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Maggie's character was pregnant in World Trade Center. Coincidentally, Maggie found out she was pregnant with Ramona right after she finished filming this movie.
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Maggie and her partner, Peter Sarsgaard, shot In God's Hand, a low-budget film about child abduction, with director Lodge Kerrigan, but it was never released because the negative was accidentally destroyed in a lab.
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Maggie was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama, for her role in the film Sherrybaby.
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Maggie is currently one of the faces of Reebok's "I Am What I Am" advertising campaign. She was drawn to the company because of its Human Rights Award program, which gives four activists $50,000 grants each for the human rights organization of their choice.
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Maggie won the National Board of Review (NBR) award for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress, for her role in Secretary.
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Maggie was one of the faces of Miu Miu, an offshoot of the designer label Prada, for its Winter 2004 ad campaign.
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Maggie and her brother, Jake, attended the prestigious Harvard-Westlake prep school in Los Angeles. Maggie graduated from Columbia University in 1998 with a BA in Literature and Eastern religions.
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Maggie has played the role of Alice, an emotionally guarded stripper, in two different productions of Patrick Marber's play Closer, a role that Natalie Portman would later portray in the film adaptation.
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In 2003 she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy and for a MTV Movie Award in 2003 in the category Breakthrough Female Performance for her role in the movie Secretary.
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Maggie co-hosted the 2003 Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony with Steve Zahn.
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Maggie reportedly made $500,000 for World Trade Center.
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Maggie was ranked as #58 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
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Maggie is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard, and she gave birth to their first child, Ramona, on October 3rd, 2006.
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Maggie studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
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During the 2003 Academy Awards, Maggie wore a peace sign pin in support of the organization Artists United to Win Without War.
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Maggie is 5' 9" (1.75 m).
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Maggie's parents are Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner. Maggie's first six movies were directed by her father. Maggie's parents are Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Foner. Maggie's first six movies were directed by her father. Additionally, Maggie and her brother Jake have shared the big screen together three times, most notably in Donnie Darko, where the two played, fittingly enough, squabbling siblings.
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Maggie introduced her brother to her Mona Lisa Smile co-star Kirsten Dunst, although the two have since split. Maggie and Kirsten were best friends until she broke up with her brother.