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{{Short description|American actress and filmmaker (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Maggie Gyllenhaal
| image              = Maggie Gyllenhaal 2021.jpg
| caption            = Gyllenhaal in 2021
| birth_name         = Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1977|11|16}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.<!--Just city per MOS format. Not borough and state, which for Manhattan is already coterminous with New York.-->
| education          = [[Columbia University]] (BA)
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|filmmaker}}
| years_active       = 1992–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Peter Sarsgaard]]|May 2, 2009}}
| children           = 2
| parents            = [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]<br>[[Naomi Foner]]
| family             = [[Gyllenhaal family|Gyllenhaal]]
}}

'''Margalit Ruth''' "'''Maggie'''" '''Gyllenhaal'''{{efn|Gyllenhaal was born with the name Margalit but by her own admission never uses it officially.}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɪ|l|ə|n|h|ɔː|l}} {{respell|JIL|ən|hawl}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#g|title=NLS Other Writings > Say How|access-date=March 31, 2011|publisher=[[National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106205744/http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/efgh/#g|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> {{IPA|sv|ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl|lang}}; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the [[Gyllenhaal family]], she is the daughter of filmmakers [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]] and [[Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal|Naomi Achs]], and the older sister of actor [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]. She has five Golden Globe nominations with one win, two Academy Award nominations and two Emmy nominations. 

She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films, and appeared with her brother in the thriller ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' (2001). She then appeared in ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]],'' ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' (both 2002), and ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas ''[[Secretary (2002 film)|Secretary]]'' (2002) and ''[[Sherrybaby]]'' (2006), each of which earned her a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination. She had commercial success in the thriller ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]'' (2006), and received wider recognition for playing [[Rachel Dawes]] in the superhero film ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' (2008).

For her performance as a [[single mother]] in ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' (2009), she received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She subsequently starred in the films ''[[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang]]'' (2010), ''[[Hysteria (2011 film)|Hysteria]]'' (2011), ''[[Won't Back Down (film)|Won't Back Down]]'' (2012), ''[[White House Down]]'' (2013), [[Frank (film)|''Frank'']] (2014), and ''[[The Kindergarten Teacher (2018 film)|The Kindergarten Teacher]]'' (2018). She has starred in several television series, including the [[BBC]] political-thriller miniseries ''[[The Honourable Woman]]'' (2014), which won her a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress]] and a nomination for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]]. She also produced and starred in the [[HBO]] period drama series ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]]'' (2017–2019).

Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama ''[[The Lost Daughter (film)|The Lost Daughter]]'' (2021), for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] and won the [[Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay]]. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in a revival of ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]].''

==Early life==
Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal<ref name="The Guardian 2014-07-12">{{cite news|last=Shaitly|first=Shahesta|date=July 12, 2014|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'I'm claustrophobic, it's taken years to be OK on the subway'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-this-much-i-know|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029073635/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-this-much-i-know|archive-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=JewcyName>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.jewcy.com/jewish-news/maggie-gyllenhaal-jewish-first-name-margalit|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Just Learned Her Real First Name&nbsp;– And It's Super-Jewish|author=Elissa Golstein|magazine=[[Jewcy]]|date=August 8, 2014|access-date=August 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811042703/http://www.jewcy.com/jewish-news/maggie-gyllenhaal-jewish-first-name-margalit|archive-date=August 11, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TimesIsrael"/> was born in [[Manhattan, New York City]], on November 16, 1977,<ref name=tvg>{{cite journal| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/maggie-gyllenhaal/bio/163472/| title=Maggie Gyllenhaal| journal=[[TV Guide]]| access-date=May 21, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521234223/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/maggie-gyllenhaal/bio/163472/| archive-date=May 21, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> to [[Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal|Naomi Achs]] and [[Stephen Gyllenhaal]]. The first name on Maggie's birth certificate is "Margalit", which she did not discover until 2013, when adopting her husband's surname.<ref name="JewcyName"/> ''[[Margalit (disambiguation)|Margalit]]'' ({{lang|he|מרגלית}}) is a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word meaning "pearl"; some news stories have spelled it "Margolit".<ref name="TimesIsrael">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/maggie-gyllenhaal-is-really-margalit/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal is really Margalit|last=Ghert-Zand|first=Renee|date=August 8, 2014|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624181527/http://www.timesofisrael.com/maggie-gyllenhaal-is-really-margalit/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-this-much-i-know|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'I'm claustrophobic, it's taken years to be OK on the subway'|first=Shahesta|last=Shaitly|date=July 12, 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221085022/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-this-much-i-know|archive-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> She has a younger brother, actor [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], and a half-brother, Luke, from their father's second marriage.<ref name="TimesIsrael" />

Her father is a film director and poet, and her mother is a screenwriter and director.<ref name="Maggie Gyllenhaal In The Con">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-in-the-con/ |title=Maggie Gyllenhaal In The Con |access-date=February 22, 2022 |date=August 30, 2006 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |work=[[The Early Show]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007062511/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/27/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main639011.shtml |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father, a member of the [[Swedish nobility|noble]] [[Gyllenhaal family]], is of Swedish and English ancestry, and was raised in the [[The New Church|Swedenborgian]] religion.<ref name="ReferenceA">Stated on ''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'', PBS, April 22, 2012</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/jake-gyllenhaal/biography/161 |title=Jake Gyllenhaal biography |publisher=[[Tiscali]] |last=Wills |first=Dominic |access-date=November 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022012000/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/jake-gyllenhaal/biography/161 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Her mother was born in New York City (growing up in [[Brooklyn]]),<ref>{{cite episode| title= Maggie Gyllenhaal; Graham Norton| series= [[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]| number= 207| first= Maggie | last= Gyllenhaal| interviewer= [[Stephen Colbert]]| publisher= CBS| date= September 5, 2017}}</ref> and is [[Jews|Jewish]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Susan|last=Josephs|title='Bee' Spells Family D-y-s-f-u-n-c-t-i-o-n-a-l|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/12194/|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|date=November 10, 2005|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175909/http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/12194/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Gerard|last=Gilbert|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/maggie-gyllenhaal-s-role-in-bbc2-spy-drama-the-honourable-woman-sounds-like-the-perfect-fit-even-with-an-english-accent-9580264.html|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal on her new role in BBC2 spy drama The Honourable Woman|work=[[The Independent]]|date=July 2, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135927/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/maggie-gyllenhaals-role-in-bbc2-spy-drama-the-honourable-woman-sounds-like-the-perfect-fit-even-with-9580264.html|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Janet|last=Christie|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: Acting for self-discovery|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/maggie-gyllenhaal-acting-self-discovery-1533473|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=June 22, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202128/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/film/maggie-gyllenhaal-acting-for-self-discovery-1-3452677|archive-date=April 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jenny|last=Allen|title=Between Friends|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/interviews/a18887/maggie-gyllenhaal-emma-thompson-interview/|work=[[Good Housekeeping]]|date=July 7, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423101914/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/interviews/a18887/maggie-gyllenhaal-emma-thompson-interview/|archive-date=April 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> from [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] families that emigrated from Russia and Poland. Her mother's first husband was [[Eric Foner]], a noted historian and history professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20120928_Maggie_Gyllenhaal_talks_unions__education_and_motherhood.html |title= Maggie Gyllenhaal talks unions, education and motherhood |work= Philadelphia Inquirer |date= September 28, 2012 |access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130131080439/http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-28/news/34149452_1_anti-union-bias-teachers-union-top-charter-school/2 |archive-date= January 31, 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/09/10/brinkley-fans-bring-their-love-facebook/ |title=Brinkley fans bring their love to Facebook |last=Ferro |first=Shane |date=September 10, 2008 |work=[[Columbia Daily Spectator]] |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131022140923/http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/09/10/brinkley-fans-bring-their-love-facebook |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="education">{{cite news |first=Gaby |last=Wood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/17/features.magazine |title=Stealing beauty |access-date=September 7, 2008 |date=September 17, 2006 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116011533/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/17/features.magazine |archive-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-indie-queen-maggie-gyllenhaal-discusses-her-role-as-a-sexcrazed-excon-458789.html |title=The indie queen: Maggie Gyllenhaal discusses her role as a sex-crazed ex-convict |last=Hoggard |first=Liz |date=July 26, 2007 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529234847/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-indie-queen-maggie-gyllenhaal-discusses-her-role-as-a-sexcrazed-excon-458789.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gyllenhaal has stated that she "grew up mostly Jewish, culturally", and she identifies as Jewish,<ref>{{cite web|first=Naomi|last=Pfefferman|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/131226/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in SundanceTV's "The Honorable Woman"|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]]|date=July 23, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424135239/http://jewishjournal.com/current_edition/131226/|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> though she did not attend [[Hebrew school]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/155670/q-and-a-maggie-gyllenhaal-on-hysteria/ |title=Q&A: Maggie Gyllenhaal on ''Hysteria'' |date=May 17, 2012 |work=TheForward |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221110852/http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/155670/q-and-a-maggie-gyllenhaal-on-hysteria/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2012/04/12/celebrity-jews-maggie-gyllenhaal-barbara-walters-larry-david-ben-stiller-mo/|title=Celebrity Jews: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Barbara Walters, Larry David, Ben Stiller & more – J.|newspaper=J |date=April 12, 2012|access-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141838/https://www.jweekly.com/2012/04/12/celebrity-jews-maggie-gyllenhaal-barbara-walters-larry-david-ben-stiller-mo/|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/maggie-gyllenhaal-bounces-film-tv-broadway-netflix-series-293594|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Bounces From Film to TV to Broadway With Netflix Series|first=Zack|last=Schonfeld|website=[[Newsweek]]|date=December 20, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175725/http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/02/maggie-gyllenhaal-bounces-film-tv-broadway-netflix-series-293594.html|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Her parents married in 1977, and filed for divorce in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jake-maggie-gyllenhaals-parents-call-it-quits/ |title=Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal's Parents Call it Quits |last=Lee |first=Ken |date=October 17, 2008 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021090027/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20233907%2C00.html |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gyllenhaal grew up in Los Angeles and studied at the [[Harvard-Westlake School|Harvard–Westlake]] prep school.<ref name="education"/> She spent four months as a student at [[The Mountain School]], a [[semester school]] for high school juniors in Vermont.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://semesterschools.net/school/the-mountain-school|title=The Mountain School – Semester Schools Network|website=semesterschools.net|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053844/http://semesterschools.net/school/the-mountain-school|archive-date=April 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, she graduated from Harvard–Westlake and moved to New York to attend [[Columbia University]], where she studied literature and [[Eastern religions]].<ref name="education"/> She also studied acting for a summer term at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tate|first1=Gabriel|date=February 7, 2014|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Interview: Star Talks New BBC Series 'The Honourable Woman', Living In London and Future Plans|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/gabriel-tate/maggie-gyllenhaal-interview_b_5550711.html|website=Huffington Post|access-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052413/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/gabriel-tate/maggie-gyllenhaal-interview_b_5550711.html|archive-date=March 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==

