Marcia Gay Harden Scroll down for movie list. Spouse Thaddaeus Scheel (? - present) 3 children Trivia
She and her husband, Thaddaeus, had a daughter, Eulala Grace, in September 1998.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42. [1990]
Her father, brother and husband are all named Thaddaeus.
Graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in theater (1980) and earned an MFA from the graduate theater program at New York University.
Nominated for a Tony Award for her work on Broadway in "Angels in America."
On December 15, 2003, her young nephew and niece were killed in a tragic fire. The deaths occurred when the Queens, New York apartment, owned by her former sister-in-law, went up in flames after a burning candle set a sofa on fire. Her ex-sister-in-law also later died from injuries received in the fire.
She was the first University of Texas at Austin graduate to win an Oscar. She won for Best Supporting Actress in 2001 for Pollock. The second UT grad to win was Renée Zellweger in 2004.
Achieved a degree of notoriety for making the rounds of the spring 2004 awards ceremonies while near-term with twins. When asked about all of the talk her hugely-pregnant figure was generating, she was quoted as saying that, when it comes to pregnancy, when you've got it, flaunt it.
Twins, a boy named Hudson Harden Scheel, and a girl named Julitta Dee Harden Scheel, born on 22 April 2004 in New York.
Mother of three children: Eulala, Hudson and Julitta |  |