Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. She received a Bachelor of Arts in theater from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. Harden's breakthrough came in 1990 with the Coen brothers' film Miller's Crossing. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Pollock (2000) and Mystic River (2003), winning for her portrayal of artist Lee Krasner in the former. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in God of Carnage, a 2009 Broadway, comedic play. She also starred in the 2015-2018 television series Code Black and So Help Me Todd (2022-2024). She acquired Emmy nominations for her supporting roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005) and The Morning Show.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x96: Marcia Gay Harden, Farnoosh Torabi (Jan 14, 2025)
- Episode 2x131: Live's Oscars Countdown Games IV (Mar 8, 2024)
So Help Me Todd (2022)
Starring as Margaret Wright
(31 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: The Tooth Is Out There (May 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: The Broker (May 9, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: P.I.'s Wide Shut (May 2, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: Faux-Bituary (Apr 25, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Is The Jury Out? (Apr 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: End On A High Note (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Dial Margaret for Murder (Mar 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: The Queen of Courts (Feb 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Your Day In Court (Feb 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Iceland Was Horrible (Feb 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x21: Are You There Todd? It's Me, Margaret (May 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x20: More Fang for Your Chuck (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 1x19: 86'd (May 4, 2023)
- Episode 1x18: Gloom and Boom (Apr 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x17: The First Date is the Deepest (Apr 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x16: Twelve Worried Persons (Mar 30, 2023)
- Episode 1x15: Ivan the Terrible (Mar 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x14: Against All Todds (Mar 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x13: Wall of Fire (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x12: Psilo-Sibling (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: Side Effects May Include Murder (Jan 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: The Devil You Know (Jan 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Swipe Wright (Dec 15, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Big Bang Theories (Dec 8, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Long Lost Lawrence (Nov 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: So Help Me Pod (Nov 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Let the Wright One In (Oct 27, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Corduroy Briefs (Oct 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Second Second Chance (Oct 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Co-Pilot (Oct 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 29, 2022)
Uncoupled (2022)
Guest starring as Claire Lewis
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 6 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 3 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1 (Jul 29, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
The Cuphead Show! (2022)
Guest starring as Sally Stageplay
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x03: Cupstaged (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 2x09: Dead Broke (Aug 19, 2022)
Barkskins (2020)
Starring as Mathilde Geffard
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Black Sun (Jun 15, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Bees in a Bottle (Jun 15, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: The Wobble (Jun 8, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Buttermilk (Jun 8, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: The Law of Two (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: The Sugared Plum (Jun 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Turtle King (May 25, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: New France (May 25, 2020)
The Morning Show (2019)
Guest starring as Maggie Brener
(10 episodes)
- Episode 3x09: Update Your Priors (Nov 1, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x09: Testimony (Nov 12, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x05: Ghosts (Oct 15, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x03: Laura (Oct 1, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x10: The Interview (Dec 20, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x09: Play the Queen (Dec 13, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x07: Open Waters (Nov 29, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x05: No One's Gonna Harm You, Not While I'm Around (Nov 15, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Chaos Is the New Cocaine (Nov 1, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x02: A Seat at the Table (Nov 1, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x123: Marcia Gay Harden, John Bradley, Michael Ruhlman (Apr 23, 2024)
- Episode 4x83: Marcia Gay Harden, Storm Reid, Lucius (Jan 20, 2023)
- Episode 1x151: Billy Porter, Marcia Gay Harden, Wilson Cruz (Jun 29, 2020)
Reef Break (2019)
Guest starring as Betty Ann Miller
- Episode 1x09: The Hohenzollern Collection (Aug 22, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
Code Black (2015)
Starring as Dr. Leanne Rorish
(47 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: The Business of Saving Lives (Jul 18, 2018)
- Episode 3x12: As Night Comes and I'm Breathing (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 3x11: One of Our Own (Jul 4, 2018)
- Episode 3x10: Change of Heart (Jun 27, 2018)
- Episode 3x09: Only Human (Jun 20, 2018)
- Episode 3x08: Home Stays Home (Jun 13, 2018)