=== 1992–2001: Early work ===
At the age of 15, she made a brief appearance in her father's film ''[[Waterland (film)|Waterland]]'' (1992). Soon, she had supporting roles in ''[[A Dangerous Woman (1993 film)|A Dangerous Woman]]'' (1993) and ''[[Homegrown (1998 film)|Homegrown]]'' (1998), which were directed by her father and also featured her brother Jake.<ref name="education" /> With their mother, she and Jake appeared in two episodes of ''Molto Mario'', an Italian cooking show on the [[Food Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2006/05/marios_celebrit.html|title=Mario's Celebrity Guests|last=Roberts|first=Adam|date=May 23, 2006|work=[[Amateur Gourmet]]|access-date=October 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116200054/http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2006/05/marios_celebrit.html|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating from college, she had supporting roles in films including ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'' (2000) and ''[[Riding in Cars with Boys]]'' (2001).<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.salon.com/2000/08/11/cecil_demented/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206015200/http://www.salon.com/topic/arts// |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |title=Cecil B. Demented |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=August 11, 2000 |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=February 22, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother's on-screen sister in the [[independent film|indie]] [[cult following|cult favorite]] ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' (2001).<ref name="aftermath" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-cult-of-donnie-darko-303185.html|title=The cult of Donnie Darko|work=[[The Independent]]|date=August 2, 2005|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112174624/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-cult-of-donnie-darko-303185.html|archive-date=January 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

She made her theatrical debut in the [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]] production of [[Patrick Marber]]'s ''[[Closer (play)|Closer]]'',<ref name="play">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Brantley|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/theater/theater-review-afghanistan-still-stirs-a-housewife.html|title=Theater Review; Afghanistan Still Stirs A Housewife|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=May 13, 2004|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berkeleyrep.org/about/past.asp |title=Past Productions |work=[[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]] Official Site |access-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005233633/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/about/past.asp |archive-date=October 5, 2008 }}</ref> for which she received favorable reviews.<ref name="production time" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.laweekly.com/affairs-of-the-heartless/|title=Affairs of the Heartless|last=Morris|first=Steven Leigh|date=November 23, 2000|work=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604123907/http://www.laweekly.com/2000-11-23/stage/affairs-of-the-heartless/|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Production started in May 2000 and ended in mid-July of that year.<ref name="production time">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Seductio-ad-absurdum-3239267.php|title=Seductio ad absurdum|last=Hurwitt|first=Robert|date=May 25, 2000|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> Gyllenhaal has performed in several other plays, including ''[[The Tempest]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/theater/theaterspecial/27schi.html|title=Ebon Moss-Bachrach|last=Schillinger|first=Liesl|date=February 27, 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 4, 2008}}</ref> ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', ''The Butterfly Project'', and ''[[No Exit]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movietimes/moviepn.asp?movieID=24090|title=Cecil B. Demented&nbsp;– Production Notes|date=August 2000|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|access-date=November 4, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=December 2011|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>

===2002–2005: Film breakthrough===
Gyllenhaal's breakout role was in the [[black comedy]], ''[[Secretary (2002 film)|Secretary]]'' (2002), a film about two people who embark on a mutually fulfilling [[BDSM]] lifestyle.<ref name="ny times" /> ''[[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."<ref name="ny times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/20/movies/film-review-an-office-disciplinarian-gets-his-way-in-the-end.html|title=Film Review: An Office Disciplinarian Gets His Way in the End|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=September 20, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote: "Maggie Gyllenhaal, as the self-destructive secretary, is enigmatic and, at moments, sympathetic."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-CLIPS-Also-opening-today-2766711.php|title=FILM CLIPS / Also opening today|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|date=September 27, 2002|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422220635/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2002%2F09%2F27%2FDD227720.DTL|archive-date=April 22, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received generally favorable reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/secretary|title=Secretary (2002): Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515195840/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/secretary|archive-date=May 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and Gyllenhaal's performance earned her the Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress award from the [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=2002 |title=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures – Awards for 2002 |access-date=September 7, 2010 |work=[[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures]] Official Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930030306/http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=2002 |archive-date=September 30, 2010 }}</ref> her first [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29619 |title=HFPA&nbsp;– Awards Search |access-date=July 18, 2008 |work=[[Golden Globes]] Official Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114124341/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29619 |archive-date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref> and an [[Independent Spirit Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Addison|last=Pate|title=Independent film nominees announced|date=December 11, 2002|journal=[[Los Angeles Newspaper Group|Whittier Daily News]]}}</ref> ''Secretary'' was Gyllenhaal's first film role which featured [[nudity in film|full frontal nudity]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/a-star-and-momma-lion-07b8j658crg|title=A star and 'momma-lion'|last=Bone|first=James|date=July 19, 2007|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624113856/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2098029.ece|archive-date=June 24, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/maggie-gyllenhaal-hates-fiancs-love-scenes/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Hates Fiancé's Love Scenes|last=Jessen|first=Monique|date=July 9, 2008|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918232921/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20211226%2C00.html|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Impressed with the script, she initially had reservations about doing the film, which she believed could deliver an [[Antifeminism|anti-feminist]] message. However, after carefully discussing the script with the film's director, [[Steven Shainberg]], she agreed to join the project.<ref>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Dawson|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/05/06/maggie_gyllenhaal_secretary_interview.shtml|title=Secretary|access-date=September 7, 2008|date=May 6, 2003|work=[[BBC Films]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303004014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/05/06/maggie_gyllenhaal_secretary_interview.shtml|archive-date=March 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Although insisting Shainberg did not exploit her, Gyllenhaal has said she felt "scared when filming began" and that "in the wrong hands&nbsp;... even in just slightly less intelligent hands, this movie could say something really weird."<ref name="aftermath">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/07/2|title=Looking for trouble|last=Cartner-Morley|first=Jess|date=July 2, 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=October 9, 2008|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922110027/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/jul/07/2|archive-date=September 22, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> 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."<ref name="aftermath" />[[File:Maggie Gyllenhaal - 003.jpg|upright|alt=A brown-haired woman with blue eyes wears a dark blue dress with her hair tied back.|thumb|Gyllenhaal at an event in [[Barcelona]], 2008]]Next, she had a supporting role in the comedy-drama ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]'' (2002), a film that tells the story of screenwriter [[Charlie Kaufman]]'s struggle to adapt ''[[The Orchid Thief]]'' into a film.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/06/movies/film-review-forever-obsessing-about-obsession.html|title=Film Review; Forever Obsessing About Obsession|last=Scott|first=A.O. |date=December 6, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511234200/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9903EEDC123BF935A35751C1A9649C8B63|archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She later appeared in the [[unauthorized biography]] ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' (2002), part of an ensemble cast that included [[Sam Rockwell]], [[Drew Barrymore]], [[George Clooney]], and [[Julia Roberts]].<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/02/14/confessions_of_a_dangerous_mind_2003_review.shtml|title=Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2003) Review|last=Pierce|first=Nev|date=March 16, 2003|work=[[BBC Films]]|access-date=December 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901234127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/02/14/confessions_of_a_dangerous_mind_2003_review.shtml|archive-date=September 1, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The movie grossed US$33 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4115301889/|title=Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114134912/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=confessionsofadangerousmind.htm|archive-date=January 14, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, she had a small role in the comedy ''[[40 Days and 40 Nights]]''.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1515123/maggie-gyllenhaal-overcomes-her-fear-of-romantic-comedies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018212120/http://www.mtv.com/news/1515123/maggie-gyllenhaal-overcomes-her-fear-of-romantic-comedies/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2015|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Overcomes Her Fear Of Romantic Comedies|last=Meyers|first=Shelby|date=November 28, 2005|work=MTV|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> In 2003, she co-starred with Julia Roberts in ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]'' in the role of Giselle.<ref name="People - Bio">{{cite web|first=Janet|last=Mock|url=http://www.people.com/people/maggie_gyllenhaal/biography|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Biography|access-date=July 18, 2008|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122215804/http://www.people.com/people/maggie_gyllenhaal/biography/|archive-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3612432/Girl-on-top.html|title=Girl on top|last=Campion|first=Chris|date=February 16, 2004|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=October 9, 2008|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114034209/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3612432/Girl-on-top.html|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The film generated mostly mixed reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mona-lisa-smile|title=Mona Lisa Smile (2003): Review|date=December 19, 2003|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903192235/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/mona-lisa-smile|archive-date=September 3, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Manohla Dargis]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' describing it as "smug and reductive".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-dargis19dec19,2,3006745.story |title=Mona Lisa Smile |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=December 19, 2003 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606124314/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-dargis19dec19%2C2%2C3006745.story |archive-date=June 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her next roles were in smaller independent films: ''[[Casa de los Babys]]'' (2003), is a story about six American women impatiently waiting out their lengthy residency requirements in a South American country before picking up their adoptive babies,<ref name=":4">{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-09-16/film/frustrated-mothers-to-be-flounder-in-saylesian-purgatory/1|title=Frustrated Mothers-to-Be Flounder in Saylesian Purgatory|last=Ng|first=David|date=September 16, 2003|work=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=December 4, 2008|page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116224041/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-09-16/film/frustrated-mothers-to-be-flounder-in-saylesian-purgatory/1|archive-date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> and ''[[Criminal (2004 film)|Criminal]]'' (2004), a remake of the Argentinian film ''[[Nine Queens]]'', with [[John C. Reilly]] and [[Diego Luna]].<ref name="nine" /> Gyllenhaal plays an honest hotel manager forced to help her crooked brother (Reilly) by seducing one of his victims.<ref name="nine">{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/thoroughly-modern-maggie-20050501-ge02d5.html|title=Thoroughly modern Maggie|last=Bunbury|first=Stephanie|date=April 28, 2005|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|location=Melbourne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917212333/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Modern-Maggie/2005/04/28/1114635687879.html|archive-date=September 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

