Maggie Gyllenhaal



Margaret Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal[1]  ( /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ ;[2] [3]  born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She made her screen debut when she began to appear in her father's films. Gyllenhaal achieved recognition in a supporting role in the independent cult film, Donnie Darko (2001). Her breakthrough role was in the sadomasochistic romance, Secretary (2002), for which she received critical acclaim and a Golden Globenomination.

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including Sherrybaby (2006), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe; the romantic comedy, Trust The Man (2006); and numerous big-budget films such as World Trade Center (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008). She next starred in the musical-drama, Crazy Heart (2009), for which she was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Gyllenhaal has also appeared in such theatrical plays as Closer (2000) as well as in television productions like Strip Search (2004).

Gyllenhaal has been in a relationship with actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2002. In 2006, the two became engaged, and Gyllenhaal gave birth to their daughter, Ramona, on October 3, 2006. On May 2, 2009, she married Sarsgaard in Italy. Their second daughter, Gloria Ray, was born April 19, 2012. Gyllenhaal is a politically active Democrat and, like her brother and parents, supports the American Civil Liberties Union. Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq she participated in anti-war demonstrations. She is actively involved in human rights, civil liberty, anti-poverty and parent trigger causes.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Gyllenhaal was born in New York City, to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (née Achs).[4]  Jake Gyllenhaal, her younger brother, is also an actor. Her father, who was raised in the Swedenborgian religion, is of Swedish and English ancestry, and is a member of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  Her last native Swedish ancestor was her great-great-grandfather Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal, a descendant of Leonard Gyllenhaal, a leading Swedenborgian who supported the printing and spreading of Swedenborg's writings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  Her mother was born in New York City, and is from a Jewish family (they immigrated from Russia and Lithuania). Her mother's ex-husband is Eric Foner, a notedhistorian and history professor at Columbia University.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_5-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-education_9-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  Gyllenhaal has stated that she "grew up mostly Jewish, culturally", though she did not attend Hebrew school.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Married in 1977, her parents filed for divorce in October 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  The name on Maggie Gyllenhaal's birth certificate is Margolit, which she did not discover until 2013 when she officially changed it to "Maggie".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 Early work
 * 2.2 2002–2005
 * 2.3 2006–present
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Activism
 * 4.1 Politics
 * 4.2 Charity work
 * 5 Filmography
 * 6 References
 * 7 Further reading
 * 8 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal grew up in Los Angeles, California, and studied at the Harvard–Westlake prep school.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-education_9-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  In 1995, she graduated from Harvard–Westlake and moved to New York to attend Columbia University, where she studied literature and Eastern religions;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-education_9-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  she graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-education_9-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-multiple_15-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  she took a summer job working as a waitress in a Massachusetts restaurant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16] ==Career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Early work<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal's first films—her feature film debut at the age of 15, Waterland (1992); A Dangerous Woman (1993); and Homegrown (1998)—were directed by her father; the last two also featured her brother; they had supporting roles as children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-education_9-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  With their mother, she and Jake appeared in two episodes of Molto Mario, an Italian cooking show on the Food Network.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  After graduating from college, she played supporting roles in films like Cecil B. Demented (2000) andRiding in Cars with Boys (2001).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother's on-screen sister in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aftermath_19-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">She made her theatrical debut in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of Patrick Marber's Closer,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-play_20-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  for which she received favorable reviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-production_time_22-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  Production started in May 2000 and ended in mid-July of that year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-production_time_22-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] Gyllenhaal has performed in several other plays, including The Tempest,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]  Antony and Cleopatra, The Butterfly Project, and No Exit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25] ===2002–2005<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Gyllenhaal attending an event in Barcelona, Spain, in 2008<p style="line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal's break-out role was in the black comedy Secretary (2002), a film about two people who embark on a mutually fulfilling BDSM lifestyle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ny_times_26-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]  The New York Times critic Stephen Holden noted: "The role of Lee, which Maggie Gyllenhaal imbues with a restrained comic delicacy and sweetness, should make her a star."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ny_times_26-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]  Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Maggie Gyllenhaal, as the self-destructive secretary, is enigmatic and, at moments, sympathetic."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  The film received generally favorable reviews,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  and Gyllenhaal's performance earned her the Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]  her first Golden Globe nomination,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  Secretary was Gyllenhaal's first film role which featured full frontal nudity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  Although impressed with the script, she initially had some qualms about doing the film, which she believed could deliver an anti-feminist message. Yet after carefully discussing the script with the film's director, Steven Shainberg, she agreed to join the project.