Marcia Gay Harden

Graduated from Surrattsville Sr. High in Clinton, Maryland . Laura Wright also graduated from Surrattsville H.S., but in 1988.

Graduated from Surrattsville Sr. High in Clinton, Maryland (1976). Laura Wright also graduated from Surrattsville H.S., but in 1988.

Graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in theater and earned an MFA from the graduate theater program at New York University.

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.

MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts .

MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1988).

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for Tony Kushner's "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches."

Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for Tony Kushner's "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches."

Since the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) started giving out competitive awards, in 1994, she is the only performer to win an Academy Award without being nominated for the same performance at the SAG.

When she first saw her future husband on the set of The Spitfire Grill , she asked her co-star, Ellen Burstyn, her opinion of him. Ellen didn't think he was Marcia's type. Fortuneately, Marcia didn't take her advice. Ellen became godmother of Marcia's three children.

When she first saw her future husband on the set of The Spitfire Grill (1996), she asked her co-star, Ellen Burstyn, her opinion of him. Ellen didn't think he was Marcia's type. Fortunately, Marcia didn't take her advice. Ellen became godmother of Marcia's three children.

She and her husband, Thaddaeus Scheel, have three children: a daughter, Eulala Scheel, born in September 1998, and twins, a boy named Hudson Harden Scheel and a girl named Julitta Dee Harden Scheel, born on 22 April 2004 in New York.

Gave birth to her first child at age 39, a daughter Eulala Grace Scheel (aka Eulala Scheel) in September 1998. Child's father is her ex-husband, Thaddaeus Scheel.

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.

She was the first University of Texas at Austin graduate to win an Oscar. She won for Best Supporting Actress in 2001 for Pollock (2000). The second UT grad to win was Renée Zellweger in 2004.

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.

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.

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.

Gave birth to twins (her second and third child) at age 44, a son Hudson Scheel Harden and a daughter Julitta Dee Scheel on April 22, 2004. Children's father is her ex-husband, Thaddaeus Scheel.

Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2005 in Austin, Texas.

Ms. Harden was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 2008.

She was awarded the 2009 Tony Award for Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "God of Carnage" on Broadway in New York City.

She was awarded the 2009 Tony Award for Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "God of Carnage" on Broadway in New York City.

She was the 2010 Spring Commencement speaker at the University of Texas at Austin.

Filed for divorce from her husband Thaddaeus Scheel after 15 years of marriage [February 2012].