Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal: friends and confidants above their family relationship
The two chose the same professional path and their careers have been closely linked because they have had the pleasure of working together on several occasions.
Children of the film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and the screenwriter Naomi Foner, both Maggie, the older of the two siblings, and Jake Gyllenhaal, became interested when they were very young in the world of acting, a profession in which they have been able to live comfortably.
Both he and she have had enough jobs, especially on the big screen and have attended countless premieres and red carpets together, however and far from the events, they have been hunted by the paparazzi walking together many times, sharing confidences and showing that more that brothers are also friends. Now we are going to review the lives of these two actors not only in the professional field, which is the one that is best known, but also on a personal level.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
She was born on November 16, 1997 and has been primarily engaged in acting. Despite being the older of the two brothers, the first to start acting was Jake Gyllenhaal in 1991, and later, in 1992, her father director Stephen Gyllenhaal put her to work on his two productions, first on 'Waterland' and a year later in 'A dangerous woman'.
Like many other actors, she has not only focused on her career as an artist, but is prepared to carry out other trades, having graduated in 1999 from Columbia University with a degree in Philosophy and shortly thereafter traveled to London from Los Angeles , where he grew up, to study for a summer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a popular English drama school.
One of her biggest roles was in the 'Spiderman III' movie series and she worked on 'Homegrown'. To these are added supporting roles in '40 days and 40 nights', 'Riding in cars with boys' and' John Waters' who gave him an intervention in 'Cecil B Demented'. In 2001 she works with her brother playing her sister in the movie 'Donnie Darko'.
But the role that she managed to launch her career was in the 2002 black comedy "Secretary," a film about two people embarking on a sadomasochistic lifestyle. This film received very good reviews, and so did she, so much so that it was one of the candidates for a Golden Globe and it was the first time that she did a nude in front of the cameras. After her came others such as her participation in 'Mona Lisa's smile' working with Julia Roberts, or the independent 'Casa de los babys'.
In addition to doing a lot of filmmaking, she has worked in plays, has appeared in television commercials, and has been the face of brands such as Miu Miu, Reebok, and Agent Provocateur. She has also recorded an audiobook and served as a voice actress for the film 'Monster Huese', an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.
One of her most recent work in the film world was her appearance in 'The Dark Knight' sequel to another Batman movie. Her last role was in the television miniseries 'The honorable woman', for which she has won a Golden Globe. She has also been nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for the film 'Crazy Heart' and two other Globes. of gold.
Regarding her personal life, she has been in a relationship with fellow actor Peter Sarsgaad since 2002.They announced their engagement in April 2006 and they have two daughters, Ramona, born that same year, and Gloria Ray, born in 2012. It should be noted that her husband and brother, as well as brothers-in-law, are very good friends.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Despite being the youngest, he has been the most successful. He was born in December 1980 and despite the fact that he was surrounded by artists, his parents forced him to work during the summers to support themselves, so he served as a waiter and lifeguard.
It was at the age of eleven when he made his debut in 'City Slickers', a comedy film from 1991. Throughout his career and despite the fact that his parents were linked to the film industry, he encountered many obstacles and at times had to turn down many roles , especially if they required to be away from home for more than two months, but to the contrary, he could appear in his father's films.
He participated in the movie 'A dangerous woman' in 1993 with his sister, and in the series 'Homicide' in 1994. Like his sister and mother, he began to study Philosophy at Columbia University, but when he was two years old he He dropped out to focus on his acting career.
The first leading role he got was in "October Sky," a biographical adaptation. Gyllenhaal's second big-budget film 'Donnie Darko' was not a box office success after its release in 2001, but has become a cult film over time. He later made 'Highway', 'The good girl' with Jennifer Aniston, 'Moonlight Mile' or 'The day after tomorrow' in 2004.
He has made his theater debut in London, but felt that he should stay in the cinema, which is why 2005 was one of the most prolific for him because he made 'Proof', 'Jarhead' and 'Brokeback Mountain', a film in which had the pleasure of working with the late Heath Ledger in which they played two young men who meet as shepherds of sheep and have a relationship, mainly sexual, that begins in 1963 and ends in 1981 after the death of the character that Gyllenhaal played. It was a film that managed to win four Golden Globes and three Oscars, even for it he was nominated for best supporting actor. After this success he has made 'Zodiac', 'Rendition', the remake 'Brothers'. He later he has done 'Enemy', 'Prisioners' or 'Everest'.
As for his private life, he has had such a good relationship with Heath Ledger that he is the godfather of his daughter as a result of his relationship with Michelle Williams. When it comes to romantic relationships he has had quite a few and in general with famous women.
He was dating Kirsten Dunst from 2002 to 2004, with his co-star Reese Witherspoon with whom he was also two years, from 2007 to 2009. He has even been with singer Taylor Swift but only a few months between late 2010 and early 2011 Later he began a relationship with a model, however, there have been many comings and goings, and the actor's love life is characterized by having been quite unstable.
One of his great passions is politics, that is why for many years he has been active in this world. He advocates for the Democrats, he has also been in charge of fighting for the environment and is in charge of repopulating forests in countries like Mozambique by planting trees. He has promoted the climate change that is taking place within the social conscience and in his spare time he likes to work with wood and cook.