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]  Although insisting Shainberg did not exploit her, Gyllenhaal has said she felt "scared when filming began" and that "in the wrong hands ... even in just slightly less intelligent hands, this movie could say something really weird."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aftermath_19-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  Since then, she is guarded about discussing her role in the film, saying only that "despite myself, sometimes the dynamic that you are exploring in your work spills over into your life."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aftermath_19-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">She next played a supporting role in the comedy-drama ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation. Adaptation.] (2002), a film that tells the story of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's struggle to adapt The Orchid Thief into a film.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35]  She later appeared in the unauthorized biography Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), part of an ensemble cast that included Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, and Julia Roberts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  The movie grossed $33 million worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  That same year, she had a smaller role in the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2003, she co-starred with Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile in the role of Giselle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_-_Bio_39-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, she revealed the reason for accepting the role was "to play somebody who feels confident in herself as a sexy, beautiful woman".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  The film generated mostly critical reviews,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41]  with Manohla Dargis of the Los Angeles Times describing it as "smug and reductive".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]  Her next roles were in smaller independent films: Casa de los Babys (2003), a story about six American women impatiently waiting out their lengthy residency requirements in an unidentified South American country before picking up their adoptive babies,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  and Criminal (2004), a remake of the Argentinian film Nine Queens, with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nine_44-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  Gyllenhaal plays an honest hotel manager forced to help her crooked brother (Reilly) by seducing one of his victims.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nine_44-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  She starred in theHBO film Strip Search (2004), where she portrayed an American student in China suspected of terrorism.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2004, Gyllenhaal returned to theater in a Los Angeles production of Tony Kushner's Homebody/ Kabul as Priscilla, the Homebody's daughter, who spends most of the play searching for her elusive mother in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kushner gave her the role in Homebody/ Kabul on the strength of her performance in Closer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Gyllenhaal provides the essential bridge between the parts of the play's title."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]  John Heilpern of The New York Observer noted that Gyllenhaal's performance was "compelling".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49]  Viewed as a sex symbol, she was ranked in the "Hot 100 List" by Maxim magazine in 2004 and 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal's next film role was in the 2005 comedy-drama Happy Endings, in which she played an adventuress singer who seduces a young gay musician (Jason Ritter) as well as his rich father (Tom Arnold). She recorded songs for the movie's soundtrack,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_-_Bio_39-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-live_52-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  calling the role the "roughest, scariest acting ever" and adding she is more natural when singing on screen than when acting.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-live_52-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly declared Gyllenhaal's performance "as wonderfully, naturally slouchy-sexy as her character is artificial".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[53] ===2006–present<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Gyllenhaal at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, January 11, 2009<p style="line-height:1.5em;">Following Happy Endings, she starred in the 2006 films Trust the Man, Stranger than Fiction, Monster House, World Trade Center, and Sherrybaby. In Trust the Man, featuring Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, and Billy Crudup, she played Elaine, who has been dating Tobey, Crudup's character, for seven years and has begun to feel that it is time for her to settle down and start a family.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[55]  The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[56] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[57]  Ethan Alter of Premiere felt that the performances by Gyllenhaal and Duchovny were "much more at ease" and concluded with "that's probably because they're [sic] played these characters many times before".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[58]  In Stranger than Fiction, Gyllenhaal played a love interest of Harold Crick, played by Will Ferrell.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[59]  Her performance in the film received favorable reviews; Mike Straka of Fox News wrote: "Gyllenhaal has never been sexier in any film before and her interplay with Ferrell will propel her to more A-list films, leaving her indie-darling days behind, no doubt."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[60]  She voiced Elizabeth "Zee" in the computer animated horror film Monster House.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[61]  Gyllenhaal played Allison Jimeno, the wife of Port Authority officer Will Jimeno, in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, based on the September 11 attacks in New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[62]  She regarded this as "one of the films she most enjoyed making".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aftermath_19-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  The film received favorable reviews and proved to be an international success, earning $162 million worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[63] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[64]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In Sherrybaby, Gyllenhaal played a young drug-addicted thief trying to put her life in order after prison so she can reconcile with her daughter. During promotion of the film, she noted of her portrayal of the character: "I think she's in such dire straights [sic] that all she has are these kind of naive, fierce hope. And while I was playing the part I was looking for pleasure and hope in everything, even in these really bleak things. And so it was really mostly after I finished the movie that I felt pain."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[65]  Her performance in the film was well received: David Germain of the Associated Press wrote, "Gyllenhaal humanizes her so deeply and richly ... that Sherry elicits sympathy even in her darkest and weakest moments",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-66" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[66]  and Dennis Harvey of Variety called her performance "naturalistic".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[67]  For her work, Gyllenhaal earned her second Golden Globe Best Actress nomination<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[68]  and won the Best Actress category award at the 2006 Stockholm International Film Festival.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[69]

