| Marcia Gay Harden  Born: 14-Aug-1959
Birthplace: La Jolla, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Verna in Miller's Crossing Marcia Gay Harden was raised in an itinerant military family. She grew up in Japan, Greece, Germany and various places about the United States, always the new kid in a new school in a new town. In college, Harden decided she would be an actress, earning her Bachelor's in theater. When her acting career didn't take off as quickly as she wanted, she completed her MFA at New York University.
On stage, Harden was nominated for a Tony for Angels in America. On film, she had a key role in the 1986 flop thriller The Imagemaker, then returned to the stage for four years. She broke into movies as the "gun-toting, cigarette-smoking, poker-faced moll" (in her words) in Miller's Crossing. Most of her movies since have been forgettable, and most of her film roles have been small. Harden won an Oscar playing Lee Krasner opposite Ed Harris's Jackson Pollock in Pollock (2000). But for Harden's best performance on film, see the bizarre psychological shocker Crush (1992), from New Zealand. She was also Oscar-nominated for the overwrought Mystic River in 2003.
After winning her Oscar for Pollock, Harden shrank into a supporting role on an uninspired TV series, playing second fiddle to famed ham Richard Dreyfuss on The Education of Max Bickford.
Father: Thaddeus "Thad" Harden (US Navy Captain)
Mother: Beverly Bushfield (housewife)
Sister: Leslie Harden Jernigan
Sister: Sheryl Harden Peyton
Brother: Thaddeus Harden Jr. (photographer)
Sister: Stephanie Harden O'Brien
Husband: Thaddeus Scheel (property master, m. 1996, three children)
Daughter: Eulala Grace Harden Scheel (b. Sep-1998)
Son: Hudson Harden Scheel (twin, b. 22-Apr-2004)
Daughter: Julitta Dee Harden Scheel (twin, b. 22-Apr-2004)
High School: Surrattsville Senior High School, Clinton, MD (1976)
University: BA Theater, University of Texas at Austin (1980)
University: MFA, New York University (1988)
The Creative Coalition Board Member
Dean for America
Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 2001 for Pollock
Howard Johnson
Endorsement of Gap 2001
Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION
How to Get Away with Murder Hannah Keating (2015)
Trophy Wife Diane Buckley (2013-14)
Damages Claire Maddox (2009)
The Education of Max Bickford Andrea Haskell (2001-02)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Fifty Shades Freed (6-Feb-2018)
Fifty Shades Darker (7-Feb-2017)
Get a Job (25-Mar-2016)
Fifty Shades of Grey (9-Feb-2015)
Grandma (30-Jan-2015)
You're Not You (27-Sep-2014)
Magic in the Moonlight (25-Jul-2014)
Elsa & Fred (7-Mar-2014)
Parkland (1-Sep-2013)
If I Were You (10-Jan-2012)
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2-Nov-2011)
Detachment (25-Apr-2011)
A Cat in Paris (15-Oct-2010) [VOICE]
Whip It (13-Sep-2009) · Brooke Cavendar
The Maiden Heist (Jun-2009) · Rose Barlow
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (19-Apr-2009)
Christmas Cottage (11-Nov-2008)
Home (23-Aug-2008)
The Mist (21-Nov-2007)
Rails & Ties (1-Sep-2007)
Into the Wild (1-Sep-2007)
The Invisible (8-Apr-2007)
The Dead Girl (7-Nov-2006)
The Hoax (15-Oct-2006)
Canvas (Oct-2006) · Mary Marino
American Dreamz (4-Mar-2006) · First Lady
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (Jan-2006) · Herself
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (29-Nov-2005)
American Gun (15-Sep-2005) · Janet Huttenson
Bad News Bears (22-Jul-2005) · Liz Whitewood
P.S. (3-Sep-2004) · Missy
Welcome to Mooseport (20-Feb-2004) · Grace
She's Too Young (16-Feb-2004)
Mona Lisa Smile (19-Dec-2003) · Nancy Abbey
Casa de los Babys (5-Sep-2003) · Nan
Mystic River (23-May-2003)
King of Texas (23-Mar-2002)
Guilty Hearts (10-Feb-2002)
Gaudi Afternoon (May-2001)
Thin Air (12-Sep-2000)
Pollock (6-Sep-2000) · Lee Krasner
Space Cowboys (1-Aug-2000) · Sara Holland
Curtain Call (30-Aug-1999)
Spencer: Small Vices (18-Jul-1999)
Meet Joe Black (2-Nov-1998) · Allison
Desperate Measures (30-Jan-1998) · Samantha Hawkins
Flubber (26-Nov-1997) · Sara Jean Reynolds
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (14-Jun-1997)
Far Harbor (22-Nov-1996) · Arabella
The First Wives Club (20-Sep-1996) · Dr. Leslie Rosen
Spy Hard (24-May-1996) · Miss Cheevus
The Spitfire Grill (24-Jan-1996) · Shelby Goddard
The Daytrippers (Jan-1996)
Convict Cowboy (16-Jul-1995) · Maggie Sinclair
Safe Passage (Dec-1994)
Used People (16-Dec-1992)
Sinatra (8-Nov-1992)
Crush (15-Sep-1992)
Late for Dinner (20-Sep-1991) · Joy Husband
Fever (11-May-1991) · Lacy
In Broad Daylight (3-Feb-1991)
Miller's Crossing (22-Sep-1990) · Verna
The Imagemaker (24-Jan-1986)
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