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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Female

Birthday

1959-08-14 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

La Jolla, California, USA

Also Known As

Marsha Gay Harden

Marcia Harden

马西娅·盖伊·哈登

Марша Гей Харден

Gay Hagen

Marcia Gay Harden

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Meet Joe Black

1998

Meet Joe Black

as

Allison

Mystic River

2003

Mystic River

as

Celeste Boyle

Spy Hard

1996

Spy Hard

as

Miss Cheevus

The First Wives Club

1996

The First Wives Club

as

Dr. Leslie Rosen

Space Cowboys

2000

Space Cowboys

as

Sara Holland

The Mist

2007

The Mist

as

Mrs. Carmody

Into the Wild

2007

Into the Wild

as

Billie McCandless

Whip It

2009

Whip It

as

Brooke Cavendar

In from the Night

2006

In from the Night

as

Vicki Miller

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

as

Janina Krzyżanowska

Mona Lisa Smile

2003

Mona Lisa Smile

as

Nancy Abbey

The Maiden Heist

2009

The Maiden Heist

as

Rose Barlow

Desperate Measures

1998

Desperate Measures

as

Dr. Samantha Hawkins

Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

2005

Felicity: An American Girl Adventure

as

Mrs. Martha Merriman

American Dreamz

2006

American Dreamz

as

First Lady

Flubber

1997

Flubber

as

Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

The Invisible

2007

The Invisible

as

Diane Powell

Pollock

2000

Pollock

as

Lee Krasner

Bad News Bears

2005

Bad News Bears

as

Liz Whitewood

The Hoax

2006

The Hoax

as

Edith Irving

The Dead Girl

2006

The Dead Girl

as

Melora

Christmas Cottage

2008

Christmas Cottage

as

Maryanne Kinkade

Rails & Ties

2007

Rails & Ties

as

Megan Stark

American Gun

2005

American Gun

as

Janet Huttenson

Crush

1992

Crush

as

Lane

Welcome to Mooseport

2004

Welcome to Mooseport

as

Grace Sutherland

The Spitfire Grill

1996

The Spitfire Grill

as

Shelby Goddard

King of Texas

2002

King of Texas

as

Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson

Curtain Call

1998

Curtain Call

as

Michelle Tippet

Safe Passage

1994

Safe Passage

as

Cynthia

Home

2009

Home

as

Inga

Innocent

2011

Innocent

as

Barbara Sabich

Canvas

2006

Canvas

as

Mary Marino

Detachment

2011

Detachment

as

Principal Carol Dearden

Late for Dinner

1991

Late for Dinner

as

Joy Husband

In Broad Daylight

1991

In Broad Daylight

as

Adina Rowan

If I Were You

2013

If I Were You

as

Madelyn

Convict Cowboy

1995

Convict Cowboy

as

Maggie Sinclair

Get a Job

2016

Get a Job

as

Katherine Dunn

Small Vices

1999

Small Vices

as

Susan Silverman

Parkland

2013

Parkland

as

Doris Nelson

Walking Shadow

2001

Walking Shadow

as

Susan Silverman

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

as

Dr. Grey

Thin Air

2000

Thin Air

as

Susan Silverman

Magic in the Moonlight

2014

Magic in the Moonlight

as

Mrs. Baker

Gaudi Afternoon

2001

Gaudi Afternoon

as

Frankie

Elsa & Fred

2014

Elsa & Fred

as

Lydia

Far Harbor

1996

Far Harbor

as

Arabella

You're Not You

2014

You're Not You

as

Elizabeth

Confess, Fletch

2022

Confess, Fletch

as

Countess Sylvia de Grassi

Fever

1991

Fever

as

Lacy

See You in My Dreams

2004

See You in My Dreams

as

Angela Brown

Grandma

2015

Grandma

as

Judy

She's Too Young

2004

She's Too Young

as

Trish Vogul

Used People

1992

Used People

as

Norma

Unity

2015

Unity

as

Narrator (voice)

Knox Goes Away

2024

Knox Goes Away

as

Ruby Knox

After Words

2015

After Words

as

Jane Taylor

Willa Cather: The Road Is All

2005

Willa Cather: The Road Is All

as

Voice of Willa Cather

The Wine of Summer

2013

The Wine of Summer

as

Shelley

Fifty Shades Darker

2017

Fifty Shades Darker

as

Grace Trevelyan Grey

Talking With

1995

Talking With

as

Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")

Fifty Shades Freed

2018

Fifty Shades Freed

as

Grace Grey

Labor of Love

1998

Labor of Love

as

Annie Pines

Kojak: None So Blind

1990

Kojak: None So Blind

as

Angelina

Renner

2025

Renner

as

Salenus (voice)

Not Only Strangers

1979

Not Only Strangers

as

Jennie

Sex and Lies in Sin City

2008

Sex and Lies in Sin City

as

Becky Binion

Guilty Hearts

2002

Guilty Hearts

as

Jenny Moran

Point Blank

2019

Point Blank

as

Lieutenant Lewis

P.S.

2004

P.S.

as

Missy Goldberg

From Where I Sit

2000

From Where I Sit

as

Sharon

Love You to Death

2019

Love You to Death

as

Camile Stoller

Moxie

2021

Moxie

as

Principal Shelly

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

2015

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

as

President of the FAFAFA

The Daytrippers

1997

The Daytrippers

as

Libby

Pink Skies Ahead

2020

Pink Skies Ahead

as

Pamela

Tell It Like a Woman

2022

Tell It Like a Woman

as

Dr. Partovi

Gigi & Nate

2022

Gigi & Nate

as

Claire Gibson

The Tower

2008

The Tower

as

Zoe Cafritz

The Dreadful

The Dreadful

as

Morwen

Street Smart

Street Smart

as

Dr. Partovi

The View

The View

as

Self

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

Damages

Damages

as

Claire Maddox

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Vicki Miller

Trophy Wife

Trophy Wife

as

Dr. Diane Buckley

Money, Explained

Money, Explained

as

Self - Narrator

Bent

Bent

as

Vanessa Carter

Code Black

Code Black

as

Dr. Leanne Rorish

Body of Proof

Body of Proof

as

Sheila Temple

Sinatra

Sinatra

as

Ava Gardner

So Help Me Todd

So Help Me Todd

as

Margaret

Sherri

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

Uncoupled

Uncoupled

as

Claire Lewis

The Cuphead Show!

The Cuphead Show!

as

Sally Stageplay (voice)

RuPaul

RuPaul

as

Self

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

as

Denise (voice)

The Morning Show

The Morning Show

as

Maggie Brener

Reef Break

Reef Break

as

Betty Ann Miller

Barkskins

Barkskins

as

Mathilde Geffard

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

as

Rebecca Halliday

The Oil Fund

The Oil Fund

as

USA Ambassadør

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

as

Denise / McCaitlyn (voice)

Royal Pains

Royal Pains

as

Dr. Elizabeth Blair

Trinity

Trinity

as

Margaret Vandenburg

Production

Crew

Directing