When her acting career didn't take off as quickly as she wanted, she completed her MFA at New York University. In college, Harden decided she would be an actress, earning her Bachelor's in theater. She grew up in Japan, Greece, Germany and various places about the United States, always the new kid in a new school in a new town. Marcia Gay Harden was raised in an itinerant military family. Executive summary: Verna in Miller's Crossing
