Marcia Gay Harden
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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
Credits
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
as Dr. Grey
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
as Grace Grey
Meet Joe Black (1998)
as Allison
The Mist (2007)
as Mrs. Carmody
Mystic River (2003)
as Celeste Boyle
Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
as Grace Trevelyan Grey
Into the Wild (2007)
as Billie McCandless
Detachment (2011)
as Principal Carol Dearden
Flubber (1997)
as Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
Spy Hard (1996)
as Miss Cheevus
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
as Nancy Abbey
Space Cowboys (2000)
as Sara Holland
Knox Goes Away (2024)
as Ruby Knox
Miller's Crossing (1990)
as Verna
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
as Mrs. Baker
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Dr. Leslie Rosen
Parkland (2013)
as Doris Nelson
The Dreadful (2026)
as Morwen
Confess, Fletch (2022)
as Countess Sylvia de Grassi
Whip It (2009)
as Brooke Cavendar
The Invisible (2007)
as Diane Powell
Desperate Measures (1998)
as Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
as Grace Sutherland
Point Blank (2019)
as Lieutenant Lewis
The Maiden Heist (2009)
as Rose Barlow
You're Not You (2014)
as Elizabeth
The Hoax (2006)
as Edith Irving
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant (2015)
as President of the FAFAFA
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Melora
Grandma (2015)
as Judy
Get a Job (2016)
as Katherine Dunn
Bad News Bears (2005)
as Liz Whitewood
Moxie (2021)
as Principal Shelly
Innocent (2011)
as Barbara Sabich
Gigi & Nate (2022)
as Claire Gibson
American Dreamz (2006)
as First Lady
Far Harbor (1996)
as Arabella
Christmas Cottage (2008)
as Maryanne Kinkade
The Spitfire Grill (1996)
as Shelby Goddard
Pollock (2000)
as Lee Krasner
The Daytrippers (1997)
as Libby
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
as Janina Krzyżanowska
Daughter of the Bride (2023)
as Diane
Used People (1992)
as Norma
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
American Gun (2005)
as Janet Huttenson
Love You to Death (2019)
as Camile Stoller
P.S. (2004)
as Missy Goldberg
Renner (2025)
as Salenus (voice)
Tell It Like a Woman (2022)
as Dr. Partovi
Curtain Call (1998)
as Michelle Tippet
Rails & Ties (2007)
as Megan Stark
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008)
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self - Presenter
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Lydia
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
Sex and Lies in Sin City (2009)
as Becky Binion
In from the Night (2006)
as Vicki Miller
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)
as Marjorie Dunfour
Street Smart (2026)
as Dr. Partovi
Safe Passage (1994)
as Cynthia
King of Texas (2002)
as Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
Small Vices (1999)
as Susan Silverman
The Wine of Summer (2013)
as Shelley
Convict Cowboy (1995)
as Maggie Sinclair
She's Too Young (2004)
as Trish Vogul
After Words (2015)
as Jane Taylor
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)
as Edda Mellas
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)
as Mrs. Martha Merriman
Pink Skies Ahead (2020)
as Pamela
Fever (1991)
as Lacy
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
as Self
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
as Self
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
as Nancy Floyd
In Broad Daylight (1991)
as Adina Rowan
Geoffrey Beene 30 (1993)
Actor
See You in My Dreams (2004)
as Angela Brown
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
The Cold Open (2019)
Actor
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Walking Shadow (2001)
as Susan Silverman
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone (2020)
as Self
Late for Dinner (1991)
as Joy Husband
The Tower (2008)
as Zoe Cafritz
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
as Marcia Connelly
Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
as Frankie
Casa de los Babys (2003)
as Nan
Thin Air (2000)
as Susan Silverman
Guilty Hearts (2002)
as Jenny Moran
Canvas (2006)
as Mary Marino
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
Talking With (1995)
as Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
Home (2009)
as Inga
Crush (1992)
as Lane
If I Were You (2013)
as Madelyn
From Where I Sit (2000)
as Sharon
Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
as Angelina
Labor of Love (1998)
as Annie Pines
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006)
as Narrator
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
In the Echo (—)
as Marcia
Willa Cather: The Road Is All (2005)
as Voice of Willa Cather
In the Night I Remember Your Name (2018)
as Pastor Joyce Speegle (voice)
Not Only Strangers (1979)
as Jennie