By Carmenlita Castillo
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Margalit Ruth “Maggie” Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; 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 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, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (both 2002), and Mona Lisa Smile (2003). Gyllenhaal received praise for her leading performances in the dramas 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 (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), Won’t Back Down (2012), White House Down (2013), Frank (2014), and 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 and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also produced and starred in the HBO period drama series The Deuce (2017–2019).
Gyllenhaal made her writing and directing debut with the psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), for which she 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.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- André Michaux (botanist) –
- Louis Riel (Canadian politician) –
- Clark Gable (actor) –
- William Holden (actor) –
- Northern Dancer (racehorse) –
Born
- Louis-Honoré Fréchette (Canadian poet) –
- W.C. Handy (composer) –
- George Kaufman (director of theater) –
- Paul Hindemith (composer) –
- Mary Margaret McBride (radio commentator) –
- Burgess Meredith (actor) –
- Marg Helgenberger (actress) –
- Dwight Gooden (baseball player) –
- Lisa Bonet (actress) –
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (actress) –
- Kimberly J. Brown (actress) –
Events
- Sint Eustatius, now part of the Netherlands, became the first foreign government to recognize the U.S. –
- Napoleon E. Guerin granted patent for cork life preserver –
- Philadelphia Orchestra played its inaugural concert –
- Oklahoma admitted to the Union as the 46th state –
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is established –
- Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, The Sound of Music, premiered –
- President Nixon signed a bill authorizing construction of a trans-Alaska oil pipeline –
- Skylab 4 launched from Kennedy Space Center –
- Mother Teresa received honorary U.S. citizenship –
- Meteor fireball turned night into day in Finland –
Weather
- Tucson, Arizona, received 6 inches of snow –
- Low temperature in Lincoln, Montana, of -53 degrees Fahrenheit –
- Anchorage, Alaska, reached 45 degrees F and received 8.4 inches of snow –
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