Join us at The Wallis for An Evening With… writer, director, producer and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, discussing the choices she’s made and chances she’s taken throughout her celebrated, daring and multifaceted career that have shaped and prepared her for her upcoming directorial debut, The Lost Daughter.

Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt (Journalist, Fortune, New York, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times; Host, Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale aftershow and the National Geographic Channel podcast, The Making Of).

Attending Arts Circle Members are invited to join us for an intimate pre-reception in The Wallis Wells Family Education Courtyard starting at 6:30pm, prior to showtime.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose award-winning career as an actress is full of groundbreaking and thought-provoking performances, is making her directorial debut with her screen adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Lost Daughter (starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Jessie Buckley).

Gyllenhaal won acclaim in 2002 for Secretary, starring opposite James Spader, for which she won a National Board of Review award and received both Golden Globe® and Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. She followed with Laurie Collyer’s Sherrybaby (2006), a painful look at a young woman getting out of prison and hoping to reclaim her child, which earned her a second Golden Globe® nomination. In 2009, she starred opposite Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, earning her an Oscar® nomination. Other notable film performances include Donnie Darko (2001), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Stranger Than Fiction (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Nanny McPhee Returns (2010), Frank (2014) and The Kindergarten Teacher (2018), among many others.

Gyllenhaal moved into television with BBC/Sundance’s The Honorable Woman (2014), for which she won a Golden Globe Award®, and received SAG and Emmy® nominations. And in 2019, Gyllenhaal concluded her three-season run as the sex worker Candy, who becomes a film director, in the HBO drama The Deuce, which she also produced. Her performance earned her rave reviews, and both Golden Globe® and Critics Choice Award nominations.

She’s equally at home on stage. She played Priscilla in Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul (2004) in both Los Angeles and at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). She also starred as Yelena in Uncle Vanya (2009) and Masha in The Three Sisters (2011), both alongside her husband Peter Sarsgaard in Austin Pendleton’s productions at the Classic Stage Company. She debuted on Broadway in Sam Gold’s revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing opposite Ewan McGregor in 2014.

Her readings of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar can be heard on Audible. She also collaborated with artist Matthew Barney on the experimental film River of Fundament in 2014.

Gyllenhaal graduated from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

About The Lost Daughter
Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother (Dakota Johnson) and daughter as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship (and their raucous and menacing extended family), Leda is overwhelmed by her own memories of the terror, confusion, and intensity of early motherhood. An impulsive act shocks Leda into the strange and ominous world of her own mind, where she is forced to face the unconventional choices she made as a young mother, and their consequences.

The Lost Daughter will be showing in select theaters December 17, then available to stream on Netflix December 31.
 

Pricing

$30 for Film Independent Members, $40 for the general public. Proof of Member status is required to reserve tickets at the Member price; limit two tickets per order.

Members and the general public may purchase tickets starting at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, November 2.
 

Tickets

Tickets may be purchased in person, over the phone, or directly through The Wallis website below:

Film Independent Member ticketing

Non-Member ticketing
 
For additional information, or to get in touch with The Wallis box office, visit thewallis.org/contactus.
 

Safety/Event Policies

Upon entry on The Wallis’ campus (indoor or outdoor), all audience members for any programming will be required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, or proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the performance date.

All patrons, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to properly wear a face mask over both the nose and mouth upon entering The Wallis’ indoor and outdoor spaces, for the duration of their visit. The Wallis’ health and safety protocols are also subject to change at the venue’s sole discretion, or in accordance with LA County and City of Beverly Hills regulations.

Availability window and registration capacity may vary; always register as early as possible. All ticket sales are final; no refunds or exchanges.

Attendees must follow all rules and guidelines as laid out by Film Independent and/or its partners. If a guest has been registered for an event by a Member, these policies shall apply to that guest. Violation of written policies and/or staff instructions may result in removal from the venue and/or suspension or termination of Membership/access to future events.

Event details and guest participation are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.
 

Accessibility

Wheelchair seating is available at all levels. Please be sure to mention your needs when purchasing tickets to allow an appropriate location to be reserved for you.

If you have already purchased your tickets but need assistance, please contact The Wallis Ticket Services at 310-746-4000 for personal assistance.
 

Parking

Parking is available in the underground garage (450 N. Crescent Dr.) with entrances on Crescent Dr. and S. Santa Monica Blvd.

$5 flat rate before 6:00 pm; $8 flat rate after 6:00 pm

View directions/additional info at thewallis.org.