She starred in the [[HBO]] film ''[[Strip Search (film)|Strip Search]]'' (2004), in which she portrayed an American student in China suspected of terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|first=Corey|last=Moss|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1485942/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-avoid-potential-gigli-problem/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131716/http://www.mtv.com/news/1485942/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-avoid-potential-gigli-problem/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2015|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Avoid Potential 'Gigli' Problem|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=March 24, 2010|work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> For her role, Gyllenhaal had to perform multiple scenes of [[Nudity|full-frontal nudity]] as the film tackled issues of [[strip search]]es. 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''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/theater/theater-homebody-comes-home-a-mere-17-drafts-later.html|title='Homebody' Comes Home, A Mere 17 Drafts Later|last=Dominus|first=Susan|date=May 9, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> [[Ben Brantley]] of ''The New York Times'' wrote: "Ms. Gyllenhaal provides the essential bridge between the parts of the play's title."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/theater/theater-review-afghanistan-still-stirs-a-housewife.html|title=Theater Review; Afghanistan Still Stirs A Housewife|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=May 13, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 12, 2008|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614094910/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/theater/theater-review-afghanistan-still-stirs-a-housewife.html|archive-date=June 14, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Heilpern]] of ''[[The New York Observer]]'' noted that Gyllenhaal's performance was "compelling".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://observer.com/2004/05/homebodykabul-returns-to-a-world-that-lost-its-mind/|title=Homebody/Kabul Returns To a World That Lost Its Mind|last=Heilpern|first=John|date=May 30, 2004|work=[[The New York Observer]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725155300/http://www.observer.com/node/49288|archive-date=July 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Finally in 2004, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/01/16/academy-announces-oscar-membership-invitations/|title=The Academy announces Oscar membership invitations|last=Young|first=Josh|date=July 16, 2004|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426033635/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,662249,00.html|archive-date=April 26, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Viewed as a [[sex symbol]], she was ranked in the "Hot 100 List" by ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' magazine in 2004 and 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-09-maxim-100_x.htm|title='Maxim' Top 100 Hot list 2004|date=April 9, 2004|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927184638/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-09-maxim-100_x.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-03-23-fhm-sexiest-women_x.htm|title=Jolie sizzles atop 'FHM' sexiest list|last=Soriano|first=César G.|date=March 23, 2005|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804161319/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-03-23-fhm-sexiest-women_x.htm|archive-date=August 4, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gyllenhaal's next film role was in the 2005 comedy-drama ''[[Happy Endings (film)|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 (actor)|Tom Arnold]]). She recorded songs for the film's soundtrack,<ref name="People - Bio" /><ref name="live">{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-29-gyllenhaal_x.htm|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal insists on live singing|date=July 29, 2005|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> calling the role the "roughest, scariest acting ever" and adding she is more natural when singing on screen than when acting.<ref name="live" /> [[Lisa Schwarzbaum]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' declared Gyllenhaal's performance "as wonderfully, naturally slouchy-sexy as her character is artificial".<ref name=":5">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/07/22/happy-endings-3/|title=Happy Endings|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|date=July 22, 2005|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010193047/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1082764,00.html|archive-date=October 10, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2006–2009: Comedies, dramas and theatre===
Following ''Happy Endings'', Gyllenhaal appeared in five films releases in 2006: ''[[Trust the Man]]'', ''[[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]'', ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]'', ''[[World Trade Center (film)|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.<ref name=":6">{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/08/18/dont_trust_this_insufferable_man/|title=Don't trust this insufferable 'Man'|last=Morris|first=Wesley|date=August 18, 2006|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221155745/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=8842|archive-date=February 21, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/review/movie-review-trust-the/167816/content |title=Movie review: 'Trust the Man' |last=Reaves |first=Jessica |date=September 4, 2007 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=September 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511075958/http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/review/movie-review-trust-the/167816/content |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref> The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/trust-the-man|title=Trust the Man (2006): Reviews|date=August 18, 2006|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623225155/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/trust-the-man|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trust_the_man/|title=Trust the Man|date=August 18, 2006|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208135519/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trust_the_man/|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Ethan Alter of ''[[Premiere (magazine)|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".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Premiere&nbsp;– Trust the Man|last=Alter|first=Ethan|date=August 17, 2006|journal=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]}}</ref> In ''Stranger than Fiction'', Gyllenhaal played a love interest of Harold Crick, played by [[Will Ferrell]].<ref name=":7">{{cite news|first=A.O.|last=Scott|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/movies/10fict.html|title=Stranger Than Fiction&nbsp;– Hearing Voices? It's Just Somebody's Imagination|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=November 10, 2006|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145950/http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/movies/10fict.html|archive-date=August 21, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance in the film received favorable reviews; [[Mike Straka]] of [[Fox News Channel|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."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/maggie-gyllenhaal-awesome-in-stranger-than-fiction|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Awesome in 'Stranger Than Fiction'|last=Straka|first=Mike|date=November 10, 2006|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907055758/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,228633,00.html|archive-date=September 7, 2008}}</ref> She voiced Elizabeth "Zee" in the animated horror film ''Monster House''.<ref name=":8">{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/07/21/monster_house_is_built_just_for_kids/|title='Monster House' is built just for kids|last=Burr|first=Ty|date=July 21, 2006|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216020048/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=7614|archive-date=December 16, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Gyllenhaal played Allison Jimeno, the wife of [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|Port Authority]] officer [[Will Jimeno]], in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''World Trade Center'', based on the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=William |date=August 9, 2006 |title=Stone delivers a dignified and intelligent 9/11 film |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Stone-delivers-a-dignified-and-intelligent-9-11-1211112.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226151053/https://web.archive.org/web/20131222052955/http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Stone-delivers-a-dignified-and-intelligent-9-11-1211112.php |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2022 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> She regarded this as "one of the films she most enjoyed making".<ref name="aftermath" /> The film received favorable reviews and proved to be an international success, earning US$162&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/world-trade-center|title=World Trade Center (2006): Reviews|date=August 9, 2006|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105121440/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/world-trade-center|archive-date=January 5, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl125470209/|title=World Trade Center (2006)|access-date=February 28, 2022|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121035541/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wtc.htm|archive-date=November 21, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 straits that all she has are these kind of naive, fierce hopes. 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."<ref name=":9">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-mom-and-movie-star/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: Mom And Movie Star|date=September 1, 2006|work=[[The Early Show]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521193158/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/01/earlyshow/main1960120.shtml|archive-date=May 21, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance in the film was well-received; David Germain of the ''[[Associated Press]]'' wrote, "Gyllenhaal humanizes her so deeply and richly&nbsp;... that Sherry elicits sympathy even in her darkest and weakest moments",<ref>{{cite news| first=David| last=Germain| title=Gyllenhaal saves slim story in 'Sherrybaby'|date=September 17, 2006 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-journal-gyllenhaal/155838875/ |work=[[Record-Journal]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=F3}}</ref> and Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine called her performance "naturalistic".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/sherrybaby-1200519163/|title=Sherrybaby|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=January 22, 2006|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514020731/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117929318.html?nav=reviews07&categoryid=2352&cs=1&p=0|archive-date=May 14, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> For her performance, Gyllenhaal earned a second Golden Globe Best Actress nomination<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600522.html|title=For 'SherryBaby,' a Lingering Power|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=March 16, 2007|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=September 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820075849/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031600522.html|archive-date=August 20, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and won the Best Actress category award at the 2006 [[Stockholm International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112700301.html|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Wins Stockholm Honor|date=November 27, 2006|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=September 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820075826/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112700301.html|archive-date=August 20, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:MaggieGyllenhaal-08.jpg|alt=A brown haired woman looking away from the camera. Her hair is tied back, and she is wearing gold earrings and a shoulderless, sleeveless black dress with a yellow, red, and blue pattern|thumb|right|upright|Gyllenhaal at the premiere of ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' in New York City, July 14, 2008]]
She appeared in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' (2008), the sequel to ''[[Batman Begins]]'' (2005), in which she replaced [[Katie Holmes]] as [[Prosecutor|Assistant District Attorney]], [[Rachel Dawes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/gyllenhaal-joining-batman-sequel-1117960782/|title=Gyllenhaal joining Batman sequel|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=March 8, 2007|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417052036/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960782?refCatId=13|archive-date=April 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Nancy|last=Ayala|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5398125&page=1|title='Dark Knight' Gets New Leading Lady|access-date=July 18, 2008|date=July 18, 2008|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721042632/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5398125&page=1|archive-date=July 21, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news| first=Andrew| last=Williams| url=https://metro.co.uk/2008/01/06/gyllenhaal-talks-sexy-underwear-370602/| title=Gyllenhaal Talks Sexy Underwear| work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]| date=January 6, 2008| access-date=February 22, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123192946/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/82565-gyllenhaal-talks-sexy-underwear| archive-date=January 23, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Dark Knight'' was a critical and commercial success, setting a new opening weekend [[box office]] record for North America. With revenue of $1&nbsp;billion worldwide,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3729098241/|title=The Dark Knight (2008)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326235041/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkknight.htm|archive-date=March 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> it became the [[List of highest-grossing films|fourth-highest-grossing film]] of all time,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/|title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=July 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228223109/https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/|archive-date=February 28, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and remains Gyllenhaal's most commercially successful feature to date. In a ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' magazine review of the film, [[Stephanie Zacharek]] called Gyllenhaal's character "a tough cookie in a [[Barbara Stanwyck|Stanwyck]]-style bias-cut gown" and stated that "the movie feels smarter and more supple when she's on-screen".<ref name=":10">{{cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2008/07/17/dark_knight_2/|title=The Dark Knight |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=July 17, 2008 |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425083048/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/review/2008/07/17/dark_knight/ |archive-date=April 25, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[IGN]]'' film critic Todd Gilchrist wrote, "Gyllenhaal adds real depth and energy to Rachel Dawes".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/06/30/the-dark-knight-review| title=The Dark Knight Review| last=Gilchrist| first=Todd| date=June 30, 2008| publisher=IGN| access-date=February 22, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911030537/http://movies.ign.com/articles/884/884876p2.html| archive-date=September 11, 2008| url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to film, Gyllenhaal played Yelena Andreevna in the [[Classic Stage Company]]'s 2009 [[Off-Broadway]] production of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' in New York City.<ref name="uncle">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/theater/08itzk.html|title=Together Off Broadway and Elsewhere|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=February 4, 2009|work=The New York Times|page=1|access-date=February 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423213936/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/theater/08itzk.html|archive-date=April 23, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The cast also included her husband Peter Sarsgaard.<ref name="uncle" /> The production, directed by [[Austin Pendleton]], began previews on January 17 and ended its limited run on March 1.<ref name="uncle" /> Joe Dziemianowicz of the [[Daily News (New York)|''New York Daily News'']] was unenthusiastic 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."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/02/13/2009-02-13_starry_chekhov_revival_is_uncle_vanya_is.html|title=Starry Chekhov revival is 'Uncle Vanya' is 'Clueless'|last=Dziemianowicz|first=Joe|date=February 13, 2009|work=[[Daily News (New York)]]|access-date=February 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215134414/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/02/13/2009-02-13_starry_chekhov_revival_is_uncle_vanya_is.html|archive-date=February 15, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Malcolm Johnson of the ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' was complimentary, noting that she "ultimately blossoms" as the character.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.courant.com/2009-02-13/news/vanyarev.art.art_1_uncle-vanya-estate-mamie-gummer| title=Chehov's 'Uncle Vanya" In Fine Revival| last=Johnson| first=Malcolm| date=February 13, 2009| work=[[The Hartford Courant]]| access-date=February 18, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511080020/http://articles.courant.com/2009-02-13/news/vanyarev.art.art_1_uncle-vanya-estate-mamie-gummer| archive-date=May 11, 2011| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Gyllenhaal agreed to star in the comedy ''[[Away We Go]]'' (2009), in which she plays a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of [[John Krasinski]]'s character.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/mendes-swaps-in-maggie-gyllenhaal-1117984967/| title=Mendes swaps in Maggie Gyllenhaal| last=Siegel| first=Tatiana| date=May 31, 2008| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| access-date=February 22, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808225142/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984967?refCatId=13| archive-date=August 8, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/05/04/maggie-gyllenhaal-swaps-mendes-comedy/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal swaps into Mendes comedy|date=May 31, 2008|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018180515/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20197433,00.html|archive-date=October 18, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The film generated broadly mixed reviews,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/away-we-go|title=Away We Go (2009): Reviews|date=June 5, 2009|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=September 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827011331/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/away-we-go|archive-date=August 27, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''Entertainment Weekly'' describing Gyllenhaal's subplot as "over-the-top".<ref name=":11">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/06/03/away-we-go/|title=Away We Go|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=June 5, 2009|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606130042/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20282749,00.html|archive-date=June 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref name="proud">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05away.html| title=Away We Go&nbsp;– Practicing Virtue, and Proud of It| last=Scott| first=A.O.| date=June 5, 2009| work=The New York Times| access-date=February 22, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609052022/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05away.html| archive-date=June 9, 2009| url-status=live}}</ref> Scott concluded with, "Ms. Gyllenhaal's line about sex roles in 'the seahorse community' is the screenplay's one clean satirical bull's-eye".<ref name="proud" /> 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]], whose performance won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="parade">{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/31923/jeannewolf/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-motherhood-090707/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: All Moms Do 'The Best They Can'|last=Wolf|first=Jeanne|date=July 7, 2009|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928212300/http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/archive/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-motherhood-090707.html|archive-date=September 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was acclaimed,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crazy-heart| title=Crazy Heart (2009): Reviews| access-date=December 29, 2009| date=December 16, 2009| website=Metacritic| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816134113/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/crazy-heart| archive-date=August 16, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref> as was Gyllenhaal's performance. [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' observed 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."<ref name=":12">{{cite magazine| first=Peter| last=Travers| title=Crazy Heart| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/crazy-heart-90666/| access-date=February 22, 2022| date=December 10, 2009| magazine=Rolling Stone| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628215323/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/crazy-heart-20091210| archive-date=June 28, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance earned her an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Duke|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/02/oscar.nominations/?hpt=Sbin|title='Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead in Oscar nods|access-date=February 2, 2010|date=February 2, 2010|publisher=[[CNN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107084645/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/02/oscar.nominations/?hpt=Sbin|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2010–2020: Independent films and television ===
[[File:Maggie Gyllenhaal Golden Globes 2009.jpg|upright|left|thumb|Gyllenhaal at the [[66th Golden Globe Awards]], 2009|alt=Gyllenhaal at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, 2009]]
In addition to acting, she presented 13 episodes of the [[PBS]] television series ''[[Independent Lens]]'' between 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/host.html|title=''Independent Lens'' Host|access-date=November 11, 2010|publisher=[[PBS]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325105310/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/host.html|archive-date=March 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The program presents [[documentary film]]s made by independent filmmakers. In 2010, Gyllenhaal appeared in ''[[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang]]'' with co-star [[Emma Thompson]], the sequel to the 2005's ''[[Nanny McPhee]]''.<ref name=":13">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/04/14/maggie-gyllenha/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal joins 'Nanny McPhee' sequel|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|date=April 14, 2009|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208055747/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/14/maggie-gyllenha/|archive-date=December 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> She played Isabel Green, which required her to speak with an English accent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6188982/Maggie-Gyllenhaal-interview-for-Away-We-Go.html|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal: interview for Away We Go|last=Lawrence|first=Will|date=September 21, 2009|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=September 24, 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924211720/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6188982/Maggie-Gyllenhaal-interview-for-Away-We-Go.html|archive-date=September 24, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The feature received generally positive reviews; [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film an approval rating of 76% based on 119 critics.<ref>{{Citation|title=Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nanny_mcphee_returns|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=August 20, 2010 |access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920123443/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nanny_mcphee_returns|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' complimented Gyllenhaal's realistic accent and ability to capture her English character with ease.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/nanny-mcphee-and-the-big-bang-20100401-rh99.html|last=Hall|first=Sandra|date=April 1, 2010|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214113820/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/nanny-mcphee-and-the-big-bang-20100401-rh99.html|archive-date=December 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It was a reasonable success at the box office, earning $93&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nanny-mcphee-returns|title=Nanny McPhee Returns (2010): Reviews|access-date=February 4, 2011|date=August 20, 2010|website=[[Metacritic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623232240/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/nanny-mcphee-returns|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3563292161/| title=Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)| access-date=February 28, 2022| website=[[Box Office Mojo]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302111844/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nannymcphee2.htm| archive-date=March 2, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref>

