She was part of an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles.

Kelly was nominated for " Best First Feature " and " Best First Screenplay " with Donnie Darko, as well as Jake Gyllenhaal being nominated for " Best Male Lead ," at the Independent Spirit Awards.

* 2003 — Jake Gyllenhaal won " Best Actor " and Richard Kelly " Best Original Screenplay " for Donnie Darko at the Chlotrudis Awards, where Kelly was also nominated for " Best Director " and " Best Movie ".

Throughout 2007, there was persistent speculation in the mass media about a romantic relationship between Witherspoon and her Rendition co-star Jake Gyllenhaal.

A 2005 film adaptation was directed by John Madden starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine, along with Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

* Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Robbins ( Mitch's son ; this was Jake Gyllenhaal's film debut at age 10 )

Recent motion pictures in which the agency has been involved in include Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duvall, and directed by Scott Cooper ; Richard Eyre ’ s The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney ; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, and Kim Cattrall ; James Toback's documentary Tyson, which was the official selection in Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and won a specially named " Knockout " prize ; Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won a special jury prize ; and The Women, directed by Diane English and starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Bette Midler.

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the indie film Sherrybaby ( 2006 ), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, the romantic comedy Trust the Man ( 2006 ), and big-budget films such as World Trade Center ( 2006 ) and The Dark Knight ( 2008 ).

Gyllenhaal was born in New York City to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal ( née Achs ).

Her father, who was raised in the Swedenborgian religion, is of Swedish and English ancestry, and is a member of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

Her last purely Swedish ancestor was her great-grandfather, a descendant of Leonard Gyllenhaal, a leading Swedenborgian who supported the printing and spreading of Swedenborg's writings.

" Her performance in the film was well received: David Germain of the Associated Press wrote, " Gyllenhaal humanizes her so deeply and richly ... that Sherry elicits sympathy even in her darkest and weakest moments ", and Dennis Harvey of Variety called her performance " naturalistic ".

Gyllenhaal acknowledged her character was a damsel in distress to an extent, but said director Christopher Nolan sought ways to empower her character, so " Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change " from the many conflicted characters she had previously portrayed.

Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News was less than enthusiastic about her performance, writing: " Gyllenhaal, who was so dynamic as a druggie in the film Sherrybaby, plays Yelena with a slow-mo saunter and monotonous pasted-on smile that makes it seem as if she's been in Sherry's stash.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone reported that Gyllenhaal was " funny, touching and vital as Jean " and that her part was " conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling.

The option to make Campbell's book into a feature film was purchased in 2007 by producer / director Stephen Gyllenhaal ( See: Grassroots ( film )).

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ).

* Maggie Gyllenhaal ( b. 1977 ), Academy Award-nominated American actress ( daughter of Stephen G .)

* Jake Gyllenhaal ( b. 1980 ), Academy Award-nominated American actor ( son of Stephen G .)

Gyllenhaal has also appeared in theatrical plays, including Closer ( 2000 ), and television productions, including Strip Search ( 2004 ).

In 2004 Gyllenhaal returned to theater in a Los Angeles production of Tony Kushner's Homebody / Kabul as Priscilla, the Homebody's daughter, who spends most of the play searching for her elusive mother in Kabul, Afghanistan.

* Jake Gyllenhaal ( June 2004, February 2007, May 2010 )

* The Day After Tomorrow ( 2004 ), starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal: When the world's climate goes into chaos causing freak weather all over the Northern Hemisphere, the government is evacuated.

In 2002, Christensen made his London theater debut co-starring with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Paquin in This Is Our Youth.

Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell.

In Middlesex, Virginia, on the night of October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donnie Darko ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who introduces himself as " Frank " and tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

His older sister, Elizabeth ( Maggie Gyllenhaal ), informs him the FAA investigators don't know where it came from.

It includes an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal, the screenplay of the Donnie Darko Director's Cut, an in-depth interview with Kelly, facsimile pages from the Philosophy of Time Travel, photos and drawings from the film, and artwork it inspired.

Also including commentaries from director Kelly and actor Gyllenhaal, Kelly and Kevin Smith, and Cast and Crew including Drew Barrymore.

Ron Howard made a cameo appearance in the 2009 music video for Jamie Foxx's song " Blame It " alongside Forrest Whittaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Joshua Jackson, Elijah Wood, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Brad Renfro were considered to play Gabriel Martin.

In conjunction with the parish priest and naturalist Clas Bjerkander, Dahl, Johan Abraham, etymologist Leonard Gyllenhaal, chemist Johan Afzelius, Daniel Naezén and Olof Knös founded " The Swedish Topographic Society in Skara " on December 13, 1769.

Other child actors who have continued their careers into adulthood include Christina Ricci, Macaulay Culkin and Jake Gyllenhaal.

She starred alongside Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhaal, playing Isabella El-Ibrahim, the pregnant wife of a bombing suspect.

After the finalization of Witherspoon's divorce in October 2007, Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon became more open with their relationship, particularly due to the release of paparazzi pictures that showed the couple vacationing together in Rome.

Other movies that were filmed partially in Santa Paula include The Philadelphia Experiment ( 1984 ), For Love of the Game ( 1999 ) Bubble Boy ( 2001 ) starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Bedtime Stories ( 2008 ) starring Adam Sandler.

* Waterland ( 1992 ), directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, is based on Graham Swift's book with the same title.

Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction-techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, written by Ben Ripley, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Russell Peters and Jeffrey Wright which employs the concepts of quantum reality and parallel universes.

She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal has been in a relationship with actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2002.

In 2006 the two became engaged, and Gyllenhaal gave birth to their daughter, Ramona, on October 3, 2006.