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Marcia Gay Harden 14.08.1959

Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959 in La Jolla, California, the third of five children. Her father was in the military and the family relocated often - she first became interested in the theater when the family was living in Greece and she had attended plays in Athens. Harden began her college education at American universities in Europe, and returned to the US to complete her studies at the University of Texas in 1983, went on to earn an MFA at NYU, and thereafter embarked on her acting career.

Although she had acted in a movie as early as 1986, in the little-known The Imagemaker (1986), her first mainstream role, coming alongside some TV movie work, was as a sultry femme fatale in the Coen Brothers' cleverly offbeat homage to the gangster movie, Miller's Crossing (1990). Harden received good reviews for her sultry performance as Verna, a seductive, trouble making moll. Harden thereafter worked steadily in supporting roles, including the portrayal of Ava Gardner in Sinatra (1992) (TV), a television biopic about Frank Sinatra. Harden also worked in the theater and, in 1993, was part of the Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America", playing "Harper", the alienated wife of a closeted gay man. It was a demanding dramatic role, and Harden won acclaim for her work, including a Tony award nomination. She returned to movie making in the mid 90s, continuing to turn in superb supporting performances in films and television.

Harden's road to success was a long one, her work generally being overlooked because the productions were either critically panned or ignored by audiences. However, it was just a matter of time before Harden got a chance to truly show her quality on-screen, and that time came in 2000, with Ed Harris's Pollock (2000), in which she played "Lee Krasner", artist and long-suffering wife of Jackson Pollock. Harden's performance was deeply moving and unforgettable, and earned her the Oscar and New York Film Critic's Circle awards for best supporting actress. Continuing to work prolifically in features and television, she earned another Oscar-nomination in 2003, for her supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Harden having earlier worked with Eastwood in 2000's Space Cowboys (2000).

Harden's work often makes otherwise mediocre productions worth watching, fully inhabiting any character she portrays. She married Thaddaeus Scheel, with whom she worked on The Spitfire Grill (1996), in 1996 and the couple have three children, a daughter Eulala Scheel and twins Julitta and Hudson.

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Filmography

# The Lonely Maiden (2008)

# Home (2008/II) .... Inga

# Noahs Ark: The New Beginning (2008) .... Aamah

# Thomas Kinkades Home for Christmas (2008) .... Maryanne Kinkade

# The Mist (2007) .... Mrs. Carmody

... aka Stephen King's The Mist (USA: complete title)

# Into the Wild (2007) .... Billie McCandless

# Rails & Ties (2007) .... Megan Stark

# The Invisible (2007) .... Diane Powell

# The Dead Girl (2006) .... Melora

# Canvas (2006) .... Mary Marino

# The Hoax (2006) .... Edith Irving

# "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Dana Lewis / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2006)

... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)

... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)

- Informed (2006) TV episode .... Star Morrison/Dana Lewis

- Raw (2005) TV episode .... Star Morrison/Dana Lewis

# In from the Night (2006) (TV) .... Vicki Miller

# American Dreamz (2006) .... First Lady

... aka American Dreamz (Australia)

# "Drift" .... Cheryl (1 episode, 2006)

- Pilot (2006) TV episode .... Cheryl

# Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005) (TV) .... Mrs. Martha Merriman

# American Gun (2005) .... Janet Huttenson

# Bad News Bears (2005) .... Liz Whitewood

# Hate (2005) (TV) .... Chief Jackie Mantello

# P.S. (2004) .... Missy Goldberg

# Welcome to Mooseport (2004) .... Grace Sutherland

... aka Willkommen in Mooseport (Germany)

# Shes Too Young (2004) (TV) .... Trish Vogul

# Mona Lisa Smile (2003) .... Nancy Abbey

# Casa de los babys (2003) .... Nan

# Mystic River (2003) .... Celeste Boyle

# Just Like Mona (2003)

# King of Texas (2002) (TV) .... Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson

# Guilty Hearts (2002) (TV) .... Jenny Moran

# In the Echo (2002) (TV)

# "The Education of Max Bickford" (2001) TV series .... Andrea Haskell (unknown episodes)

# Walking Shadow (2001) (TV) .... Susan Silverman

# Gaudi Afternoon (2001) .... Frankie Stevens

... aka Tardes de Gaudí (Spain)

# Thin Air (2000) (TV) .... Susan Silverman

... aka Robert B. Parker's Thin Air (USA)

# Pollock (2000) .... Lee Krasner

# Space Cowboys (2000) .... Sara Holland

# From Where I Sit (2000) (TV) .... Sharon

# See You in My Dreams (2000) (TV) .... Angela Brown



# Curtain Call (1999) .... Michelle Tippet

# Spenser: Small Vices (1999) (TV) .... Susan Silverman

... aka Robert B. Parker's Small Vices (USA: complete title)

# Meet Joe Black (1998) .... Allison Parrish

# Labor of Love (1998) (TV) .... Annie Pines

# Desperate Measures (1998) .... Dr. Samantha Hawkins

# Flubber (1997) .... Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)

# Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing. (1997) (TV) .... Nancy Floyd

... aka Path to Paradise

# Far Harbor (1996) .... Arabella

# The First Wives Club (1996) .... Dr. Leslie Rosen

# Spy Hard (1996) .... Miss Cheevus

# The Spitfire Grill (1996) .... Shelby Goddard

... aka Care of the Spitfire Grill

# The Daytrippers (1996) .... Libby

... aka En route vers Manhattan (Canada: French title)

# "Homicide: Life on the Street" .... Joan Garbarek (1 episode, 1995)

... aka Homicide (USA: informal short title)

- A Doll's Eyes (1995) TV episode .... Joan Garbarek

# Convict Cowboy (1995) (TV) .... Maggie

# Talking with (1995) (TV)

# "Chicago Hope" .... Barbara Tomilson (1 episode, 1995)

- Internal Affairs (1995) TV episode .... Barbara Tomilson

# "Fallen Angels" .... Marie (1 episode, 1995)

- Good Housekeeping (1995) TV episode .... Marie

# Safe Passage (1994) .... Cynthia

# Geoffrey Beene 30 (1993) .... Woman

# Used People (1992) .... Norma

# Sinatra (1992) (TV) .... Ava Gardner

# Crush (1992) .... Lane

# Late for Dinner (1991) .... Joy Husband

# Fever (1991) (TV) .... Lacy

# In Broad Daylight (1991) (TV) .... Adina Rowan

# Miller's Crossing (1990) .... Verna Bernbaum

# Kojak: None So Blind (1990) (TV) .... Angelina



# "Gideon Oliver" .... Lila (1 episode, 1989)

... aka By the Rivers of Babylon (Europe: English title)

- Sleep Well, Professor Oliver (1989) TV episode .... Lila

# "Simon & Simon" .... Joan (1 episode, 1988)

- Ties That Bind (1988) TV episode (as Gay Harden) .... Joan

# "CBS Summer Playhouse" .... Kim (1 episode, 1987)

- In the Lion's Den (1987) TV episode .... Kim

# The Imagemaker (1986) .... Stage Manager



# Not Only Strangers (1979)