For her next film, Gyllenhaal starred in the [[Biographical film|biographical]] romance ''[[Hysteria (2011 film)|Hysteria]]'' (2011), which focuses on the events that led to the creation of the [[vibrator (sex toy)|vibrator]] during the [[Victorian era]].<ref name=":14">{{cite news|first=Catherine|last=Shoard|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/20/maggie-gyllenhaal-vibrator-love-story|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal hopes to hit the spot with vibrator love story|access-date=February 4, 2011|date=August 20, 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222104911/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/20/maggie-gyllenhaal-vibrator-love-story|archive-date=December 22, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received a mixed reception; writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', David Cox noted the film's stereotypes and "yelps of delight", and praised Gyllenhaal's English accent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hysteria – review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/20/hysteria-review|last=Cox|first=David|date=September 20, 2012|website=The Guardian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411023828/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/20/hysteria-review|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> In February 2011, Gyllenhaal starred in another Anton Chekhov Off-Broadway production as the character Masha in Austin Pendleton's ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' at the Classic Stage Company.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Brown|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/stage_dive_the_three_sisters_a.html|title=Stage Dive: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal in ''Three Sisters'' as Robert Altman Cocktail Hour|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=February 3, 2011|work=Vulture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207034407/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/stage_dive_the_three_sisters_a.html|archive-date=February 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The play focused on the Prozorov sisters (Gyllenhaal, [[Jessica Hecht]], and [[Juliet Rylance]]), who are "unlucky in love, unhappy in the provinces and longing to return to Moscow", as summarized by [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]'s Jeremy Gerard.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeremy|last=Gerard|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/gyllenhaal-falls-hard-for-husband-in-three-sisters-review.html|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Falls Hard for Husband in 'Three Sisters': Jeremy Gerard|access-date=February 4, 2011|date=February 3, 2011|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207063853/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/gyllenhaal-falls-hard-for-husband-in-three-sisters-review.html|archive-date=February 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The production began preview performances on January 12, with a limited engagement through March 6.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Brantley|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/theater/reviews/04three.html|title=Russian Ennui, American Idiom|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=February 4, 2011|work=The New York Times|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204050910/http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/theater/reviews/04three.html|archive-date=February 4, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, she played mother Jaime Fitzpatrick in the drama ''[[Won't Back Down (film)|Won't Back Down]],'' about a group of parents involved in a [[parent trigger]] takeover of a failing school. Next, she appeared alongside [[Channing Tatum]] and [[Jamie Foxx]], as a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent in the action-thriller ''[[White House Down]]'' (2013).<ref name=":15">{{cite journal | last1=Sneider | first1=Jeff | last2=Kroll | first2=Justin | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-joins-white-house-staff-1118055170/ | title=Maggie Gyllenhaal joins 'White House' staff | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=June 7, 2012 | access-date=February 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610040450/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055170 | archive-date=June 10, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> The film was met with mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White House Down|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl427525633/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> A year later, she starred in the musical comedy ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]'', about a man who joins an odd band with a group of bizarre musicians. Gyllenhaal, who also plays a musician, said she initially turned down the role because she did not understand it. However, she changed her mind after the story "stuck with her".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundance: Cast of Michael Fassbender's 'Frank' Thought Film Was 'Bizarre'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sundance-cast-michael-fassbenders-frank-672093/|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=January 18, 2014|website=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423181634/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-cast-michael-fassbenders-frank-672093|archive-date=April 23, 2019|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2014 Sundance Film Festival]] to favorable opinions; ''[[Slant Magazine|Slant]]'' magazine's critic opined that Gyllenhaal has "passive and palpable screen presence".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review: Frank|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/frank/|last=Osenlund|first=R. Kurt|date=August 11, 2014|website=Slant Magazine|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Also that year, she played Hathfertiti in [[Matthew Barney]] and [[Jonathan Bepler|Jonathan Bepler's]] ''[[River of Fundament]],'' loosely based on the 1983 novel ''[[Ancient Evenings]]'' by [[Norman Mailer]].<ref name=":16">{{cite web|title=''River of Fundament'' – Luminato Festival 2014 |url=https://luminatofestival.com/festival/2014/RIVER-OF-FUNDAMENT |website=Luminato Festival |access-date=March 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125438/https://luminatofestival.com/festival/2014/RIVER-OF-FUNDAMENT |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=December 4, 2015|title=Review: In 'River of Fundament,' Matthew Barney Contemplates Wastework=The New York Times|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/movies/review-in-river-of-fundament-matthew-barney-contemplates-waste.html|access-date=April 8, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Gyllenhaal played the lead role as Baroness Nessa Stein, a British-Israeli businesswoman heiress in the BBC political spy thriller television miniseries, ''[[The Honourable Woman]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Nicholson | first1=Rebecca | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/15/the-honourable-woman-hugo-blick-spy-thriller-middle-east-maggie-gyllenhaal | title=Is The Honourable Woman the perfect example of TV's golden age? | access-date=August 17, 2014 | date=August 15, 2014 | work=The Guardian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816221310/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/15/the-honourable-woman-hugo-blick-spy-thriller-middle-east-maggie-gyllenhaal | archive-date=August 16, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-maggie-gyllenhaal-the-honorable-woman-20140817-story.html |title=Maggie Gyllenhaal says she had to grow up for ''The Honorable Woman''|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 15, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231152022/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-maggie-gyllenhaal-the-honorable-woman-20140817-story.html |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The series was well received; Kevin Fallon wrote in the ''[[Daily Beast]]'': "Gyllenhaal delivers what might be the most towering, complex, best performance of her career in the miniseries."<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-honorable-woman-is-maggie-gyllenhaals-best-performance-yet "''The Honorable Woman'' Is Maggie Gyllenhaal's Best Performance Yet,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908101155/http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-honorable-woman-is-maggie-gyllenhaals-best-performance-yet |date=September 8, 2017 }} the ''Daily Beast''.</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine praised the series' pacing, themes, settings, and called Gyllenhaal's performance "remarkable".<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Review: The Honorable Woman|url=https://time.com/3060484/review-the-honorable-woman-sundance/|last=Poniewozik|first=James|date=July 31, 2014|magazine=Time|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521184522/http://time.com/3060484/review-the-honorable-woman-sundance/|archive-date=May 21, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> At the [[72nd Golden Globe Awards]], she won [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]] for her performance.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/maggie-gyllenhaal|website=Golden Globes|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707233317/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/maggie-gyllenhaal|archive-date=July 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Honourable Woman'' appeared in a list of ''The Guardian'' critics' 30 best television shows of 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 8, 2014|title=The best TV shows of 2014-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2014/dec/08/the-best-tv-shows-of-2014-sherlock-veep-doctor-who-house-of-cards|access-date=May 24, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517080454/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2014/dec/08/the-best-tv-shows-of-2014-sherlock-veep-doctor-who-house-of-cards|archive-date=May 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Gyllenhaal narrated [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s novel ''[[Anna Karenina]];'' it was made available for purchase on [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]'s [[Audible (store)|Audible]] store. In an interview, Gyllenhaal said "Making this, doing this, I feel like it's one of the major accomplishments of my work life."<ref>{{Citation|last=Audible|title=Behind the Scenes with Maggie Gyllenhaal|date=July 12, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAYK_t3DVQo|access-date=September 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107005946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAYK_t3DVQo|archive-date=January 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, she served as a member of the jury for the [[2017 Berlin Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title={{!}} Berlinale {{!}} Press {{!}} Press Releases {{!}} All Press Releases - Berlinale 2017: International Jury|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36692.html|date=January 31, 2017|website=Berlinale|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202074849/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_36692.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Returning to film in 2018, Gyllenhaal starred in ''[[The Kindergarten Teacher (2018 film)|The Kindergarten Teacher]]'', a drama in which her character becomes obsessed with a student whom she believes is a [[child prodigy]]. The film premiered at the [[2018 Sundance Film Festival]], and was distributed via [[Netflix]]. It is a remake of the 2014 Israeli [[The Kindergarten Teacher (2014 film)|film of the same name]]. The feature opened to mainly popular reviews; ''The Daily Telegraph'' critic gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, and thought Gyllenhaal was well-cast, writing "[her] earnest intensity as an actress, gift for fatigue and slightly holier-than-thou authority are key assets here."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|date=March 7, 2019|title=The Kindergarten Teacher review: a messed-up Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a lesson in intensity-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/kindergarten-teacher-review-messed-up-maggie-gyllenhaal-gives/|access-date=May 24, 2020|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308044427/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/kindergarten-teacher-review-messed-up-maggie-gyllenhaal-gives/|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Dennis Harvey of ''Variety'' magazine praised her performance, he thought the film lacked "psychological insight".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundance Film Review: 'The Kindergarten Teacher'|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-kindergarten-teacher-review-1202670828/|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=January 20, 2018|website=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220161702/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-kindergarten-teacher-review-1202670828/|archive-date=December 20, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>