- Episode 3x07: Step Up (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 3x06: Hell's Heart (May 30, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Cabin Pressure (May 30, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: The Same as Air (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: La Familia (May 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: Better Angels (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: Third Year (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 2x16: Fallen Angels (Feb 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x15: The Devil's Workshop (Feb 1, 2017)
- Episode 2x14: Vertigo (Jan 25, 2017)
- Episode 2x13: Unfinished Business (Jan 11, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: One in a Million (Jan 4, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Exodus (Dec 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: Ave Maria (Dec 7, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: Sleight of Hand (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x08: 1.0 Bodies (Nov 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: What Lies Beneath (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: Hero Complex (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Landslide (Nov 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Demons and Angels (Oct 26, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Corporeal Form (Oct 12, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Life and Limb (Oct 5, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Second Year (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 1x18: Blood Sport (Feb 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x17: Love Hurts (Feb 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x16: Hail Mary (Feb 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Diagnosis of Exclusion (Feb 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: The Fifth Stage (Jan 27, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: First Date (Jan 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: The Fog of War (Jan 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Black Tag (Dec 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Cardiac Support (Dec 2, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: The Son Rises (Nov 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: You Are the Heart (Nov 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Buen Árbol (Nov 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: In Extremis (Nov 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Doctors with Borders (Oct 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Sometimes It's a Zebra (Oct 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Pre-Existing Conditions (Oct 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: We Plug Holes (Oct 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 30, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
- Episode 2015-09-28: Carol Burnett, Fred Savage, Marcia Gay Harden and Catfish & the Bottlemen (Sep 28, 2015)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Guest starring as Hannah Keating
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: She's a Murderer (Feb 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x11: Best Christmas Ever (Feb 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Hello Raskolnikov (Jan 29, 2015)
Trophy Wife (2013)
Starring as Diane Buckley
(22 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: Mother's Day (May 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x21: Back to School (May 6, 2014)
- Episode 1x20: There's No Guy in Team (Apr 29, 2014)
- Episode 1x19: The Minutes (Apr 8, 2014)
- Episode 1x18: Couples Therapy (Apr 1, 2014)
- Episode 1x17: The Wedding - Part Two (Mar 18, 2014)
- Episode 1x16: The Wedding - Part One (Mar 11, 2014)
- Episode 1x15: Happy Bert Day (Mar 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x14: Foxed Lunch (Feb 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: The Tooth Fairy (Jan 21, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: The Punisher (Jan 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: The Big 5-0 (Jan 7, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: Twas the Night Before Christmas... or Twas It? (Dec 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Russ Bradley Morrison (Dec 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Lice and Beary White (Nov 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: The Date (Nov 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Halloween (Oct 29, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: The Tryst (Oct 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: The Breakup (Oct 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: The Social Network (Oct 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Cold File (Oct 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 24, 2013)
The Newsroom (2012)
Guest starring as Rebecca Halliday
(10 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: Oh Shenandoah (Dec 7, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: Contempt (Nov 30, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Main Justice (Nov 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Run (Nov 16, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Election Night, Part 2 (Sep 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Election Night, Part 1 (Sep 8, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Red Team III (Aug 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: One Step Too Many (Aug 18, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Unintended Consequences (Aug 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers (Jul 14, 2013)
Tron: Uprising (2012)
Guest starring as Keller
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: Welcome Home (Jan 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x15: State of Mind (Dec 31, 2012)
Body of Proof (2011)
Guest starring as Sheila Temple
- Episode 2x13: Sympathy for the Devil (Jan 17, 2012)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2024-11-04: Marcia Gay Harden, Tony Gonzalez (Nov 4, 2024)
- Episode 2023-05-08: Marcia Gay Harden, Golda Rosheuvel, India Amarteifio (May 8, 2023)
- Episode 2020-05-25: Marcia Gay Harden (May 25, 2020)
- Episode 2019-07-12: Marcia Gay Harden, Cat Deeley (Jul 12, 2019)
- Episode 2019-01-29: Marcia Gay Harden, Sara Gilbert, Vanessa L. Williams (Jan 29, 2019)
