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Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Birthday: August 14
Birthplace: La Jolla, California

Marcia Gay Harden played “Janina Krzyzanowska” in the CBS miniseries, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, a role for which earned her a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination. She’s starred in many successful films such as Space Cowboys, Into the Wild, The Mist, and The First Wives Club. Harden recently won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway rendition of God of Carnage in which she performed along with Jeff Daniels and James Gandolfini.

Marcia Gay Harden played “Janina Krzyzanowska” in the CBS miniseries, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, a role for which earned her a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination. She’s starred in many successful films such as Space Cowboys, Into the Wild, The Mist, and The First Wives Club. Harden recently won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway rendition of God of Carnage in which she performed along with Jeff Daniels and James Gandolfini. More about the show at the official The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler site.

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Awards & Nominations

4 Nominations
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2024
  • Nominee
  • Marcia Gay Harden, as Maggie Brener
  • The Morning Show
  • "Update Your Priors"
  • Apple TV+
  • Media Res in association with Apple
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Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2022
  • Nominee
  • Marcia Gay Harden, as Maggie Brener
  • The Morning Show
  • "Testimony"
  • Apple TV+
  • Media Res in association with Apple
    •
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie - 2009
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2007

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Marcia Gay Harden presents the award for Outstanding Casting For a Comedy Series at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Julitta Dee Harden Scheel and Marcia Gay Harden of The Morning Show backstage at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Marcia Gay Harden and Luis Guzman at the 67th Emmys Governors Ball.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Marcia Gay Harden backstage at the 67th Emmy Awards.
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Marcia Gay Harden presents the award for Outstanding Casting For a Comedy Series at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
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Marcia Gay Harden of So Help Me Todd presents the award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

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Julitta Dee Harden Scheel and Marcia Gay Harden of The Morning Show backstage at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
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Julitta Dee Harden Scheel and Marcia Gay Harden of The Morning Show and So Help Me Todd backstage at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

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Marcia Gay Harden and Luis Guzman at the 67th Emmys Governors Ball.
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Marcia Gay Harden and Luis Guzman at the 67th Emmys Governors Ball.

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Jamie Lee Curtis and Marcia Gay Harden backstage at the 67th Emmy Awards.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Marcia Gay Harden backstage at the 67th Emmy Awards. 

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