She served as a producer and starred in the HBO drama series ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]],'' which aired from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/07/james-franco-maggie-gyllenhaal-want-hbo-porn-drama-deuce/640937001/|title=James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal want HBO porn drama 'The Deuce' to stimulate, not titillate|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412153833/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/07/james-franco-maggie-gyllenhaal-want-hbo-porn-drama-deuce/640937001/|archive-date=April 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Gyllenhaal played Eileen "Candy" Merrell, a [[sex worker]] during the [[Golden Age of Porn]]. ''The Deuce'' earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|date=December 11, 2017|title=Golden Globes: Big Little Lies, FEUD, Fargo, This Is Us and The Handmaid's Tale Lead TV Nominations|url=https://tvline.com/2017/12/11/golden-globe-nominations-2018-globes-awards-nominees/|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=TVLine}}</ref>

===2021–present: Filmmaking ===
In 2021, Gyllenhaal made her feature directorial debut with the [[psychological drama]] ''[[The Lost Daughter (film)|The Lost Daughter]]'', which she also produced and adapted from a novella by Elena Ferrante.<ref>{{cite web|last=Debruge|first=Peter|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-lost-daughter-review-maggie-gyllenhaal-1235054843/|title='The Lost Daughter' Review: 'Unnatural Mother' Olivia Colman Makes Amends in This Brilliant but Risky Thriller|website=Variety|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> The film received critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lost_daughter|title=The Lost Daughter|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> and had its premiere at the [[78th Venice International Film Festival]], where Gyllenhaal won the [[Golden Osella|Best Screenplay Award]].<ref name="vogue">{{cite news|last=Crescenti|first=Yelena|title=Festival del Cinema di Venezia 2021: tutti i vincitori|url=https://www.vogue.it/news/article/festival-cinema-venezia-2021-film-vincitori|date=September 11, 2021|access-date=September 12, 2021|website=[[Vogue Italia]]|language=Italian}}</ref> It received four awards, including [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature|Best Feature]] and [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director|Breakthrough Director]], as well as one further nomination at the [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021|2021 Gotham Awards]].<ref name="indiewire">{{cite news|last1=Lattanzio|first1=Ryan|title=Gotham Awards: 'The Lost Daughter' Wins Top Prize — See the Full List of Winners|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/gotham-awards-2021-winners-list-1234682094/|access-date=November 30, 2021|website=IndieWire|date=November 30, 2021}}</ref> At the [[79th Golden Globe Awards]], Gyllenhaal received a nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref name="golden_globes">{{cite web|last1=Moreau|first1=Jordan|last2=Lang|first2=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1235129390/|title=Golden Globes 2022: The Complete Nominations List|website=Variety|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref> She then received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] nomination at the [[75th British Academy Film Awards]],<ref name="BAFTA22">{{cite web|last=Ravindran|first=Manori|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bafta-2022-awards-nominations-full-list-1235170992/|title=BAFTA Awards Nominations Unveiled: 'Dune,' 'Power of the Dog' Lead Field, Will Smith Earns First BAFTA Nod|website=Variety|date=February 3, 2022|access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> and the second [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination of her career also for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] at the [[94th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars">{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|last2=Moreau|first2=Jordan|last3= Grantham-Philips|first3=Wyatte|url= https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-oscar-nominations-list-nominees-1235172582/|title= Oscar Nominations 2022: The Complete List|website=Variety|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>

Gyllenhaal will next direct ''[[The Bride!]]'', a 1930s-set adaptation of ''[[Frankenstein]]'', starring [[Christian Bale]], [[Jessie Buckley]], her husband Peter, and her brother Jake.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|url= https://variety.com/2024/film/news/christian-bale-frankenstein-monster-the-bride-first-look-maggie-gyllenhaal-1235960315/|title= Christian Bale Transforms Into Frankenstein's Monster in First Look at Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride'|work=Variety|date=April 4, 2024|access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal An Education 2009.jpg|thumb|alt=A man and a woman pose together for a photo. The man has short, light-brown hair and a beard, and is wearing a grey suit jacket and grey shirt. The woman has short, shoulder-length brown hair, worn loose, and is wearing large hoop earrings with a sleeveless, strapless black dress.|Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal at the New York premiere of ''[[An Education]],'' 2009|200x200px]]

In 2002, Gyllenhaal began a relationship with actor [[Peter Sarsgaard]].<ref name="People - 2">{{cite news| first=Janet| last=Mock| url=http://www.people.com/people/maggie_gyllenhaal/biography/0,,20164968_10,00.html| title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Biography| access-date=July 18, 2008| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| page=2| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919024118/http://www.people.com/people/maggie_gyllenhaal/biography/0%2C%2C20164968_10%2C00.html| archive-date=September 19, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="People - Bio"/> The couple became engaged in April 2006,<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-04-gyllenhaal-baby_x.htm|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal has a baby girl|date=October 4, 2006|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828223127/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-04-gyllenhaal-baby_x.htm|archive-date=August 28, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-expecting-baby/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Expecting Baby|first1=Liza|last1=Hamm|first2=Mark|last2=Dagostino|date=April 11, 2006|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919012756/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1181971%2C00.html|archive-date=September 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and married on May 2, 2009, in a small chapel in [[Brindisi]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-get-married/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Get Married|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica|date=May 4, 2009|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122215820/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20276175%2C00.html|archive-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_12285554 |title=People: Dolly Parton says "You starve or get fat" |last=Smith |first=Lori Spencer |date=May 4, 2009 |work=[[The Denver Post]] |access-date=May 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511213622/http://www.denverpost.com/celebritybuzz/ci_12285554 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref> They have two daughters, born October 2006 and April 2012.<ref>{{cite news| first=Liza| last=Hamm| url=https://people.com/celebrity/gyllenhaal-sarsgaard-have-a-girl/| title=Gyllenhaal, Sarsgaard Have a Girl| access-date=February 22, 2022| date=October 9, 2006| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919020143/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1541965%2C00.html| archive-date=September 19, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/ramona-sarsgaar/|title=Happy Birthday Ramona Sarsgaard!|website=People|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012054158/https://people.com/parents/ramona-sarsgaar/|archive-date=October 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-welcome-daughter-gloria-ray-2012304/|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Welcome Second Daughter!|date=April 30, 2012|website=Us Weekly|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012054203/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-sarsgaard-welcome-daughter-gloria-ray-2012304/|archive-date=October 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 9, 2025, Gyllenhaal's eldest daughter, Ramona, was arrested for [[Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus protests and occupations during the Gaza war|protesting in Columbia University]] against Israel's actions in the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{cite web|date=10 May 2025|title= Daughter of Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard arrested at Columbia University protests|url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/ramona-daughter-maggie-gyllenhaal-peter-scarsgaard-arrested-columbia-protests|website=The Guardian|last=Yang|first=Maya|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughter arrested over Columbia Gaza protest|url= https://www.newarab.com/news/maggie-gyllenhaals-daughter-arrested-over-columbia-gaza-protest|website=The New Arab|date=12 May 2025|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

==Political views==
At the [[18th Independent Spirit Awards]] in 2003, she [[Protests against the Iraq War|spoke out against the Iraq war]], stating the reason for the invasion was "oil and imperialism".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/movies/oscars-show-goes-on-but-mood-is-subdued-by-the-fighting-in-iraq.html|title=Oscars Show Goes On, But Mood Is Subdued By the Fighting in Iraq|last=Madigan|first=Nick|date=March 24, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513212151/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/movies/oscars-show-goes-on-but-mood-is-subdued-by-the-fighting-in-iraq.html|archive-date=May 13, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/01/13/iraq/|title=Wishing upon a star|last=Goldberg|first=Michelle|date=January 13, 2003|work=[[Salon.com]]|access-date=October 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514134455/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/01/13/iraq/|archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> 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&nbsp; ... It is always useful as individuals or nations to ask how we may have knowingly or unknowingly contributed to this conflict."<ref name="bbc news">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4489365.stm|title=Actress Gyllenhaal in 9/11 outcry|access-date=September 7, 2008|date=April 27, 2005|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327193640/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4489365.stm|archive-date=March 27, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Gyllenhaal took part in Artists United to Win Without War, a campaign started by [[Robert Greenwald]] that aimed to advance [[progressivism|progressive]] causes and voicing [[opposition to the Iraq War]].<ref name="multiple">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/MULTIPLE-MAGGIES-2491261.php|title=Multiple Maggies|last=Hart|first=Hugh|date=August 13, 2006|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823023329/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F08%2F13%2FPKGGJK9TFJ1.DTL&type=printable|archive-date=August 23, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E4DB1031F933A15750C0A9659C8B63|title=Threats and Responses: California; Approach of War Reveals An Alienation in California|last=Murphy|first=Dean E.|date=March 20, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 13, 2008}}</ref>

