Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Her parents, Naomi Foner (née Achs) and Stephen Gyllenhaal, are both filmmakers, and her brother is actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Swedish, English, Swiss-German, and German ancestry. Maggie made her film debut in Stephen's film Waterland (1992). She had sporadic roles throughout her teenage years, though she stepped away to receive a degree in literature from Columbia University in 1999. In addition, she studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, which helped with her post-graduation transition back in to acting. Soon after graduation, Gyllenhaal appeared in supporting roles in Cecil B. Demented (2000) and alongside brother Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko (2001). Her breakout role came a bit later, when she took on the daring, sexy title role in Secretary (2002). That part wound up earning her a Golden Globe nomination, and Gyllenhaal followed that up with supporting turns in 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Adaptation. (2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003), among other movies. Gyllenhaal received her second Golden Globe nomination for playing a recent prison parolee in Sherrybaby (2006). She followed that up with roles in World Trade Center (2006) and Stranger Than Fiction (2006), and then replaced Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight (2008). In 2009, Gyllenhaal received great acclaim for her role opposite Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (2009), which earned the actress her first Oscar nomination. Since then, Gyllenhaal has been seen in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011) and Won't Back Down (2012). Gyllenhaal has two children with husband Peter Sarsgaard, whom she married in 2009.
Maggie Haberman is known for Enemies of the People (2020), Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer (2019) and CNN Special Report (1980). She has been married to Dareh Gregorian since November 9, 2003. They have three children.
Maggie Ho-yee Cheung was born on March 20, 1970 in Hong Kong, China. She is an actress, known for Boh lei chun (1999), Di ya cao (2018) and Oi ngo bit jow (2000).
Maggie Hoppe is known for Kill Shot (2023).
Maggie Huculak is an actress and executive, known for Goosebumps (1995), Cra$h & Burn (2009) and Wind at My Back (1996).
Maggie Ireland-Jones is an actress, known for Frayed (2019) and Sherbert Rozencrantz, You're Beautiful (2018).
Maggie Jean Smith is an actress, known for American Gigolo (1980), Supertrain (1979) and Gold of the Amazon Women (1979).
Maggie Keenan-Bolger is an actress and writer, known for Admission (2013), The Good Wife (2009) and The Trans Literacy Project (2016).
Maggie Kiley is an award-winning director and executive producer. She directed the pilots and first block episodes for Dr. Death, Katy Keene, Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story and Breathe. Kiley started her career as an actress and later transitioned to writing and directing micro budget indies including her debut feature Some Boys Don't Leave (2009). Prior to directing pilots, Kiley directed many hours of television dramas for such prolific artists as Ryan Murphy, Greg Berlanti, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and Lauren LeFranc among many others. An alumna of AFI's DWW, Film Independent's Directing Lab and several diversity programs, Kiley was signed to an exclusive overall deal at Warner Brothers Television. She is married to composer/songwriter Matthew Puckett. They have two children.
Maggie Kirkpatrick is an Australian TV actress whose career has encompassed roles across film, TV and an extensive time in theatre. Maggie's most known TV role is as Prison Guard Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson on legendary Aussie TV Drama Prisoner (1979). Other roles include a stint on Aussie Soap Home and Away (1988) as Viv 'The Guv' Standish, the movie Welcome to Woop Woop (1997), The Pirate Movie (1982), Encounters (1993) and many more roles. Maggie has also enjoyed a long extensive career in Australian theatre and even after Prisoner ended she joined the cast in a British tour in 1996 and 1997. Maggie has also had a role in Wicked as Madame Morrible. In 2015 Maggie spent the year fighting a year long legal battle to prove her innocence after being charged with a historic offense. In the end Maggie was found innocent and slammed media coverage of the case, as media would show clips from Prisoner, calling it 'bad journalism' and saying that the media couldn't separate fiction from reality and revealed in 2017 that she was diagnosed with PTSD as a result of the legal battle. Maggie in 2017 returned to the TV screen after a 9 year hiatus in the Australian Comedy mini-series The Letdown (2017), Australian Drama series Sando (2018) and as the voice of Doris in The Bureau of Magical Things (2018).