Maggie Gyllenhaal and Carrie Fisher do not possess any blood ties; however, their looks somehow resemble each other.

Key Takeaways

• Maggie Gyllenhaal and Carrie Fisher have an uncanny resemblance despite being unrelated.
• Both hailed from families deeply rooted in the entertainment industry.
• Carrie made her mark as Princess Leia, while Maggie received acclaim for her directorial debut.

American actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal was born in New York City on November 16, 1977. She is the daughter of producer/screenwriter/director Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal.

On the contrary, the American actress and writer Carrie Fisher was born October 21, 1956, in Burbank, Los Angeles, to singer/actor Eddie Fisher and actress/comedian/businesswoman Debbie Reynolds.

As they look quite similar, Star Wars fans would love to see Maggie Gyllenhaal starring in one of the upcoming Star Wars franchises.

Movie Direction Was Always On Maggie’s Mind While She Was Working Under Others’s Direction

Maggie Gyllenhaal comes from a filmmaking family. Maggie’s ancestor, cavalry Lieutenant Nils Gunnarsson Haal, changed his surname to Gyllenhaal.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s father’s ancestry is Swedish, English, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, and distant Welsh and French, while her mother is Ashkenazi Jewish (from Latvia and Poland), Swedish, and English.

Naomi worked on the production staff for Sesame Street and The Electric Company and later on moved on to screenwriting. She debuted as a screenwriter for the 1986 film ”Violets Are Blue.’

Maggie’s father, Stephen, has been directing since 1979 and has worked in both film and TV series.

Naomi and Stephen tied the knot in 1977 and were married for more than 30 years before their divorce in 2009.

They shared two children, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal (born on December 19, 1980).

They raised their children in Los Angeles, but Naomi relocated to New York with Maggie and Jake after their divorce.

Despite their split, Maggie and Jake have maintained good relationships with both of their parents.

 

 

 

 

 

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Being the older sister, she has always been rooting for her little brother. Recently, she supported her brother, Jake, on her Instagram with the caption;

Maggie’s husband is American actor Peter Sarsgaard, whom she married on May 2, 2009. They have two daughters, Ramona Sarsgaard and Gloria Ray Sarsgaard.

As Maggie explains, her mother, Naomi, assisted her in dealing with the pressures of creating a work-life balance.

She considers her mother her “absolute lifesaver,” who took care of her daughters as a babysitter while she was working on her movie project.

For directing her first movie, ”The Lost Daughter (2021)” she was nominated for the 2022 Oscar Academy Awards, USA for Best Adapted Screenplay, which she directed during the pandemic.

Carrie Fisher Was Awarded On The ”Hollywood Walk of Fame”

Late actress Carrie Fisher is primarily remembered for portraying the rebel leader Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983).

Carrie passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, USA, at the age of 60, days after suffering a cardiac arrest caused by sleep apnea.

Her parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, married in 1955. They share two children: daughter Carrie Fisher and son Todd Fisher (born in 1958).

Her parents’ marriage was over when she was a toddler after her father had an affair with Elizabeth Taylor. Carrie was largely raised by her mother, Debbie Reynolds.

Carrie’s father, Eddie, died on September 22, 2010, in Berkeley, California, USA, after his hip surgery complications.

Carrie was married to Paul Simon on August 16, 1983. In May 1984, she suffered an ectopic pregnancy. After a few months, sadly, they split up in July 1984.

Carrie Fisher and talent agent Bryan Lourd have a daughter, Billie Lourd (Billie Catherine Lourd), born on July 17, 1992. Fisher and Lourd never married.

Carrie’s older half-sisters are Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher’s older half-sister. Also, she is the half-sister-in-law of Christopher Duddy and Byron Thames.

She had two grandchildren: grandson Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell (born September 24, 2020) and granddaughter Jackson Joanne Lourd Rydell (born December 12, 2022) via daughter Billie Lourd and son-in-law Austin Rydell.

After Carrie’s demise, she was awarded a 2,754th star on the ”Hollywood Walk of Fame” at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on May 4, 2023, in the category of Motion Pictures.

In Case You Didn’t Know

• The Dark Knight (2008), which starred Maggie Gyllenhaal, has been selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.
• Maggie and Jake were featured in some of their parents’ projects as kids. Maggie debuted her film at 15 in her father’s 1992 movie Waterland, while the whole family worked on the 1993 film A Dangerous Woman.
• Carrie Fisher appeared in two films nominated for Best Picture Oscars: Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).
• Fisher was also a novelist and script doctor. She is the author of her novel, “The Best Awful,” along with her autobiography, “The Princess Diarist (2016).”
• Carrie was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983).