She and her brother Jake filmed a commercial for [[Rock the Vote]], and visited the [[University of Southern California]] to encourage students to vote in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Kara|last=Nichols|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13448899_ITM|title=Celebrities rally voters|access-date=July 18, 2008|date=September 21, 2004|work=[[Daily Trojan]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102004839/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/search/?q=U.%20Southern%20California:%20Celebrities%20rally%20voters%20at%20USC.|archive-date=January 2, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> in which she supported [[John Kerry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37284.htm|title=Rock the Vote, the Youth Vote and the 2004 Presidential Election|last=Strell|first=Jay|date=October 20, 2004|work=[[United States Department of State]] Official Website|access-date=October 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009002533/http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/37284.htm|archive-date=October 9, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1485533/celebs-go-to-the-post-office-to-deliver-pro-vote-message/|title=Celebs Go To The Post Office To Deliver Pro-Vote Message|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=March 3, 2004|work=[[MTV News]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114235730/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485533/20040303/story.jhtml|archive-date=January 14, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gyllenhaal supported [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/checking-out-the-parties-parties/|title=Checking Out the Parties' Parties|last=Wayne|first=Leslie|date=August 11, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121205843/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/checking-out-the-parties-parties/|archive-date=November 21, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-781-1333188|title=Kanye, NERD, Wyclef for Democratic Convention|date=July 15, 2008|work=[[NME]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813144255/http://www.nme.com/news/kanye-west/38178|archive-date=August 13, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> She has campaigned on behalf of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU), an organization her family strongly supports.<ref name="farlanders">{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/maggie-no-longer-looking-for-trouble-28441550.html|title=Maggie: No longer looking for trouble|date=August 1, 2008|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202055456/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/maggie-no-longer-looking-for-trouble-13925721.html|archive-date=December 2, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aclu-sc.org/releases/view/100311 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107001522/http://www.aclu-sc.org/releases/view/100311 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |title=ACLU To Honor Civil Liberties Champions At Annual Torch of Liberty Award Dinner Monday, May&nbsp;19, 2003 |date=April 16, 2003 |work=[[American Civil Liberties Union]] Official Website |access-date=October 8, 2008 }}</ref> In June 2013, Gyllenhaal and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for [[whistleblower]] [[Chelsea Manning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-093041|title=Celeb video 'I am Bradley Manning'|first1=Patrick|last1=Gavin|date=June 19, 2013|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110180932/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html#ixzz2WgfpNmys|archive-date=January 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc|title=I am Bradley Manning (full HD, 4:40)|author=iam.bradleymanning.org|others=Maggie Gyllenhaal, [[Roger Waters]], [[Oliver Stone]], [[Daniel Ellsberg]], [[Phil Donahue]], [[Michael Ratner]], [[Alice Walker]], [[Tom Morello]], [[Matt Taibbi]], [[Peter Sarsgaard]], [[Angela Davis]], [[Moby]], [[Molly Crabapple]], [[Tim DeChristopher]], LT [[Dan Choi]], Bishop [[List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America#901–1000|George Packard]], [[Russell Brand]], [[Allan Nairn]], [[Chris Hedges]], [[Wallace Shawn]], [[Ahdaf Soueif]]...|date=June 18, 2013|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918200559/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
Gyllenhaal is a supporter of [[Witness (human rights group)|Witness]], a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] that uses video and online technologies to expose [[human rights]] violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://okmagazine.com/news/witnessing-maggie-gyllenhaal-goldie-hawn/|title=Witnessing Maggie Gyllenhaal, Goldie Hawn |last=Nome |first=Valerie |date=November 18, 2007 |work=[[OK!]] |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511080020/http://www.okmagazine.com/2007/11/witnessing-maggie-gyllenhaal-goldie-hawn-2574/ |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="wit organ">{{cite news| url=http://www.witness.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=696&Itemid=249| title=Focus for Change Benefit| date=November 7, 2007| work=[[Witness (human rights group)|Witness]] Official Website| access-date=November 4, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917195223/http://www.witness.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=696&Itemid=249| archive-date=September 17, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> She co-hosted a benefit dinner with founder [[Peter Gabriel]] in November 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.instyle.com/instyle/parties/party/0,,20159128_20364973,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110145525/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/parties/party/0%2C%2C20159128_20364973%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2007 |title=Peter Gabriel and Maggie Gyllenhaal |date=November 18, 2007 |work=[[InStyle]] |access-date=November 4, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2007/11/08/witness-sarandon-tim/|title=Tim and Susan join fellow star campaigners at New York fundraiser|date=November 8, 2007|work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|quote=Hosted by ''Stranger Than Fiction'' actress Maggie Gyllenhaal&nbsp;... and musician Peter Gabriel, the event raised funds for human rights charity Witness.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918222137/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2007/11/08/witness-sarandon-tim/|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Gyllenhaal helped raise funds for [[Trickle Up|TrickleUp.org]], another non-profit that helps people in poverty to start a [[micro-enterprise]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20063741_20153720_20374556,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217153419/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0%2C%2C20063741_20153720_20374556%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2007 |title=Ten Thousand Things Charm Necklace |date=December 2007 |work=[[InStyle]] |access-date=November 15, 2008 }}</ref> For one of the fundraisers, Gyllenhaal helped design and promote a necklace that sold for US$100; all proceeds from sales went to the charity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a1172/trickle-up-charity-necklace-120607/|title=Trickle Up's Charity Necklace|date=December 6, 2007|work=[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]|access-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308100407/http://www.seventeen.com/cosmogirl/trickle-up-charity-necklace-120607|archive-date=March 8, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2008, Gyllenhaal has been supporting the [[Hear the World Foundation]] as [[Goodwill ambassador|ambassador]]. In her role, she advocates for equal opportunities and better quality of life for people with [[hearing loss]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hear-the-world.com/en/about-us/ambassadors.html
| title = Hear the World Celebrity Ambassadors
| website = Hear the World Foundation
| access-date = February 17, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160609090918/http://www.hear-the-world.com/en/about-us/ambassadors.html
| archive-date = June 9, 2016
| url-status = live
}}</ref> In October 2008, she hosted a fashion show called "Fashionably Natural", which was presented by [[Gen Art]] and SoyJoy in Los Angeles.<ref name="eco" /><ref name="friendly" /> The show featured new designers who worked only with natural and [[Environmentally friendly|eco-friendly]] fabrics and materials.<ref name="eco">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-genart5-2008oct05,0,7098770.story?track=rss|title=Gen Art showcases the faces of fashion's future|last=Tschorn|first=Adam|date=October 5, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106123051/http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-genart5-2008oct05,0,7098770.story?track=rss|archive-date=January 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="friendly">{{cite news|url=http://www.soyjoy.com/drawPDF.aspx?pdf=GENARTSOYJOYPRESENTFASHIONABLYNATURAL20090121110003|title=Gen Art and SoyJoy Present ''Fashionably Natural''|access-date=February 6, 2009|date=September 25, 2008|work=SoyJoy Official Website|format=Press release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209005245/http://www.soyjoy.com/drawPDF.aspx?pdf=GENARTSOYJOYPRESENTFASHIONABLYNATURAL20090121110003|archive-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref> Gyllenhaal is an advocate of [[Planned Parenthood]]; in 2012 she said, "Women's health is very important to me.  It has become such a politicized issue and so I will make every effort to elect officials who believe as strongly as I do that all women [...] have access to quality health care and information."<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 11, 2012|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Gabrielle Union, and America Ferrera Support Planned Parenthood Action Fund at "Playing Politics With Women's Health" Event|url=https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/pressroom/maggie-gyllenhaal-julianne-moore-gabrielle-union-and-america|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Planned Parenthood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gyllenhaal|first=Maggie|date=January 2, 2012|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal on Planned Parenthood: "We Have to Fight for What We Believe In"|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-planned-parenthood-we-have-to-fight-for-what-we-believe-in|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Glamour}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| align="center"| 1992
! scope="row" | ''[[Waterland (film)|Waterland]]''
| Maggie Ruth
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waterland (1992) - Kent Film Office|url=https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/filmed-in-kent/1992/10/waterland-1992/|date=October 5, 1992|website=kentfilmoffice.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429022447/https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/filmed-in-kent/1992/10/waterland-1992/|archive-date=April 29, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 1993
! scope="row" | ''[[A Dangerous Woman (1993 film)|A Dangerous Woman]]''
| Patsy
|
|<ref name="education" />
|-
| align="center"| 1998
! scope="row" | ''[[Homegrown (1998 film)|Homegrown]]''
| Christina
|
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2000
! scope="row" | ''[[The Photographer (2000 film)|The Photographer]]''
| Mira
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Photographer (2000)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b822a3463|website=BFI|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823063436/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b822a3463|archive-date=August 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]''
| Raven
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2001
! scope="row" | ''[[Donnie Darko]]''
| Elizabeth Darko
|
|<ref name="aftermath" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Riding in Cars with Boys]]''
| Amelia Forrester
|
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 2002
! scope="row" | ''[[Secretary (2002 film)|Secretary]]''
| Lee Holloway
|
|<ref name="ny times" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[40 Days and 40 Nights]]''
| Sam
|
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]''
| Caroline Cunningham
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]''
| Debbie
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2003
! scope="row" | ''[[Casa de los Babys]]''
| Jennifer
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mona Lisa Smile]]''
| Giselle Levy
|
|<ref name="People - Bio" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2004
! scope="row" | ''The Pornographer: A Love Story''
| Sidney
|
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Criminal (2004 film)|Criminal]]''
| Valerie
|
|<ref name="nine" />
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 2005
! scope="row" | ''[[Happy Endings (film)|Happy Endings]]''
| Jude
|
|<ref name=":5" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Great New Wonderful]]''
| Emme
| Segment: "Emme's Story"
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=June 23, 2006|title=Everything Is Different, but Life Goes On Anyway, in 'The Great New Wonderful'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/movies/23wond.html|access-date=May 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319231210/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/movies/23wond.html|archive-date=March 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Trust the Man]]''
| Elaine
|
|<ref name=":6" />
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" | 2006
! scope="row" | ''[[Sherrybaby]]''
| Sherry Swanson
|
|<ref name=":9" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]''
| Liz
| Segment: "Quartier des Enfants Rouges"
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paris Je T'aime|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/paris-je-taime-2007|website=www.bbfc.co.uk|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002202410/https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/paris-je-taime-2007|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]''
| Elizabeth "Zee"
| [[Voice acting|Voice role]]
|<ref name=":8" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]''
| Allison Jimeno
|
|<ref name="aftermath" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]''
| Ana Pascal
|
|<ref name=":7" />
|-
| align="center"| 2007
! scope="row" | ''High Falls''
| April
| [[Short film]]
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| align="center"| 2008
! scope="row" | ''[[The Dark Knight]]''
| [[Rachel Dawes]]
|
|<ref name=":10" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2009
! scope="row" | ''[[Away We Go]]''
| Ellen "LN"
|
|<ref name=":11" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Crazy Heart]]''
| Jean Craddock
|
|<ref name=":12" />
|-
| align="center"| 2010
! scope="row" | ''[[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang]]''
| Isabel Green
|
|<ref name=":13" />
|-
| align="center"| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Hysteria (2011 film)|Hysteria]]''
| Charlotte Dalrymple
|
|<ref name=":14" />
|-
| align="center"| 2012
! scope="row" | ''[[Won't Back Down (film)|Won't Back Down]]''
| Jamie
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal And Viola Davis Lead Walden's 'Still I Rise'|url=https://deadline.com/2011/05/maggie-gyllenhaal-and-viola-davis-lead-waldens-still-i-rise-130119/|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=May 10, 2011|website=Deadline|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105180354/https://deadline.com/2011/05/maggie-gyllenhaal-and-viola-davis-lead-waldens-still-i-rise-130119/|archive-date=January 5, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2013
! scope="row" | ''[[White House Down]]''
| Carol Finnerty
|
|<ref name=":15" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]''
| Clara
|
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=May 8, 2014|title=Frank review – engrossing, tender breakdown of the Frank Sidebottom enigma {{!}} Peter Bradshaw|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/08/frank-review-michael-fassbender-jon-ronson-sidebottom|access-date=May 23, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425012645/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/08/frank-review-michael-fassbender-jon-ronson-sidebottom|archive-date=April 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[River of Fundament]]''
| Hathfertiti #2
|
|<ref name=":16" />
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2016
! scope="row" | ''Beauty Mark''
| Valerie
| rowspan="2" | Short film
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Home''
| Ruth
|
|-
| align="center"| 2018
! scope="row" | ''[[The Kindergarten Teacher (2018 film)|The Kindergarten Teacher]]''
| Lisa Spinelli
| Also producer
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosa Salazar Join Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Kindergarten Teacher' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/gael-garcia-bernal-rosa-salazar-maggie-gyellenhaal-kindergarten-teacher-1202490739/|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=July 10, 2017|website=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215232113/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/gael-garcia-bernal-rosa-salazar-maggie-gyellenhaal-kindergarten-teacher-1202490739/|archive-date=December 15, 2019|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[Best Summer Ever]]''
| TV Reporter
| Also executive producer
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Leydon|first=Joe|title='Best Summer Ever' Review: An Irresistibly Appealing Musical Comedy Brimming with Inclusivity and Exuberance|date=April 29, 2021|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/best-summer-ever-review-1234960104/|access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2021
!scope="row"| ''[[The Lost Daughter (film)|The Lost Daughter]]''
| {{N/A}}
| Director, writer, and producer
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/the-lost-daughter-olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-dakota-johnson-peter-sarsgaard-set-for-maggie-gyllenhaals-efm-bound-directorial-debut-1202858174/|title='The Lost Daughter': Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson & Peter Sarsgaard Set For Maggie Gyllenhaal's EFM-Bound Directorial Debut|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=February 12, 2020|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2026
| {{pending film|[[The Bride!]]}}
| {{N/A}}
| Post-production; director, writer, and producer
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2024-01-12 |title=Annette Bening Boards Maggie Gyllenhaal's Frankenstein Movie At Warner Bros Opposite Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz & Peter Sarsgaard |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/maggie-gyllenhaal-frankenstein-annette-bening-1235727344/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