Gyllenhaal at the premiere ofThe Dark Knight in New York City, July 14, 2008<p style="line-height:1.5em;">She appeared in The Dark Knight (2008), the sequel to Batman Begins (2005), in which she replaced Katie Holmes as Assistant District Attorney, Rachel Dawes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[70] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-71" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[71]  Gyllenhaal acknowledged her character was a damsel in distress to an extent, but said director Christopher Nolan sought ways to empower her character, so "Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change" from the many conflicted characters she had previously portrayed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[72]  The Dark Knight was a financial and critical success, setting a new opening weekend box office record for North America. With revenue of $1 billion worldwide,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-73" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[73]  it became the fourth highest grossing film of all time,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-74" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[74]  and remains Gyllenhaal's most commercially successful picture to date. In a Salon.com review of the film, Stephanie Zacharek called Gyllenhaal's character "a tough cookie in a Stanwyck-style bias-cut gown" and stated that "the movie feels smarter and more supple when she's on-screen".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-75" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]  IGN film critic Todd Gilchrist wrote, "Gyllenhaal adds real depth and energy to Rachel Dawes."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-76" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal played Yelena in the Classic Stage Company's 2009 Off Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-uncle_77-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vanya_78-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78]  The cast also included Peter Sarsgaard, Mamie Gummer, Denis O'Hare, and George Morfogen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-uncle_77-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vanya_78-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78]  The production, directed by Austin Pendleton, began previews on January 17 and ended its limited run on March 1.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-uncle_77-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vanya_78-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78]  Joe Dziemianowicz of theNew York Daily News was less than enthusiastic about her performance, writing: "Gyllenhaal, who was so dynamic as a druggie in the film Sherrybaby, plays Yelena with a slow-mo saunter and monotonous pasted-on smile that makes it seem as if she's been in Sherry's stash."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[79]  However, Malcolm Johnson of the Hartford Courant was complimentary, noting that she "ultimately blossoms" as the character.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-80" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[80]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal agreed to appear in the comedy film Away We Go, where she plays a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of John Krasinski's character.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-81" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[81] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-82" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[82]  The film generated broadly mixed reviews,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[83]  with Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly describing Gyllenhaal's subplot as "over-the-top".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-84" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  However, A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised Gyllenhaal and co-star Allison Janney for their performances, writing that "both [are] quite funny".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-proud_85-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[85]  Scott concluded with, "Ms. Gyllenhaal's line about sex roles in 'the seahorse community' is the screenplay's one clean satirical bull's-eye".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-proud_85-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[85]  Her next role came in the musical-drama Crazy Heart, in which she played journalist Jean Craddock, who falls for musician Bad Blake, played by Jeff Bridges.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-parade_86-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[86]  The movie received favorable reviews,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[87]  with Gyllenhaal receiving praise from critics. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone reported that Gyllenhaal was "funny, touching and vital as Jean" and that her part was "conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-88" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[88]  Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[89]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2010, Gyllenhaal appeared in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, the sequel to the 2005 film Nanny McPhee.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[90]  The role required her to speak with an English accent.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[91]  The feature received mixed reviews,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-92" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[92]  and earned $93 million worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[93]  Away from acting, she served as host of the PBS television documentary series Independent Lens.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-94" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[94]  Gyllenhaal also appeared in Hysteria, an independent movie focusing on the creation of the vibrator.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-95" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[95]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In February 2011 Gyllenhaal starred in another Anton Chekhov production as the character Masha in Austin Pendleton's Three Sisters at the Classic Stage Company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-96" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[96]  The play focuses on the Prozorov sisters (Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hecht, and Juliet Rylance) "unlucky in love, unhappy in the provinces and longing to return to Moscow", as summarized by Bloomberg's Jeremy Gerard.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[97]  The off-Broadway production began preview performances on January 12, with a limited engagement through March 6.