Trivia

The first six movies Gyllenhaal made were all directed by her father.


During the 2003 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal wore a peace sign pin in support of the organisation, Artists United to Win Without War.


Gyllenhaal has been in three movies with her brother Jake: ‘A Dangerous Woman’ (1993), ‘Homegrown’ (1998) and ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001).


Gyllenhaal’s mother is good friends, and was once the mentor of, Laurie Collyer, who wrote SherryBaby (2006) in which she stars.


Gyllenhaal and brother, Jake, attended Camp Walt Whitman, an outdoors summer camp in Western New Hampshire.


Gyllenhaal is of Swedish (noble) and Russian-Jewish descent.
 

 

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