{{pending films key}}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| align="center"| 1996
! scope="row" | ''Shattered Mind''
| Clothes clerk
| rowspan="5" | [[Television film]]
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| align="center"| 1998
! scope="row" | ''[[The Patron Saint of Liars (film)|The Patron Saint of Liars]]''
| Lorraine Thomas
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1999
! scope="row" | ''Resurrection''
| Mary
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Shake, Rattle, and Roll: An American Love Story''
| Noreen Bixler
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| align="center"| 2004
! scope="row" | ''[[Strip Search (film)|Strip Search]]''
| Linda Sykes
|{{Sfn|Thomson|2010|p=|loc=section G}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2012
! scope="row" | ''[[Curiosity (TV series)|Curiosity]]''
| Host
| [[Television documentary|Documentary series]]; episode: "Why is Sex Fun?"
|<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal talks sex on 'Curiosity'|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/08/17/maggie-gyllenhaal-sex-curiousity/|last=Bierly|first=Mandi|date=August 17, 2011|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803145308/http://ew.com/article/2011/08/17/maggie-gyllenhaal-sex-curiousity/|archive-date=August 3, 2017|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Corrections#Adaptations|The Corrections]]''
| Denise
| Unaired pilot
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal May Star In 'The Corrections'|url=https://observer.com/2012/01/maggie-gyllenhaal-may-star-in-the-corrections/|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel|date=January 20, 2012|website=Observer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505020240/http://observer.com/2012/01/maggie-gyllenhaal-may-star-in-the-corrections/|archive-date=May 5, 2014|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[The Honourable Woman]]''
| Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury
| [[Miniseries]]; 8 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robinson|first=John|date=June 28, 2014|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Honourable Woman: a mystery on two continents|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/28/maggie-gyllenhaal-hugo-blick-the-honourable-woman|access-date=May 23, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928000411/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/28/maggie-gyllenhaal-hugo-blick-the-honourable-woman|archive-date=September 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 2016
! scope="row" | ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Brave"
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Truth and Power]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary series
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal Narrates 'Truth And Power' Docuseries As Part Of Pivot's 2016 Slate|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-truth-and-power-docuseries-pivot-1201668666/|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=December 17, 2015|website=Deadline|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018023124/http://deadline.com/2015/12/maggie-gyllenhaal-truth-and-power-docuseries-pivot-1201668666/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2017–2019
! scope="row" | ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]]''
| Eileen "Candy" Merrell
| 25 episodes; also producer
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal On Season 3 Of 'The Deuce'|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/760936540/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-season-3-of-the-deuce|website=NPR|date=September 15, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026015818/https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/760936540/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-season-3-of-the-deuce|archive-date=October 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" | {{tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| align="center"| 2000
! scope="row" | ''[[Closer (play)|Closer]]''
| Alice
| [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]], [[Mark Taper Forum]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Closer|url=https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/closer-6-1200465551/|last=Oxman|first=Steven|date=November 10, 2000|website=Variety|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2003
! scope="row" | ''Homebody/Kabul''
| Priscilla Ceiling
| [[Mark Taper Forum]], [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=May 13, 2004|title=Theater Review; Afghanistan Still Stirs A Housewife|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/theater/theater-review-afghanistan-still-stirs-a-housewife.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164804/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/theater/theater-review-afghanistan-still-stirs-a-housewife.html|archive-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2009
! scope="row" | ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''
| Yelena Andreevna
| rowspan="2" | [[Classic Stage Company]]
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/theater/reviews/13vany.html |title=Provincial Russians, Getting Very Physical |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2009 |first=Ben |last=Brantley |access-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417170055/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/theater/reviews/13vany.html |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2011
! scope="row" | ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
| Masha Kulygina
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/theater/reviews/04three.html |title=Russian Ennui, American Idiom |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 3, 2011 |first=Ben |last=Brantley |access-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401005834/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/theater/reviews/04three.html |archive-date=April 1, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]''
| Annie
| [[American Airlines Theatre]]
| <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/maggie-gyllenhaal-ewan-mcgregor-broadway-debuts-the-real-thing-1201268456/ |title=Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor Find 'The Real Thing' Elusive In Broadway Debuts |magazine=Deadline |date=October 31, 2014 |first=Jeremy |last=Gerard |access-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215051833/http://deadline.com/2014/10/maggie-gyllenhaal-ewan-mcgregor-broadway-debuts-the-real-thing-1201268456/ |archive-date=December 15, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2017
! scope=row | ''[[Damn Yankees]]''
| Lola
| [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre]]
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award / Organization
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
!{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan=14| 2003
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2003|Boston Society of Film Critics]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan=14 style="text-align:center"| ''[[Secretary (2002 film)|Secretary]]''
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2002 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards|url=https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/boston-society-film-critics-awards/2002-boston-society-film-critics-awards|website=www.infoplease.com|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Empire Awards|Empire Awards]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Empire Awards 2004|url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/winners/actress.asp|date=October 21, 2012|website=Empire Awards|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053336/https://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/winners/actress.asp|archive-date=October 21, 2012|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[60th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=":17" />
|-
| [[18th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Female Lead]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/about/meet-our-guests/maggie-gyllenhal|website=Finding Your Roots|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327223258/https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/about/meet-our-guests/maggie-gyllenhal|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Movie Awards 2003 - MTV Movie Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/movie-awards/2003|website=MTV|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910142533/http://www.mtv.com/movie-awards/2003|archive-date=September 10, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 2002|National Board of Review]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name=":18" />
|-
| [[2002 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Pianist sweeps National Society Of Film Critics awards|url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-pianist-sweeps-national-society-of-film-critics-awards/4011708.article|last=Goodridge|first=Mike|date=January 6, 2003|website=Screen Daily|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513030614/https://www.screendaily.com/the-pianist-sweeps-national-society-of-film-critics-awards/4011708.article|archive-date=May 13, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2002|Online Film Critics Society]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online crix click Hobbit pic|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/online-crix-click-hobbit-pic-1117878611/|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=January 13, 2003|website=Variety|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2002 Awards (6th Annual)|url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2002-awards-6th-annual/|date=January 3, 2012|website=Online Film Critics Society|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121121503/https://ofcs.org/awards/2002-awards-6th-annual/|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2002|Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| Most Promising Performer
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Chicago critics pick ''Far From Heaven''|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/01/10/chicago-critics-pick-far-heaven/|last=Susman|first=Gary|date=January 10, 2003|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115111854/https://ew.com/article/2003/01/10/chicago-critics-pick-far-heaven/|archive-date=November 15, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2002|Toronto Film Critics Association]]
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Award Winners|url=https://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/|website=Toronto Film Critics Association|date=May 29, 2014|language=en-CA|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223152030/https://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/|archive-date=December 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2002|Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2002|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]]
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Washington DC Film Critics Name Nicholson and Moore as Best of 2002|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-dc-film-critics-name-nicholson-and-moore-as-best-of-2002-77256182.html|date=October 6, 2015|website=PR Newswire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006041435/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/washington-dc-film-critics-name-nicholson-and-moore-as-best-of-2002-77256182.html|archive-date=October 6, 2015|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| [[21st Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female|Best Supporting Female]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Happy Endings (film)|Happy Endings]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=":18" />
|-
| rowspan=5| 2006
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006|Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center"| ''[[Sherrybaby]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[64th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name=":17" />
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007|London Film Critics' Circle]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year|Actress of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Control, Atonement lead London Critics' Circle nominations|url=https://www.screendaily.com/control-atonement-lead-london-critics-circle-nominations/4036287.article|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|date=December 14, 2007|website=Screen Daily|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205132256/https://www.screendaily.com/control-atonement-lead-london-critics-circle-nominations/4036287.article|archive-date=December 5, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Satellite Awards nominations|url=https://arktimes.com/the-moviegoer/2006/12/02/satellite-awards-nominations|last=BSR|date=December 2, 2006|website=Arkansas Times|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[33rd Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)|Stranger than Fiction]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|2007
| [[34th Annie Awards|Annie Awards]]
| [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=48th Annual Annie Awards|url=https://annieawards.org/|access-date=December 27, 2020|website=annieawards.org}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2008
| [[14th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Acting Ensemble]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| ''[[The Dark Knight]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Critics' Choice Awards Got "Milk"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-choice-awards-got-milk/|date=January 23, 2018|website=CBS News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108033640/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-choice-awards-got-milk/|archive-date=January 8, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[35th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2009
| [[82nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| ''[[Crazy Heart]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The 82nd Academy Awards {{!}} 2010|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417095231/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|archive-date=April 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2009|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association]]
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=UP IN THE AIR Dominates Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Awards|url=http://cinemalogue.com/2009/12/16/dfw-critics-awards/|last=Safaya|first=Rubin|date=December 16, 2009|website=Cinemalogue|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208014903/http://cinemalogue.com/2009/12/16/dfw-critics-awards/|archive-date=December 8, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4| 2014
| [[British Independent Film Awards 2014|British Independent Film Awards]]
| [[BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards|url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/2014/winners-nominations/|date=October 24, 2014|website=BIFA · British Independent Film Awards|language=en-GB|access-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420143917/https://www.bifa.film/awards/2014/winners-nominations/|archive-date=April 20, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[72nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"| ''[[The Honourable Woman]]''
| {{won}}
|<ref name=":17" />
|-
| [[21st Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal on Brother Jake's Oscar Snub: "It's Not a Meritocracy"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-awards-2015-maggie-gyllenhaal-766962|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=January 25, 2015|website=The Hollywood Reporter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320111932/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-awards-2015-maggie-gyllenhaal-766962|archive-date=March 20, 2016|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The International Press Academy Announces Nominations For The 19th Annual Satellite™ Awards|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-19th-annual-satellite-awards-300002370.html|last=Academy|first=International Press|date=December 1, 2014|website=PR Newswire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325082106/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-19th-annual-satellite-awards-300002370.html|archive-date=March 25, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| [[67th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal on 'The Honorable Woman' and Why 'The Indie Film Community is Working in TV'|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/07/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-the-honorable-woman-and-why-the-indie-film-community-is-working-in-tv-23712/|last=Travers|first=Ben|date=July 29, 2014|website=IndieWire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425032030/http://www.indiewire.com/2014/07/maggie-gyllenhaal-on-the-honorable-woman-and-why-the-indie-film-community-is-working-in-tv-23712/|archive-date=April 25, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[5th Critics' Choice Television Awards|Critics' Choice Television Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries|Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title='Justified', 'Olive Kitteridge', HBO Lead Critics' Choice TV AwardsNominees; Cat Deeley Set As Host – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/critics-choice-television-awards-nominations-2015-list-1201421320/|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|date=May 6, 2015|website=Deadline|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222054701/https://deadline.com/2015/05/critics-choice-television-awards-nominations-2015-list-1201421320/|archive-date=December 22, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| [[75th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Travers |first=Ben |title=Elisabeth Moss Wins Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Golden Globes |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/elisabeth-moss-wins-golden-globe-best-actress-drama-handmaids-tale-1201914077/ |date=January 8, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[Indie Wire]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175017/http://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/elisabeth-moss-wins-golden-globe-best-actress-drama-handmaids-tale-1201914077/ |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=The Associated Press |title=The Latest: Elisabeth Moss wins best TV drama actress Globe |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/latest-stars-bring-activists-golden-globe-guests-52194265 |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107211258/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/latest-stars-bring-activists-golden-globe-guests-52194265 |archive-date=January 7, 2018 }}</ref>
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| rowspan=10 | 2021
| [[78th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Osella|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan=39  style="text-align:center"| ''[[The Lost Daughter (film)|The Lost Daughter]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="vogue"/>
|-
| [[Savannah College of Art and Design#Savannah Film Festival|SCAD Savannah Film Festival]]
| Rising Star Director Award
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 Honored Guests|url=https://filmfest.scad.edu/festival-info/2021-honored-guests|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=SCAD Savannah Film Festival|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327014844/https://filmfest.scad.edu/festival-info/2021-honored-guests|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021|Gotham Awards]]
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature|Best Feature]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan=3 | <ref name="indiewire"/>
|-
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director|Breakthrough Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2021 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film|Best First Film]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|last2=Evans|first2=Greg|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-winners-2021-nyfcc-1234883931/|title='Drive My Car' Named Best Film By New York Film Critics Circle; Benedict Cumberbatch, Lady Gaga, 'West Side Story', 'Licorice Pizza' Take Other Prizes – Complete Winners List|website=Deadline|date=December 3, 2021|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2021|Boston Society of Film Critics]]
| Best New Filmmaker
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Feeney|first=Mark|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/12/arts/drive-my-car-big-boston-society-film-critics-winner/|title='Drive My Car' big Boston Society of Film Critics winner|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=December 12, 2021|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2021|Chicago Film Critics Association]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Tallerico|first=Brian|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/west-side-story-leads-the-chicago-critics-nominees|title='West Side Story' Leads the 2021 Chicago Critics Nominees|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|date=December 14, 2021|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Breakthrough Filmmaker
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2021|Florida Film Critics Circle]]
| Best First Film
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2021/12/17/2021-ffcc-nominations/|title=2021 FFCC Nominations|website=[[Florida Film Critics Circle]]|date=December 15, 2021|access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=29 | 2022
| [[79th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="golden_globes"/>
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021|San Diego Film Critics Society]]
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdfcs.org/2021-nominations/|title=2021 San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations|website=[[San Diego Film Critics Society]]|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2021|San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle]]
| [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfbafcc.com/awards/2021-awards/|title=SFBAFCC Awards for Achievement in Film Categories|website=[[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle]]|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2021|Austin Film Critics Association]]
| Best First Film
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Richard|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2022-01-04/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2021-awards-short-lists/|title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Awards Short Lists|website=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|date=January 4, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2021|Toronto Film Critics Association]]
| Best First Feature
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Major|first=Michael|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Toronto-Film-Critics-Association-Announces-2021-Award-Winners-20010101|title=Toronto Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Award Winners|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]|date=January 17, 2022|access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021|Online Film Critics Society]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2021-awards-25th-annual/|title=2021 Awards (25th Annual)|website=[[Online Film Critics Society]]|date=January 19, 2022|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Best Debut Feature
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]]
| Best Film
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=5 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/power-of-the-dog-alliance-of-women-film-journalists-nominations-1235130691/|title='The Power of the Dog, 'Passing' Lead Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=December 10, 2021|access-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Director|Best Woman Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Woman Screenwriter|Best Woman Screenwriter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[International Cinephile Society]]
| Best Debut Feature
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Beth|url=https://icsfilm.org/our-yearly-awards/2022-ics-award-nominees/|title='Benediction,' 'Onoda' and 'The Power of the Dog' Lead ICS Nominations|website=[[International Cinephile Society]]|date=January 16, 2022|access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2021|London Film Critics Circle]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Yossman|first=K.J.|date=December 16, 2021|title=Female Filmmakers Shine at London Critics' Circle Film Awards With Nominations for Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Joanna Hogg|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/london-critics-circle-film-awards-nominations-2021-1235134890/|access-date=December 16, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year|Screenwriter of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan=2 | [[USC Scripter Award]]s
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/maggie-gyllenhaal-usc-scripter-award-for-the-lost-daughter-danny-strong-wins-tv-honors-for-dopesick-1234960782/|title=USC Scripter Awards: Maggie Gyllenhaal Wins For 'The Lost Daughter'; Danny Strong Tops TV With 'Dopesick'|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=February 27, 2021|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=David|last=Robb}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards|Hollywood Critics Association]]
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Meltzer|first=Lee|url=https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com/dune-coda-and-belfast-lead-the-5th-annual-hca-film-awards-nominations/|title='Dune,' 'Coda,' And 'Belfast' Lead The 5th Annual Hca Film Awards Nominations|website=[[Hollywood Critics Association]]|date=December 2, 2021|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Best First Feature
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[37th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature|Best Feature]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan=3 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|date=March 6, 2022|title=Spirit Awards: Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1235105427/|access-date=March 7, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021|Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
| Best Screenplay
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Gee|first=Dana|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-nominations-2022|title=The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations|website=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=February 20, 2022|access-date=March 12, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[74th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film|Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/dga-awards-winners-list-2022-directors-guild-1235203090/|title=Jane Campion Wins Top DGA Award for 'The Power of the Dog'|website=Variety|date=March 12, 2022|access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[75th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTA22"/>
|-
| [[27th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Hammond|first=Pete|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/critics-choice-awards-film-nominations-2022-1234889884/|title=Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'|website=Deadline|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[26th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{cite web|last=Fuster|first=Jeremy|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ipa-satellite-award-nominees-2021-power-of-the-dog/|title='Power of the Dog' and 'Belfast' Lead Nominations for IPA Satellite Awards|website=[[TheWrap]]|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[94th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="Oscars"/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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=== Book sources ===
* {{cite book|last=Thomson|first=David|year=2010|title=The New Biographical Dictionary Of Film|publisher=Hachette|isbn=9780748108503}}

