Marcia Gay Harden | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 93% Miller's Crossing (1990)

Lowest Rated: 7% Spy Hard (1996)

Birthday: Aug 14, 1959

Birthplace: La Jolla, California, USA

Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden took home an Oscar statuette for her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner in the biopic "Pollock" (2000), although by then the raven-haired actress - who often drew comparisons to screen goddess Ava Gardner - had already earned a solid reputation on Broadway. She began her career playing the gun-toting moll Verna Bernbaum in the Coen Brothers' ode to 1930s gangsters films, "Miller's Crossing" (1990) prior to earning Tony nominations for performances in stage productions that included Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" in 1993. Following her "Pollock" win, Harden became an in-demand central player in acclaimed dramas like "Space Cowboys" (2000), "Mystic River" (2003) and "Into the Wild" (2007), although such genre fare as the adaptation of the Stephen King novella "The Mist" (2007) also proved easily within the versatile actress' wheelhouse. Whether the script called for a devoted wife, glamorous movie star, or religious zealot, Harden's name was frequently at the top of casting agents' wish lists, maintaining her status as one of film's busiest supporting actresses, who was willing to venture into TV for the right role.

Highest rated movies

93% Miller's Crossing 91% Grandma 90% Scott Turow's Innocent 89% Mystic River 86% Confess, Fletch 86% Whip It 86% The Hoax 83% Into the Wild

