Age: 48
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Margalit 'Maggie' Ruth Gyllenhaal (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 Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in several of her father's films, and appeared with her brother in the cult favorite Donnie Darko (2001). She then appeared in Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). She received critical acclaim for her leading performances in the erotic romantic drama Secretary (2002) and the drama Sherrybaby (2006), each of which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. After several commercially successful films in 2006, including World Trade Center, she 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the comedies and dramas: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Hysteria (2011), and Won't Back Down (2012). Her other roles include a Secret Service agent in the action-thriller White House Down (2013), a musician in Frank (2014), and the title role in the drama The Kindergarten Teacher (2018). In 2021, she made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter, for which she won the Venice International Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She has also appeared in five stage productions since 2000, including making her Broadway debut in a revival of The Real Thing. She has starred in several television series, including the BBC political-thriller miniseries The Honourable Woman. For her performance, she won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–19). She has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 and they have two children together.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Christina Gorman
for Christina Gorman in Rumors
Suggested by sepanta_kazemi
A high-profile anniversary dinner in an upscale New York home is thrown into chaos the moment the first guests—Ken and Chris—step inside. They find their host, Charlie Brock, injured under mysterious circumstances, his wife Myra missing, and the entire house staff gone without explanation. Panicked and desperate to avoid a public scandal, they scramble to hide what’s happened just as the remaining guests arrive. Soon Lenny and Claire walk into the uneasy atmosphere, instantly sensing that something is off. Moments later, Glenn and Cassandra, an ambitious couple already locked in their own personal drama, join the gathering—and every new arrival only adds more confusion to the fragile cover story. Things get even more tangled when Ernie, a cheerful therapist with a habit of trying to fix everyone’s problems, enters the mix. Unaware of the truth, he interprets every odd detail in the most unhelpful way possible—fueling new misunderstandings and spiraling the room into deeper chaos. With lies piling up and explanations collapsing, the guests juggle half-truths, misplaced assumptions, and rising paranoia, all while trying to keep the night from erupting into a full-blown disaster. The elegant dinner quickly turns into a frantic scramble to protect reputations, save friendships, and preserve whatever sanity they have left. As tempers flare and pressure mounts, it becomes clear: the real madness isn’t the mystery itself—it’s the guests trying to survive it.
