What I’ve learnt: Maggie Gyllenhaal

‘Parts of us are beautiful and parts of us are ugly. I’m trying to embrace the ugly parts’
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, 36, starred in the Batman film The Dark Knight and has been nominated twice for Golden Globes for her roles in Secretary and Sherrybaby. Most recently she starred as Nessa Stein in The Honourable Woman. She lives in New York with her husband, actor Peter Sarsgaard, and their two daughters, Ramona and Gloria Ray.

Charred ants taste like lemon. My husband and I went to Noma in Copenhagen recently, which is “the best restaurant in the world”. At one point I was given a live langoustine, then raw beef with charred ants on it. They were delicious – much easier for me to eat than the langoustine. I’m not equipped to judge that kind of food, but I was curious.