Marcia Gay Harden
Born
August 14, 1959 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
La Jolla, California, USA
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
Renner
Salenus (voice)
2025
Knox Goes Away
Ruby Knox
2024
Daughter of the Bride
Diane
2023
Tell It Like a Woman
Dr. Partovi
2022
Gigi & Nate
Claire Gibson
2022
Moxie
Principal Shelly
2021
Pink Skies Ahead
Pamela
2020
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2019
Point Blank
Lieutenant Lewis
2019
The Cold Open
2019
Love You to Death
Camile
2019
Fifty Shades Freed
Grace Grey
2018
Fifty Shades Darker
Grace Trevelyan Grey
2017
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
President of the FAFAFA
2015
The Wine of Summer
Shelley
2013
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Becky Binion
2008
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Self
2008
The Tower
Zoe Cafritz
2008
Fog City Mavericks
Self
2007
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Voice of Willa Cather
2005
P.S.
Missy Goldberg
2004
Guilty Hearts
Jenny Moran
2002
From Where I Sit
Sharon
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dana Lewis · (4 episodes)
1999
Labor of Love
Annie Pines
1998
The View
Self · (6 episodes)
1997
The Daytrippers
Libby
1997
Talking With
Laurie (segment "Clear Glass Marbles")
1995
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(1 episode)
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Kojak: None So Blind
Angelina
1990
Simon & Simon
(1 episode)
1981
Not Only Strangers
Jennie
1979
The Dreadful
Morwen
Street Smart
So Help Me Todd
Margaret · (31 episodes)
2022
Confess, Fletch
Countess Sylvia de Grassi
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
Uncoupled
Claire Lewis · (6 episodes)
2022
The Cuphead Show!
Sally Stageplay (voice) · (2 episodes)
2022
Money, Explained
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
2021
Barkskins
Mathilde Geffard · (8 episodes)
2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
2020
The Morning Show
Maggie Brener · (10 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Reef Break
Betty Ann Miller · (1 episode)
2019
RuPaul
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Oil Fund
USA Ambassadør · (2 episodes)
2018
A Million Little Things
Alice Mendez · (1 episode)
2018
Get a Job
Katherine Dunn
2016
Code Black
Dr. Leanne Rorish · (47 episodes)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
After Words
Jane Taylor
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Grandma
Judy
2015
Fifty Shades of Grey
Dr. Grey
2015
You're Not You
Elizabeth
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
Hannah Keating · (3 episodes)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Denise (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Denise / McCaitlyn (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Magic in the Moonlight
Mrs. Baker
2014
Elsa & Fred
Lydia
2014
Parkland
Doris Nelson
2013
Trophy Wife
Dr. Diane Buckley · (22 episodes)
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
If I Were You
Madelyn
2013
The Newsroom
Rebecca Halliday · (10 episodes)
2012
Bent
Vanessa Carter · (1 episode)
2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Marjorie Dunfour
2012
Innocent
Barbara Sabich
2011
Detachment
Principal Carol Dearden
2011
Body of Proof
Sheila Temple · (1 episode)
2011
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Edda Mellas
2011
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Royal Pains
Dr. Elizabeth Blair · (3 episodes)
2009
The Maiden Heist
Rose Barlow
2009
Home
Inga
2009
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Janina Krzyżanowska
2009
Whip It
Brooke Cavendar
2009
Christmas Cottage
Maryanne Kinkade
2008
The Mist
Mrs. Carmody
2007
Into the Wild
Billie McCandless
2007
Rails & Ties
Megan Stark
2007
Damages
Claire Maddox · (13 episodes)
2007
The Invisible
Diane Powell
2007
Canvas
Mary Marino
2006
The Dead Girl
Melora
2006
The Hoax
Edith Irving
2006
In from the Night
Vicki Miller
2006
American Dreamz
First Lady
2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Self
2006
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Narrator
2006
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Mrs. Martha Merriman
2005
American Gun
Janet Huttenson
2005
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
Self - Presenter
2005
Bad News Bears
Liz Whitewood
2005
See You in My Dreams
Angela Brown
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
Grace Sutherland
2004
She's Too Young
Trish Vogul
2004
Mona Lisa Smile
Nancy Abbey
2003
Mystic River
Celeste Boyle
2003
Casa de los Babys
Nan
2003
King of Texas
Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson
2002
The Education of Max Bickford
Andrea Haskell · (22 episodes)
2001
Walking Shadow
Susan Silverman
2001
Gaudi Afternoon
Frankie
2001
Thin Air
Susan Silverman
2000
Pollock
Lee Krasner
2000
Space Cowboys
Sara Holland
2000
Small Vices
Susan Silverman
1999
Curtain Call
Michelle Tippet
1998
Meet Joe Black
Allison
1998
Desperate Measures
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
1998
Flubber
Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds
1997
The View
(1 episode)
1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Nancy Floyd
1997
Far Harbor
Arabella
1996
The First Wives Club
Dr. Leslie Rosen
1996
The Spitfire Grill
Shelby Goddard
1996
Spy Hard
Miss Cheevus
1996
Convict Cowboy
Maggie Sinclair
1995
Safe Passage
Cynthia
1994
Chicago Hope
(1 episode)
1994
Fallen Angels
Marie · (1 episode)
1993
Used People
Norma
1992
Sinatra
Ava Gardner · (2 episodes)
1992
Crush
Lane
1992
Late for Dinner
Joy Husband
1991
Fever
Lacy
1991
In Broad Daylight
Adina Rowan
1991
Miller's Crossing
Verna
1990
Gideon Oliver
Lila · (1 episode)
1989
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Marcia Connelly
1988
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Oscars
Self · (4 episodes)
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicki Miller · (1 episode)
1951
Drift
(1 episode)