Who is Marcia Gay Harden?
Born in California to Beverly Harden and Thad Harold Harden, a US Navy officer. The family moved often, on account of her father s job, having stayed in Japan, Germany, Greece and Maryland. Harden graduated from Surrattsville High School in Clinton, Maryland and has a bachelor s degree in theatre from the University of Texas at Austin. She also has a Master of fine arts from the Tisch School of the Arts.
Her performance in Pollock led to her first Academy Award nomination and win, she bagged the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She was nominated once again in the same category for her performance in Mystic River. Her other works include movies such as American Gun, Flubber, The Mist, and Into the Wild.