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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| Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Dead Girl | Nominated |
Code Black
as Dr. Leanne Rorish
Episodes: 47
First Aired: Sep 30, 2015
So Help Me Todd
as Margaret
Episodes: 31
First Aired: Sep 29, 2022
The Education of Max Bickford
as Andrea Haskell
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 23, 2001
Trophy Wife
as Dr. Diane Buckley
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 24, 2013
Damages
as Claire Maddox
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jul 24, 2007
The Morning Show
as Maggie Brener
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Nov 01, 2019
The Newsroom
as Rebecca Halliday
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jun 24, 2012
Barkskins
as Mathilde Geffard
Episodes: 8
First Aired: May 25, 2020
Uncoupled
as Claire Lewis
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jul 29, 2022
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dana Lewis
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
How to Get Away with Murder
as Hannah Keating
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 25, 2014
Royal Pains
as Dr. Elizabeth Blair
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jun 04, 2009
Sinatra
as Ava Gardner
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 08, 1992
The Cuphead Show!
as Sally Stageplay (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 18, 2022
The Oil Fund
as USA Ambassadør
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 16, 2018
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Vicki Miller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Bent
as Vanessa Carter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 21, 2012
Body of Proof
as Sheila Temple
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 29, 2011
Gideon Oliver
as Lila
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 1989
Fallen Angels
as Marie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 1993
A Million Little Things
as Alice Mendez
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2018
BoJack Horseman
as Denise (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 22, 2014
Reef Break
as Betty Ann Miller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 19, 2019
BoJack Horseman
as Denise / McCaitlyn (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 22, 2014
The View
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Simon & Simon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 24, 1981
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 25, 1992
Homicide: Life on the Street
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 1993
Chicago Hope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
Drift
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Money, Explained
as Self - Narrator
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 11, 2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
RuPaul
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Great Performances
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
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