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Marcia to reprise "Law & Order" character
Date added: 2005-11-11
According to TV Guide, Marcia will be reprising her guest appearance role on "Law & Order SVU" later this season. Click here to read more at TVGuide.com, but beware that they give out spoilers on her character ;-)

Marcia auctions signed charity boots on eBay
Date added: 2005-11-04
To support the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Marcia auctions a couple of signed UGG boots at Ebay. The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to find cures for children with catastrophic illnesses through research and treatment. Learn more about the hospital at their Official Website.

Marcia Gay Harden joins "The Invisible"
Date added: 2005-10-10
Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of supernatural drama Invisible for Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment, reports Variety. She joins Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva and Chris Marquette in the film, directed by Batman Begins screenwriter David S. Goyer. Invisible is based on a Swedish supernatural thriller. Mick Davis wrote the original screenplay in English before it was translated to Swedish. Christine Roum revised the script for Spyglass. Chatwin will play a young man who is attacked and left for dead, then finds himself in limbo, invisible to the living and racing against time to find his body before he truly perishes. The only person who may be able to save him is his attacker, a troubled girl (Levieva) on the run from the law.

Marcia to guest-star on "Law & Order Special Victims Unit"
Date added: 2005-09-23
US broadcaster NBC has announced that its drama show Law & Order brand will celebrate its 600th combined episode next month. On the heels of its sixth and highest-rated season to date Law & Order: Special Victims Unit returns on 20 September. With a succession of episodes touching on hot-button social issues SVU features an array of guest stars including Marcia Gay Harden, Lynda Carter, Mary Stuart Masterson and Teri Garr. Read more

Harden's "Hoax" appearance confirmed
Date added: 2005-08-22
As it was previously mentioned by the Hollywood Reporter, Marcia has been now spotted on the set of "Hoax", so her appearance as Richard Gere's wife Edith Irving is official :-) The movie will be released in 2006. All info on the film are in the Career section. Thanks Erin for the confirming the news.

Marcia to lend her voice to "Willa Cather"
Date added: 2005-08-09
American Masters presents "Willa Cather: The Road Is All", the story of the famous author of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "One of Ours". The film premieres on PBS Wednesday, September 7, 2005. Actor David Strathairn narrates. Actress Marcia Gay Harden is the voice of Cather. The complete press release can be read at PBS. Many thanks to Andrea for the info :-)

Marcia Gay Harden to play First Lady in "American Dreamz"
Date added: 2005-08-01
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden has joined writer/director Paul Weitz's American Dreamz at Universal Pictures. Harden will play the first lady opposite Dennis Quaid's president. Already cast are Hugh Grant, Richard Dreyfuss, Willem Dafoe and Mandy Moore. Weitz is producing with his brother Chris Weitz and their producing partner Andrew Miano through their Depth of Field production company. Dafoe will play the role of vice president Sutter in the film, described as a satire of American politics and show business.

"Felicity" to be released this November
Date added: 2005-07-15
"Felicity: An American Girl Adventures", The WB Network's second original television movie based on the popular American Girl characters will premiere on Tuesday, November 29 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET), it was announced by David Janollari, President, Entertainment, The WB. As with the first movie in the American Girl series, The WB has partnered with executive producer Julia Roberts, Revolution Studios, Red Om Films, and American Girl, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. to produce "Felicity". The film stars Marcia Gay Harden, John Schneider and Shailene Woodley. Full story and synopsis can be read at The Futon Critic.

Marcia mentioned to star in "The Hoax"
Date added: 2005-07-14
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney Studios has picked up domestic distribution rights to director Lasse Hallstrom's upcoming drama "Hoax." The deal was announced Wednesday by Bob Yari, principal and founder of the Yari Film Group. The film, starring Richard Gere, centers on Clifford Irving, who wrote a bogus biography of Howard Hughes and sold it to McGraw-Hill in the early '70s. Alfred Molina will play Richard Suskind, Irving's accomplice in pulling off the media hoax, while Marcia Gay Harden will star as Irving's wife, Edith. Full story can be read here.

Marcia reads at an Evening of Unusual Love Stories
Date added: 2005-06-23
Actors Marcia Gay Harden, David Strathairn, Samantha Mathis and Andrew McCarthy, among ohters, will take part in Word Theatre's An Evening of Unusual Love Stories, a series of readings to benefit the Pushcart Prize Fellowship in East Hampton, NY. Marcia is going to read "Reading in his Wake" by Pamela Painter. More information can be found at their Official Website. Thanks to Andrea for the news.

Actors Freeman and Harden host Laureus Sports Awards
Date added: 2005-05-12
Oscar-winning actors Morgan Freeman and Marcia Gay Harden will host the Sixth Annual Laureus World Sports Awards on May 16, 2005, in Portugal. Actors such as Teri Hatcher, Woody Harrelson and Joely Richardson. Marcia made a previous appearance at the event in 2001. More info can be found at http://www.laureus.com/index.php.

Harden and Goodman join special reading
Date added: 2005-03-30
Marcia Gay Harden and John Goodman have joined the star-studded cast of a special reading of two plays. "Theater of the New Ear" will feature performances - which will be taped for later broadcast on satellite radio - in New York City on 28-30 April (05). Harden and Goodman will join Steve Buscemi, Hope Davis, Peter Dinklage, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brooke Smith and Meryl Streep in a reading of "Sawbones" by film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen and "Hope leaves the Theater", by Charlie Kaufman. The performances will be accompanied by a eight-piece band.

"Bad News Bears" trailer launched
Date added: 2005-03-04
The first trailer of "The Bad News Bears" is online and can be watched over at AOL.com. There's glimpse of Marcia at the end of it. Looks more like a teaser, though. The Official Site is also up at www.badnewsbears-movie.com.

Harden to make Philharmonic debut
Date added: 2005-03-03
Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden is taking to the stage this month to make her New York Philharmonic debut. The "Pollock" star is among the ensemble cast performing a semi-staged version of Mendelsshohn's complete incidental music to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Philharmonic performances at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan are scheduled for tomorrow (17 March 2005), Saturday (19 March 2005) and Tuesday (22 March 2005).

Marcia Gay Harden to receive Texas Hall of Fame Award
Date added: 2005-03-02
Marcia Gay Harden will be among the recipients of the 2005 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards. The accolade will be handed out to Lauren Bacall, Irma P. Hall, Dennis Quaid and Robert Rodriguez later this March

Harden to read in Adams to benefit Topia Arts Center
Date added: 2005-02-16
Oscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden will visit Adams to raise funds for the town’s new Topia Arts Center. She will be reading Tony Kusher’s (Tony Pulitzer prize-winning author of Angels in America) new play called "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall be Unhappy", a thought provoking play about the Iraqi children. Joining her are actors David Strathairn and Ajay Naidu.