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Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

59 movies on Netflix

Biography

Marcia Gay Harden is an American actress born in La Jolla and trained in theater at the University of Texas at Austin and New York University. She gained wide exposure in the Coen brothers' mobster drama Miller's Crossing (1990) and won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for playing painter Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She earned an Academy Award nomination for Mystic River (2003). Her film credits include The First Wives Club (1996), Space Cowboys (2000), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Into the Wild (2007), The Mist (2007), and Fifty Shades series (2015 to 2018). On Broadway, she was nominated for a Tony for Angels in America in 1993 and won a Tony for God of Carnage in 2009. Her television work includes The Newsroom, How to Get Away with Murder, Code Black, and So Help Me Todd, with Emmy nominations for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Morning Show, and The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.

67years old

Turns 68 on August 14in 277 days

  • Born La Jolla
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films
59
Career span
36 years1990 to 2026

Genres

First and latest

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  1. First role

    Marcia Gay Harden made her Broadway debut in 1993 as Harper Pitt in Tony Kushner's Angels in America, a role that earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

  2. First role

    Marcia Gay Harden made her first film screen appearance in The Imagemaker (1986), where she took on the part of a stage manager.

Marcia Gay Harden movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Into the Wild2007 Adventure, Biography, Dramaas Billie McCandless

    IMDb rating 8.0700K votes

  2. Mystic River2003 Crime, Drama, Mysteryas Celeste Boyle

    IMDb rating 7.9532K votes

  3. The Mist2007as Mrs. Carmody

    IMDb rating 7.1380K votes

  4. Miller's Crossing1990as Verna

    IMDb rating 7.7149K votes

  5. Meet Joe Black1998as Allison

    IMDb rating 7.2304K votes

  6. Detachment2011as Principal Carol Dearden

    IMDb rating 7.7114K votes

  7. Flubber1997as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

    IMDb rating 5.3101K votes

  8. Fifty Shades of Grey2015as Mrs. Grey

    IMDb rating 4.2360K votes

Most often with

Clint Eastwood directed two of these films, James Foley two and Paul Weitz two. Twelve actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Callum Keith Rennie, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Callum Keith RennieJohn Cho, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with John ChoJennifer Ehle, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jennifer EhleDakota Johnson, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Dakota JohnsonAndrew Airlie, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Andrew AirlieJeffrey DeMunn, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jeffrey DeMunnClint EastwoodDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Clint EastwoodJames FoleyDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by James FoleyPaul WeitzDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Paul Weitz

Films together

Box office

What Marcia Gay Harden's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.6 billion

37 of the 59 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 59 films: 37 worldwide figure; 7 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found; 1 too new to count.

  • 37Worldwide figure
  • 7US gross only
  • 10Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found
  • 1Too new to count

Top grosser

Fifty Shades of Grey2015as Mrs. Grey$570 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 81% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Fifty Shades of Grey2015as Mrs. Grey
    $570M22.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Fifty Shades Darker2017as Grace Trevelyan Grey
    $382M14.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Fifty Shades Freed2018as Grace Grey
    $372M14.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Flubber1997as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
    $178M6.9% of the total
  5. 5
    Mystic River2003as Celeste Boyle
    $157M6.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Meet Joe Black1998as Allison
    $143M5.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Mona Lisa Smile2003as Nancy Abbey
    $141M5.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Space Cowboys2000as Sara Holland
    $129M5.0% of the total
The First Wives Club (1996), $116 millionThe Mist (2007), $57.5 millionInto the Wild (2007), $56.3 millionMagic in the Moonlight (2014), $51.0 millionBad News Bears (2005), $34.3 millionSpy Hard (1996), $27.0 millionThe Invisible (2007), $26.8 millionAmerican Dreamz (2006), $16.7 millionWhip It (2009), $16.6 millionWelcome to Mooseport (2004), $14.0 millionDesperate Measures (1998), $13.8 millionThe Spitfire Grill (1996), $12.6 millionThe Hoax (2006), $11.8 millionPollock (2000), $11.0 millionGrandma (2015), $7.2 millionMiller's Crossing (1990), $5.1 million

$492 millionfrom the other 29 films with a worldwide figure, 19% of the total

Awards

Five awards and honors from 1993 to 2009, three of them major.

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Marcia Gay Harden's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
2001Academy AwardsWon
2001Best Supporting ActressPollockWon
Tony Awards
2009Best Actress in a PlayGod of CarnageWon
Other honors
2008Saturn AwardsWon
1993Theatre World AwardWon

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