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Marcia Gay Harden

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Marcia Gay Harden
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Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, California, the third of five children. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. The family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre 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), 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-1990s, 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 was married to Thaddaeus Scheel, with whom she worked on The Spitfire Grill (1996), from 1996 to 2012. The couple have three children, a daughter Eulala Scheel, and twins Julitta and Hudson.
BornAugust 14, 1959
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Richard Dreyfuss, Marcia Gay Harden, Helen Shaver, Katee Sackhoff, and Regina Taylor in The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
Marcia Gay Harden in The Morning Show (2019)
Marcia Gay Harden and Maria Ngo in The Strip Live (2008)
Marcia Gay Harden and Lily Tomlin in Grandma (2015)
Marcia Gay Harden and Julia Garner in Grandma (2015)
Marcia Gay Harden in Grandma (2015)
Marcia Gay Harden and Hope Davis in The Daytrippers (1996)
Marcia Gay Harden and Anthony Mackie in Point Blank (2019)
Marcia Gay Harden in The Mist (2007)
Lauren Holly and Marcia Gay Harden in King of Texas (2002)
Marcia Gay Harden in King of Texas (2002)
Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)

Known for

Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
Mystic River
7.9
  • Celeste Boyle
  • 2003
The Mist (2007)
The Mist
7.1
  • Mrs. Carmody
  • 2007
Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
Pollock
7.0
  • Lee Krasner
  • 2000
Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild
8.1
  • Billie McCandless
  • 2007

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Actress

  • Knox Goes Away
    • Post-production
  • Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in So Help Me Todd (2022)
    So Help Me Todd
  • Marcia Gay Harden, Aidan Quinn, and Halston Sage in Daughter of the Bride (2023)
    Daughter of the Bride
  • Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
  • Frank Todaro and Tru Valentino in The Cuphead Show! (2022)
    The Cuphead Show!
    • (voice)
  • Marcia Gay Harden and Wendell Pierce in Upgrade Soul (2022)
    Upgrade Soul
  • Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Varela, Eva Longoria, Pauletta Washington, Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Garcia, Cara Delevingne, and Alex Bentley in Tell It Like a Woman (2022)
    Tell It Like a Woman
  • Jon Hamm and Lorenza Izzo in Confess, Fletch (2022)
    Confess, Fletch
  • Gigi & Nate (2022)
    Gigi & Nate
  • Neil Patrick Harris in Uncoupled (2022)
    Uncoupled
  • Sydney Park, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Anjelika Washington, Hadley Robinson, Sabrina Haskett, Josephine Langford, Lauren Tsai, and Nico Hiraga in Moxie (2021)
    Moxie
  • Jessica Barden and Odeya Rush in Pink Skies Ahead (2020)
    Pink Skies Ahead
  • Matthew Lillard and Tallulah Haddon in Barkskins (2020)
    Barkskins
  • Romany Malco, Grace Park, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephanie Szostak, David Giuntoli, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, and Floriana Lima in A Million Little Things (2018)
    A Million Little Things
  • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
    BoJack Horseman
    • (voice)
  • Reef Break (2019)
    Reef Break

Producer

  • Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in So Help Me Todd (2022)
    So Help Me Todd

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Whip It: "Food Fight"
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Whip It: "Food Fight"
Whip It: "Are You Stalking Me?"
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Whip It: "Are You Stalking Me?"
Whip It: "Football Game"
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Whip It: "Football Game"
Whip It: "Being Judged"
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Whip It: "Being Judged"
Whip It: "Ready, Set, Go"
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Whip It: "Ready, Set, Go"
Get a Job
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Get a Job
Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
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Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
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Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
Grandma
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Grandma
Elsa & Fred
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Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred
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Elsa & Fred
Parkland
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Parkland

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Marcia Gay Harden Official Book Page
    • Marcia Gay Harden Official Facebook
    • August 14, 1959
    • La Jolla, California, USA
    • Thaddaeus ScheelJuly 9, 1996 - 2012 (divorced, 3 children)
    • Eulala Scheel
  • Other works
    Starred as Harper Pitt/Martin Heller/ Council of Principalities in the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angels in America", a new play by Tony Kushner - Walter Kerr Theatre, NYC (1993).
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 7 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Her father, brother, and ex-husband are all named Thaddaeus.
  • Quotes
    Until people get to know me they think I'm a dark, sensuous bitch.
    • Often plays conflicted, unsure characters who go through a radical change in their lives
    • Pollock
      (2000)
      $1,000,000

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