Why was Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughter Ramona Sarsgaard arrested? Complete details explored

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s daughter, Ramona Sarsgaard, has reportedly been apprehended. Sarsgaard was given a desk appearance ticket following the anti-Israel demonstration at Columbia University.

The incident happened on the evening of May 7, 2025, when the students were preparing for their final exams in the library. As per reports, Ramona Sarsgaard, a student at Columbia College, was one of the 80 agitators arrested in the demonstration at the university’s Butler Library.

Upon entering the place, they displayed signboards with the words “Columbia Will Burn.” According to a student, Eden Yadegar:

“Not only was it absolutely shocking and intimidating but it was disrupting one of the most basic functions of the university.”

Two school safety officers were injured in the mayhem. The protestors forcefully entered the library, disregarding the security personnel. According to the New York Post, the arrested students were zip-tied and boarded into the police vehicles.

Maggie Gyllenhaal played the role of Nessa Stein in the 2014 mini-series The Honourable Woman. The series explored certain aspects of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in 2014, Maggie Gyllenhaal said:

“I just mean it can be so difficult to have a conversation about what is happening in Israel and Palestine right now. [The show] very consciously does not take a side; it doesn’t say, ‘We believe this, and we don’t believe that.’”

She went on:

“We lay out aspects of the conflict, and we ask the audience to think and feel for themselves. I’m really hungry for that, and I bet a lot of other people are too.”

Maggie Gyllenhaal took an interest in Ramona Sarsgaard’s academic life

Ramona Sarsgaard was born to Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard in 2006. According to Us Weekly, her daughters, including Ramona, have mostly stayed away from public attention. However, in 2022, she accompanied her mother to the Paris Fashion Week. Speaking at an event in 2019, the actress said:

“My daughter [Ramona], who’s going into eighth grade, is so far beyond my math ability that I can’t help her. [But she] is really, like, a notably excellent student and there are places where I can really help her. I love to read her essays. … I studied literature. I love talking about the books she’s reading.”

Maggie Gyllenhaal shared that her husband was passionate about music. He believed that understanding and playing music was just as important as any school subject.

While she admitted she could only read music at a very basic level, her husband had the patience and dedication to teach their daughters how to play instruments. Meanwhile, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, previously spoke about his nieces, saying:

“My sister has raised two extraordinary daughters. They are so well behaved and they are so thoughtful and they are so observant of the world around them and I’m so proud of not only them but my sister as a mother. When they come to me I get two great girls [but], you know, at the end of the day there are times where it’s not bad to hand them back.”

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As many as 65 students faced temporary suspensions by the Morningside Heights school, although it’s unclear if Ramona Sarsgaard was one of those. Besides that, individuals from the affiliate institutions and former students have been prevented from entering the campus.

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