==Further reading==
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* Berkshire, Geoff. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211810/http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/article/dark-knight-q-and/498774/content 'Dark Knight' Q&A: Maggie Gyllenhaal]." ''Chicago Metromix''. July 13, 2008. Accessed December 15, 2008.
* Blanks, Tim. "[http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/maggie-gyllenhaal/ Maggie Gyllenhaal]." ''Interview Magazine''. November 17, 2008. Accessed January 13, 2009.
* Brinton, Jessica. "[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/maggie-gyllenhaals-rising-star-mtvqsx8ttxx Maggie Gyllenhaal's rising star]." ''The Times''. July 20, 2008. Accessed February 22. 2022.
* DiLiberto, Rebecca. "[http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/07/22/finding_her_place_in_a_new_world_order/ Finding her place in a new world order]." ''The Boston Globe''. July 22, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Fischer, Paul. "[http://www.femail.com.au/maggie-gyllenhaal-dark-knight-interview.htm Maggie Gyllenhaal Dark Knight Interview]." ''Femail''. Accessed October 9, 2008.
* Freydkin, Donna. "[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-10-gyllenhaal_N.htm 'Dark Knight' puts spotlight on publicity-shunning Gyllenhaal]." ''USA Today''. July 13, 2008. Accessed February 22. 2022.
* Freydkin, Donna. "[https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-01-03-Gyllenhaal04_ST_N.htm Gyllenhaal does something for herself: Star in 'Crazy Heart']." ''USA Today''. January 3, 2010. Accessed February 22. 2022.
* Head, Steve. "[https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/01/03/happy-endings-for-ms-gyllenhaal Happy Endings for Ms. Gyllenhaal]." ''IGN''. January 3, 2005. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Heyman, Marshall. "[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/07/22/sad-eyed-siblings The Pictures: Sad-Eyed Siblings]." ''New York Magazine''. July 22, 2002. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Lawrence, Will. "[https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12760296.lady-knight/ Lady of the Knight]." ''Sunday Herald''. September 27, 2008. Accessed February 22. 2022.
* Kelly, Nick. "[https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/a-light-that-never-goes-out-26464464.html A light that never goes out]." ''Irish Independent''. July 25, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Lytal, Cristy. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-et-performance17-story.html THEPERFORMANCE]." ''Los Angeles Times''. July 17, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Rees, Serena. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511134449/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG3360917/Maggie-Gyllenhaal-Romantic-chemistry.html Maggie Gyllenhaal: Romantic chemistry]." ''The Daily Telegraph''. May 9, 2007. Accessed September 27, 2008.
* Riggs, Jonathan. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726025310/http://instinctmagazine.com/celebrity-interviews/maggie-gyllenhaal Maggie Begins]." ''Instinct Magazine''. August 1, 2005. Accessed December 14, 2008.
* Rosen, Alison. "[http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/8199/maggie-gyllenhaal The Hot Seat–Maggie Gyllenhaal]." ''Time Out New York''. Issue 570: August 31 – September 6, 2006. Accessed December 14, 2008.
* Schwartz, Missy. "[https://ew.com/article/2006/08/01/maggie-gyllenhaal-eyes-mainstream-success-and-motherhood/ Maggie, Maybe...] ." ''Entertainment Weekly''. July 28, 2006. Accessed May 28, 2009.
* Snook, Raven. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505214435/http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/articles/features/69840/maggie-gyllenhaal Features–Maggie Gyllenhaal interview]." ''Time Out New York Kids''. Issue 38: December 1–30, 2008.
* Stewart, Sara. "[https://nypost.com/2008/07/06/maggie-gyllenhaal/ Maggie Gyllenhaal]." ''New York Post''. July 6, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2022.
* Wolf, Jeanne. "[https://parade.com/32145/parade/pc_0195/ Maggie Gyllenhaal Is No Stay At Home Mom]." ''Parade''. July 11, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2022.
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