MARCIA GAY HARDEN (Grace Sutherland) won the Academy Award in 2001 for her stunning portrayal of Lee Krasner opposite Ed Harris in the feature film “Pollock,” about pioneer abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock and his artist wife. The film re-teamed her with Harris, with whom she had performed on stage in the New York Shakespeare Festival premiere production of Sam Shephard’s “Simpatico.” In addition to the Oscar, Harden won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
Most recently, Harden starred in director Clint Eastwood’s critically hailed “Mystic River.” A New England murder mystery written by Brian Helgeland and based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Harden’s second feature with Eastwood features a stellar ensemble cast including Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney.
Another recent film is “Mona Lisa Smile,” directed by Mike Newell. In the film, Harden plays a teacher and a friend to Julia Roberts’ character. The film also stars Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Harden was part of a brilliant ensemble in “Casa de Los Babys,” the story of six American women who travel to Mexico to adopt babies. Written and directed by legendary filmmaker John Sayles, Harden co-stars along with Daryl Hannah, Lili Taylor, Mary Steenburgen, Rita Moreno and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The Coen brothers first discovered Harden, giving her the female lead in their critically acclaimed feature “Miller's Crossing,” opposite Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne and John Turturro. She moved on to the leads in ”Late for Dinner” and “Used People.” Other features include “Space Cowboys,” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner; “Meet Joe Black,” which starred Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins; “Flubber” with Robin Williams; “Desperate Measures” with Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton; “Safe Passage” with Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard and Robert Sean Leonard; the acclaimed independent feature “Crush,” which was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival; the blockbuster comedy “The First Wives Club”; and “Gaudi Afternoon,” directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis and Lili Taylor. Harden received the Spirit of Sundance Award for her richly layered work in “The Spitfire Grill,” which also won the festival’s Audience Award.
Harden starred in the television drama series “The Education of Max Bickford” opposite Richard Dreyfuss. Other television appearances include “King of Texas” and the highly rated A&E original movie “Small Vices” opposite Joe Mantegna. She recently re-teamed with Mantegna for A&E’s “Thin Air,” as well as the movie of the week “Guilty Hearts.” In 1992 Harden portrayed Ava Gardner in the mini-series “Sinatra.”
Harden was featured on Broadway in Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Angels in America,” which earned her a Tony® nomination, a Drama Desk Award and a Theater World Award. She also starred in David Rabe’s “Those the River Keeps.” Harden potrayed “Masha” in the NY Public Theatre’s production of “The Seagull,” directed by Mike Nichols and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Portman.
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