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