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Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe in.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 16
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Margaret Ruth Gyllenhaal
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