Following '' Happy Endings '' , she starred in the 2006 films '' Trust the Man '' , '' Stranger than Fiction '' , '' Monster House '' , '' World Trade Center '' , and '' Sherrybaby '' . In '' Trust the Man '' , featuring Julianne Moore , David Duchovny , and Billy Crudup , she played Elaine , who has been dating Tobey , Crudup 's character , for seven years and has begun to feel that it is time for her to settle down and start a family . The film was critically and financially unsuccessful . Ethan Alter of '' Premiere '' felt that the performances by Gyllenhaal and Duchovny were " much more at ease " and concluded with " that 's probably because they 're played these characters many times before " . In '' Stranger than Fiction '' , Gyllenhaal played a love interest of Harold Crick , played by Will Ferrell . Her performance in the film received favorable reviews ; Mike Straka of Fox News wrote : " Gyllenhaal has never been sexier in any film before and her interplay with Ferrell will propel her to more A-list films , leaving her indie-darling days behind , no doubt . " She voiced Elizabeth " Zee " in the computer animated horror film '' Monster House '' . Gyllenhaal played Allison Jimeno , the wife of Port Authority officer Will Jimeno , in Oliver Stone 's '' World Trade Center '' , based on the September 11 attacks in New York City . She regarded this as " one of the films she most enjoyed making " . The film received favorable reviews and proved to be an international success , earning US$ 162 million worldwide
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Maggie Gyllenhaal