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  Location La Jolla, California , United States
  Yearsactive 1979 &ndashpresent
  Spouse Thaddaeus Scheel
  Notable Role '''Lee Krasner''' in '' Pollock ''<br>'''Celeste Boyle''' in '' Mystic River ''
  Academyawards ''' Best Supporting Actress ''' <br> 2000 '' Pollock ''


Marcia Gay Harden ( August 14 , 1959 –) is an Academy Award -winning American Actress .


BIOGRAPHY


Early life

Harden, one of five children, was born in in 1976 and from the University Of Texas At Austin with a B.A. in theatre, earning an MFA from the graduate theatre program of New York University .


Career

Harden debuted on '' (2005).

Other notable films include '''' for which she has been nominated for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She recently reprised this role in the series' eighth season premiere. Harden has five films set to be released in 2007. Harden is also rumored to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg 's upcoming 2009 biopic film '' Lincoln '', about Abraham Lincoln 's presidency during the American Civil War .


Personal life

Her nephew and niece, Sander and Audrey Harden, died in Astoria, New York of severe burns from a house fire, along with her former-sister-in-law, Rebecca.

Harden is married to Thaddaeus Scheel, with whom she worked on '', New York.


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  Title Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress
  Years 2000<br>'''for '' Pollock '' '''
  Before Angelina Jolie <br>for '' Girl, Interrupted ''
  After Jennifer Connelly <br>for '' A Beautiful Mind ''