- Episode 2018-04-25: Marcia Gay Harden, Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, Ellen K (Apr 25, 2018)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
- Episode 12x29: Patricia Arquette & Marcia Gay Harden (Feb 12, 2015)
Royal Pains (2009)
Guest starring as Dr. Elizabeth Blair
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: Big Whoop (Aug 19, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Frenemies (Aug 5, 2010)
- Episode 2x01: Spasticity (Jun 3, 2010)
Damages (2007)
Starring as Claire Maddox
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Trust Me (Apr 1, 2009)
- Episode 2x12: Look What He Dug Up This Time (Mar 25, 2009)
- Episode 2x11: London, Of Course (Mar 18, 2009)
- Episode 2x10: Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons (Mar 11, 2009)
- Episode 2x09: You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant (Mar 4, 2009)
- Episode 2x08: They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney (Feb 25, 2009)
- Episode 2x07: New York Sucks (Feb 18, 2009)
- Episode 2x06: A Pretty Girl in a Leotard (Feb 11, 2009)
- Episode 2x05: I Agree, It Wasn't Funny (Feb 4, 2009)
- Episode 2x04: Hey! Mr. Pibb! (Jan 28, 2009)
- Episode 2x03: I Knew You Were a Pig (Jan 21, 2009)
- Episode 2x02: Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care (Jan 14, 2009)
- Episode 2x01: I Lied, Too. (Jan 7, 2009)
Rachael Ray (2006)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
- Episode 17x121: Actor and Singer Skylar Astin + Dr. Ian Smith's Chicken Burrito Bowl (Apr 5, 2023)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
- Episode 18x01: Barbarian; Tell Me Lies; Gigi & Nate; Growing Up (Sep 10, 2022)
The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
Starring as Andrea Haskell
(22 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: The Pursuit of Happiness (Jun 2, 2002)
- Episode 1x21: One More Time (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 1x20: The Egg and I (Apr 21, 2002)
- Episode 1x19: The Bad Girl (Apr 14, 2002)
- Episode 1x18: Murder of the First (Mar 31, 2002)
- Episode 1x17: Past, Present, Future (Mar 17, 2002)
- Episode 1x16: An Open Book (Mar 10, 2002)
- Episode 1x15: Genesis (Mar 3, 2002)
- Episode 1x14: Money Changes Everthing (Feb 24, 2002)
- Episode 1x13: I Never Schlunged My Father (Jan 27, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: The Cost of Living (Jan 20, 2002)
- Episode 1x11: Save the Country (Jan 13, 2002)
- Episode 1x10: The Good, the Bad and the Lawyers (Jan 6, 2002)
- Episode 1x09: It's Not the Wrapping, It's the Candy (Dec 9, 2001)
- Episode 1x08: A Very Great Man (Dec 2, 2001)
- Episode 1x07: Revisionism (Nov 18, 2001)
- Episode 1x06: Do It Yourself (Nov 11, 2001)
- Episode 1x05: In the Details (Oct 28, 2001)
- Episode 1x04: Hearts and Minds (Oct 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x03: Who is Breckenridge Long? (Oct 14, 2001)
- Episode 1x02: Herding Cats (Sep 30, 2001)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 23, 2001)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as FBI Agent Dana Lewis
(2 episodes)
- Episode 14x14: Secrets Exhumed (Feb 13, 2013) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 12x08: Penetration (Nov 10, 2010) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Star Morrison
- Episode 8x01: Informed (Sep 19, 2006)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
- Episode 2024-03-10: Fran Drescher, Marcia Gay Harden, Jimmy Kimmel, Julian Curi (Mar 10, 2024)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2023-06-11: The 76th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 11, 2023)
- Episode 2022-06-12: The 75th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 2022)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Marcia Gay Harden
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2004-02-29: The 76th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 29, 2004)
- Episode 2003-03-23: The 75th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 23, 2003)
- Episode 2002-03-24: The 74th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 24, 2002)
- Episode 2001-03-25: The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (Mar 25, 2001)
Crew Credits
So Help Me Todd (2022)
Show crew as Producer
(28 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Faux-Bituary (Apr 25, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Is The Jury Out? (Apr 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: End On A High Note (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: Dial Margaret for Murder (Mar 14, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: The Queen of Courts (Feb 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Your Day In Court (Feb 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Iceland Was Horrible (Feb 15, 2024)
- Episode 1x21: Are You There Todd? It's Me, Margaret (May 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x20: More Fang for Your Chuck (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 1x19: 86'd (May 4, 2023)
- Episode 1x18: Gloom and Boom (Apr 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x17: The First Date is the Deepest (Apr 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x16: Twelve Worried Persons (Mar 30, 2023)
- Episode 1x15: Ivan the Terrible (Mar 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x14: Against All Todds (Mar 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x13: Wall of Fire (Feb 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x12: Psilo-Sibling (Feb 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: Side Effects May Include Murder (Jan 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: The Devil You Know (Jan 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Swipe Wright (Dec 15, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Big Bang Theories (Dec 8, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Long Lost Lawrence (Nov 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: So Help Me Pod (Nov 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Let the Wright One In (Oct 27, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Corduroy Briefs (Oct 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Second Second Chance (Oct 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Co-Pilot (Oct 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 29, 2022)