Maggie Gyllenhaal is an American actress known for her intelligent, unconventional leading-lady performances in 'Secretary', 'Sherrybaby', 'The Dark Knight', and 'The Kindergarten Teacher'.
Gyllenhaal's Rachel Dawes in 'The Dark Knight' brought a cerebral moral authority to a role that could have been merely functional — her character's death is the film's moral turning point precisely because she represented the last legitimate claim on Harvey Dent's sanity.
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