Marcia Gay Harden Fast Facts:Father was a captain in the U.S. Navy and the family lived in Europe and Japan.
- Beat out Julia Roberts, Demi Moore and Jennifer Jason Leigh for the female lead in 1990's Miller's Crossing.
- In 2004, she and fellow University of Texas grad Renee Zellweger were both Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Harden for Mystic River and eventual winner Zellweger for Cold Mountain).
- Received the 2005 Texas Film Hall of Fame Award.
- Her 2009 performance as a writer in God of Carnage, a play performed at New York's Bernard Jacobs Theater, was called "inspired" by the New York Times, and it clearly was: She copped a Tony.
- Although she did not actually attend her own commencement ceremony upon graduation from the University of Texas at Austin, she did deliver the commencement speech there in 2010.
- Marcia Gay Harden Relationships:
- Thaddaeus Scheel - Husband (separated)
- Beverly Bushfield Harden - Mother
- Thaddeus Harden - Brother
- Thaddeus Harden - Father
- Leslie Jernigan - Sister
- Sheryl Peyton - Sister
- Hudson Harden Scheel - Son
- Stephanie O'Brien - Sister
- Eulala Grace Scheel - Daughter
- Julitta Dee Harden Scheel - Daughter
- Marcia Gay Harden Awards:
- 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
- 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
- 2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
- 2000 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
- 2003 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
- 1993 Tony: Actress (Featured Role--Play) - Nominee
- 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2009 Tony: Actress (Play) - Winner
- College:
- Attended Deree Pierce, Athens, Greece; attended University of Maryland, Munich, Germany; University of Texas, Austin, TX (BA in Theater, 1980); New York University, New York, NY (MFA, 1988)