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
64% 84% Knox Goes Away Ruby Knox (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 47% Daughter of the Bride Diane (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 29% Tell It Like a Woman Unknown (Character) - 2022
86% 75% Confess, Fletch The Countess (Character) $711.6M 2022
19% 95% Claire Gibson (Character) $2.3M 2022
82% 42% Pink Skies Ahead Pamela (Character) - 2020
40% 30% Point Blank Lt. Lewis (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 57% Love You to Death Camile (Character) - 2019
11% 38% Fifty Shades Freed Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey (Character) $100.4M 2018
11% 48% Fifty Shades Darker Grace Trevelyan Grey (Character) $114.4M 2017
9% 21% Get a Job Katherine Dunn (Character) - 2016
44% 55% After Words Jane (Character) - 2015
91% 67% Grandma Judy (Character) $7.0M 2015
No Score Yet 58% Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant Unknown (Character) - 2015
25% 41% Fifty Shades of Grey Mrs. Grey (Character) $166.1M 2015
48% 70% You're Not You Elizabeth (Character) - 2014
33% 51% Lydia (Character) - 2014
51% 45% Magic in the Moonlight Mrs. Baker (Character) $10.5M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wine of Summer Shelley (Character) - 2013
51% 48% Parkland Doris Nelson (Character) $652.4K 2013
13% 55% If I Were You Madelyn (Character) $9.2K 2012
90% 44% Scott Turow's Innocent Barbra Sabich (Character) - 2011
9% 35% Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Marjorie Dunfour (Character) - 2011
59% 74% Detachment Carol Dearden (Character) $71.2K 2011
No Score Yet 38% Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy Edda Mellas (Character) - 2011
83% 72% A Cat in Paris Jeanne (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet 72% The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Janina Krzyzanowska (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 37% The Maiden Heist Rose Barlow (Character) - 2009
86% 74% Whip It Brooke Cavendar (Character) $13.0M 2009
No Score Yet 73% Home Inga (Character) $9.0K 2008
No Score Yet 38% Becky Binion (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 62% Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage Maryanne Kinkade (Character) - 2008
73% 65% The Mist Mrs. Carmody (Character) $25.6M 2007
34% 58% Megan Stark (Character) $21.4K 2007
83% 89% Into the Wild Billie McCandless (Character) $18.4M 2007
20% 57% The Invisible Diane Powell (Character) $20.6M 2007
77% 62% Canvas Mary Marino (Character) $32.5K 2006
86% 58% The Hoax Edith Irving (Character) $7.1M 2006
76% 65% The Dead Girl Melora (Character) $17.3K 2006
39% 31% American Dreamz First Lady Staton (Character) $7.2M 2006
No Score Yet 70% In From the Night Vicki Miller (Character) - 2006
39% 43% American Gun Janet (Character) $24.0K 2005
No Score Yet 72% Felicity: An American Girl Adventure Mrs. Martha Merriman (Character) - 2005
48% 46% Bad News Bears Liz Whitewood (Character) $32.9M 2005
No Score Yet 69% She's Too Young Trish Vogul (Character) - 2004
55% 40% P.S. Missy (Character) $175.4K 2004
13% 19% Welcome to Mooseport Grace Sutherland (Character) $14.5M 2004
34% 60% Mona Lisa Smile Nancy Abbey (Character) $63.7M 2003
89% 89% Mystic River Celeste Boyle (Character) $90.1M 2003
58% 50% Casa de los Babys Nan (Character) $475.9K 2003
50% 41% King of Texas Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 67% See You In My Dreams Angela Brown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guilty Hearts Unknown (Character) - 2002
29% 45% Gaudi Afternoon Frankie (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walking Shadow Susan Silverman (Character) - 2001
79% 74% Pollock Lee Krasner (Character) $8.6M 2000
78% 53% Space Cowboys Sara Holland (Character) $90.4M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thin Air: A Spenser Mystery Susan Silverman (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Small Vices Susan Silverman (Character) - 1999
46% 81% Meet Joe Black Allison (Character) $44.6M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Labor of Love Annie Pines (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing Nancy Floyd (Character) - 1997
24% 33% Flubber Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Character) $93.0M 1997
19% 38% Desperate Measures Dr. Samantha Hawkins (Character) $13.7M 1997
74% 74% The Daytrippers Libby (Character) $2.1M 1996
7% 31% Spy Hard Miss Cheevus (Character) $27.0M 1996
38% 76% The Spitfire Grill Shelby Goddard (Character) $12.6M 1996
50% 68% The First Wives Club Dr. Leslie Rosen (Character) $105.5M 1996
No Score Yet 22% Far Harbor Arabella (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Spreckman's Boat Arabella (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 46% Convict Cowboy Maggie (Character) - 1995
54% 73% Safe Passage Cynthia (Character) $1.6M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Geoffrey Beene 30 Unknown (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 62% Sinatra Ava Gardner (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 48% Crush Lane (Character) - 1992
44% 39% Used People Norma (Character) $17.1M 1992
58% 67% Late for Dinner Joy Husband (Character) $8.2M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fever Lacy (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 80% In Broad Daylight Adina Rowan (Character) - 1991
93% 90% Miller's Crossing Verna (Character) $4.7M 1990

TV

Credit
56% 90% So Help Me Todd Margaret Wright (Character) 2022-2024
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2020 2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Phil Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2013 2015-2020 2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2007 2015 2017 2022
No Score Yet 49% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2022
No Score Yet 67% Money Explained Narrator 2021
55% 91% Barkskins Mathilde (Character) 2020
33% 66% Reef Break Betty Ann Miller (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 82% Code Black Dr. Leanne Rorish (Character) 2015-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doctors Guest 2015 2017
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2014-2015
No Score Yet 6% The View Guest 2014-2015
88% 85% How to Get Away With Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 91% The Newsroom Restaurant Manager (Guest Star) 2013-2014
76% 76% Trophy Wife Diane Buckley (Character) 2013-2014
78% 83% Star Morrison / FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Guest Star) 2005-2006 2010 2013
No Score Yet 92% Tron: Uprising Keller (Guest Voice) 2012-2013
83% No Score Yet Bent Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
76% 60% Body of Proof Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
94% 76% Royal Pains Dr. Elizabeth Blair (Guest Star) 2010
91% 89% Damages Claire Maddox (Character) 2007 2009-2010
79% No Score Yet The Education of Max Bickford Andrea Haskell (Character) 2001-2002
91% 90% Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fallen Angels Marie (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sinatra Unknown (Character) 1992
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