1978 | Moved with family to Los Angeles, CA |
1992 | Made feature acting debut in "Waterland," directed by her father Stephen Gyllenhaal |
1995 | Moved to New York to attend NYU |
1998 | Acted in "Homegrown," directed by her father and also featured her brother Jake Gyllenhaal |
2000 | Played supporting role in John Waters' "Cecil B. DeMented" |
2001 | Played the sister of her real-life brother in "Donnie Darko" |
2002 | Earned widespread acclaim portraying a mentally fragile woman who embarks on a sadomasochistic relationship with her boss in the Sundance hit "Secretary"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress |
2002 | Landed supporting role in the Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman comedy "Adaptation" |
2003 | Co-starred in "Mona Lisa Smile" with Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst |
2003 | Performed at the Mark Taper Forum in a production of Tony Kushner's "Homebody/ Kabul" |
2004 | Appeared in "Criminal" with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna |
2005 | Played a singer in "Happy Endings"; earned an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Supporting Female |
2006 | Played the wife of a rescued Port Authority officer in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" |
2006 | Portrayed an ex-con in the indie drama "Sherrybaby"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress |
2008 | Replaced Katie Holmes as Assistant District Attorney Rachel Dawes in the second installment of Christopher Nolan's revived "Batman" series "The Dark Knight" |
2009 | Co-starred with fiance Peter Sarsgaard in the off-Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" |
2009 | Nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role ("Crazy Heart") |
2009 | Played a journalist and the love interest of Jeff Bridges's washed up country music star in "Crazy Heart"; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress |
2010 | Co-starred with Emma Thompson in the family comedy "Nanny McPhee Returns" |
2012 | Co-starred with Hugh Dancy in the period comedy "Hysteria" |
2012 | Played a determined mother alongside Viola Davis in inner city school drama "Won't Back Down" |