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[98]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In the 2012 film, Won't Back Down, she played a parent involved in a parent trigger takeover of her child's school. She appeared as a Secret Service agent in the action-thriller White House Down (2013).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-99" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[99] ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == Peter Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal at the New York premiere of An Education in October 2009<p style="line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal has been in a relationship with actor Peter Sarsgaard,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_-_2_100-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[100]  a close friend of her brother Jake, since 2002.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_-_Bio_39-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  They announced their engagement in April 2006,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-101" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[101] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-102" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[102]  and married on May 2, 2009, in a small chapel in Brindisi, Italy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-103" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[103] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-104" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[104]  They have two daughters: Ramona (born October 3, 2006)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-105" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[105]  and Gloria Ray (born April 19, 2012).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-106" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[106]  The family lives in Brooklyn, New York.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-107" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[107] ==Activism<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Politics<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Gyllenhaal is politically active. At the 18th Independent Spirit Awards, she spoke out against the Iraq war, stating the reason for the invasion was "oil and imperialism".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-108" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[108] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-109" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[109]  In 2005, Gyllenhaal drew controversy for her statement that the September 11 attacks were "an occasion to be brave enough to ask some serious questions about America's role in the world [...] It is always useful as individuals or nations to ask how we may have knowingly or unknowingly contributed to this conflict." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc_news_110-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[110]  Gyllenhaal took part in Artists United to Win Without War, a campaign started by Robert Greenwald with the aim of advancing progressive causes and voicing opposition to the Iraq War.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-multiple_15-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-111" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[111]  She and her brother Jake filmed a commercial for Rock the Vote, and visited the University of Southern California (USC) campus to encourage students to vote in the 2004 U.S. presidential election,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-112" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[112]  in which she supported John Kerry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-113" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[113] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-114" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[114] Gyllenhaal supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-115" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[115] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-116" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[116]  She has campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an organization her family strongly supports.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farlanders_117-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[117] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-118" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[118]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In June 2013, Gyllenhaal and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Bradley Manning.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-119" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[119] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-120" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[120] ===Charity work<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Besides acting, Gyllenhaal has modeled for Miu Miu<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-121" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[121]  Reebok,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-122" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[122]  and Agent Provocateur,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-123" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[123]  and recorded the first unabridged audiobook version of Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-124" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[124]  Gyllenhaal is a supporter of Witness, a non-profit organization that uses video and online technologies to expose human rights violations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-125" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[125] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wit_organ_126-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[126]  She co-hosted a benefit dinner with founder Peter Gabriel in November 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-127" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[127] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-128" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[128]  Gyllenhaal helped raise funds for TrickleUp.org, a non-profit organization that helps impoverished people start a micro-enterprise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-129" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[129]  For one of the fundraisers, Gyllenhaal helped design and promote a necklace that sold for $100; all proceeds from sales went to the charity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-130" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[130]  In October 2008 she hosted a fashion show event called "Fashionably Natural", which was presented by Gen Art and SoyJoy in Los Angeles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eco_131-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[131] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-friendly_132-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[132]  The show featured four up-and-coming designers who only worked with all-natural and eco-friendly fabrics and materials.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eco_131-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[131] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-friendly_132-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[132] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==