billie McCandless
movieRails & Ties
2007
Megan Stark
tvDamages
2007
Claire Maddox
movieThe Invisible
2007
Diane Powell
movieCanvas
2006
Mary Marino
movieThe Dead Girl
2006
Melora
movieThe Hoax
2006
Edith Irving
movieIn from the Night
2006
Vicki Miller
movieAmerican Dreamz
2006
First Lady
movieFelicity: An American Girl Adventure
2005
Mrs. Martha Merriman
movieAmerican Gun
2005
Janet Huttenson
movieWilla Cather: The Road Is All
2005
Voice of Willa Cather
movieShelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
Self - Presenter
movieBad News Bears
2005
Liz Whitewood
movieP.S.
2004
Missy Goldberg
movieSee You in My Dreams
2004
Angela Brown
movieWelcome to Mooseport
2004
Grace Sutherland
movieShe's Too Young
2004
Trish Vogul
movieMona Lisa Smile
2003
Nancy Abbey
movieMystic River
2003
Celeste Boyle
movieKing of Texas
2002
Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
movieGuilty Hearts
2002
Jenny Moran
tvThe Education of Max Bickford
2001
Andrea Haskell
movieWalking Shadow
2001
Susan Silverman
movieGaudi Afternoon
2001
Frankie
movieThin Air
2000
Susan Silverman
moviePollock
2000
Lee Krasner
movieSpace Cowboys
2000
Sara Holland
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dana Lewis
movieSmall Vices
1999
Susan Silverman
movieCurtain Call
1998
Michelle Tippet
movieMeet Joe Black
1998
Allison
movieLabor of Love
1998
Annie Pines
movieDesperate Measures
1998
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
movieFlubber
1997
Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieFar Harbor
1996
Arabella
movieThe First Wives Club
1996
Dr. Leslie Rosen
movieThe Spitfire Grill
1996
Shelby Goddard
movieSpy Hard
1996
Miss Cheevus
movieConvict Cowboy
1995
Maggie Sinclair
movieTalking With
1995
Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
movieFever
1994
Lacy
movieSafe Passage
1994
Cynthia
tvChicago Hope
1994
Barbara Tomilson
tvFallen Angels
1993
Marie
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
Joan Garbarek
movieUsed People
1992
Norma
tvSinatra
1992
Ava Gardner
movieCrush
1992
Lane
movieLate for Dinner
1991
Joy Husband
movieIn Broad Daylight
1991
Adina Rowan
movieKojak: None So Blind
1990
Angelina
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Vicki Miller
tvTRINITY
Margaret Vandenburg
Crew1
Production1
tvSo Help Me Todd
2022
Producer