Marcia Gay Harden is an American actress who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and four nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 film Pollock received critical acclaim, earning her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2003, she starred in the Clint Eastwood-directed thriller Mystic River as Celeste, a woman who suspects her husband of being a murderer. For this film, she was nominated for a second Academy Award, an Actor Award, and a Critics' Choice Award. Her other notable film roles include American Gun (2005), that earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and 2007's The Mist and Into the Wild, winning a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for the former and being nominated for an Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the latter.
Harden made her Broadway debut in 1993, starring in Angels in America, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She returned to the stage in 2009 as Veronica in God of Carnage. Her performance won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Her television appearances include a supporting role in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, and guest roles in the series Law & Order (2005–2013) and The Morning Show (2019–present), receiving additional Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Awards and nominations +Awards and nominations received by Marcia Gay Harden Award Year Work Category Result Academy Awards 2001 Pollock Best Supporting Actress 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress Actor Awards 2004 Mystic River Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2008 Into the Wild Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2010 Whip It Best Supporting Actress Best Grownup Love Story Astra TV Awards 2023 So Help Me Todd Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2003 Mystic River Best Ensemble Cast Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992 Used People Best Supporting Actress 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress Critics' Choice Awards 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress 2023 Uncoupled Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress Drama Desk Awards 1993 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 1994 Angels in America: Perestroika Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 2009 God of Carnage Outstanding Actress in a Play Film Independent Spirit Awards 2001 Pollock Best Supporting Female 2007 American Gun Best Supporting Female Golden Nymph Awards 2016 Code Black Best Actress in a TV Series Golden Raspberry Awards 2019 Fifty Shades Freed Worst Supporting Actress Golden Schmoes Awards 2003 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Awards 1997 Best Acting by an Ensemble National Society of Film Critics Awards 2001 Pollock Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 Pollock Best Supporting Actress Outer Critics Circle Awards 2009 God of Carnage Outstanding Actress in a Play People's Choice Awards 2016 Code Black Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie 2022 (episode: "Testimony") Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 2024 (episode: "Update Your Priors") Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Provincetown International Film Festival Awards 2002 Herself Excellence in Acting Satellite Awards 2003 King of Texas Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 2004 Mystic River Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Saturn Awards 2008 Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Awards 1993 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Tony Awards 1993 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Best Featured Actress in a Play 2009 God of Carnage Best Actress in a Play Women's Image Network Awards 2009 Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie 2020 Love You to Death Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie 2021 Barkskins (episode: "Buttermilk") Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie
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