Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden born August 14 1959 is an American film and stage actress She is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award and a Tony Award in addition to nominations for a Critics Choice Movie Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards She began her acting career appearing in television programs throughout the 1980s In 1986 she appeared in her first film role with her breakthrough coming in the 1990 Coen brothersdirected Millers Crossing Her next notable film credits include The First Wives Club 1996 Flubber 1997 and Space Cowboys 2000 She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock 2000 She had a supporting role in Mona Lisa Smile 2003 She received a second Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in the drama film Mystic River 2003 She appeared in several 2007 films including Sean Penns Into the Wild and Frank Darabonts The Mist based on the novella by Stephen King Also in 2007 she shared top billing with Kevin Bacon in Rails Ties the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home 2008 Her character in Rails Ties also had a mastectomy One scene required her to bare her breasts with the missing breast removed using computergenerated imagery In Home her costars include her daughter Eulala Scheel In 2009 she had quite a busy year She appeared as a regular on the FX series Damages as a shrewd corporate attorney opposite Glenn Close and William Hurt She costarred in the films Whip It and The Maiden Heist She returned to Broadway in Yasmina Rezas God of Carnage costarring with James Gandolfini Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels All three actors were nominated for a Tony Award Harden won Best Actress in a Play She received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Lewis in the crime drama series Law Order Special Victims Unit and earned a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Janina Krzyżanowska in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler 2009 She reunited with her former Broadway costar Jeff Daniels as a new cast member on HBOs series The Newsroom in 2013 In 2015 she had a starring role in the medical drama Code Black Her other notable television credits include ABCs How to Get Away with Murder and the Apple TV series The Morning Show She played Christian Greys mother Grace Trevelyan Grey in the Fifty Shades film series from 2015 to 2018 She stars in the 2022 CBS drama So Help Me Todd