Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden is an American actress. Her film breakthrough was in the 1990 Coen brothersdirected Millers Crossing. She followed this with roles in films including Used People , The First Wives Club , and Flubber . For her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 film Pollock, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She earned another Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in Mystic River . Other notable film roles include American Gun , and 2007s The Mist and Into the Wild.

Harden, one of five children, was born in La Jolla, California, the daughter of Texas natives Beverly , a housewife, and Thad Harold Harden , who was an officer in the United States Navy. One of Hardens brothers is named Thaddeus, as is her former husband. Hardens family frequently moved because of her fathers job, living in Japan, Germany, Greece, California, and Maryland. She graduated from Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Maryland in 1976, the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in theatre, and the Graduate Acting Program at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts with a Master of Fine Arts.

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