Jessica Chastain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Southern California, California, USA
Biography
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and film producer. Known for her roles in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age. In 1998, she made her professional stage debut as Shakespeare's Juliet. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, including Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She also took on roles in the stage productions of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in 2004 and Oscar Wilde's tragedy Salome in 2006. Chastain made her film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained wide recognition for her starring roles in the dramas Take Shelter (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011). Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help (2011) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress in the same year. Her highest-grossing releases came with the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015), and the horror film It Chapter Two (2019), and she continued to receive critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017) and The Good Nurse (2022). For her portrayal of Tammy Faye in the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), which she also produced, Chastain won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In television, Chastain starred in drama miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy (2022). For the latter, she won a SAG Award. Her performance also garnered her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Chastain is the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which was created to promote diversity in film. She is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. She is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, with whom she has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Chastain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
I Am Not Alone
Movie
Plus One
Movie · as Rachel
Lear Rex
Movie · as Goneril
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Movie · as Ingrid Bergman
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Movie
Losing Clementine
Movie · as Clementine
Assassination
Movie · as Dorothy Kilgallen
Deck the Y'alls
Movie · as Rachel Stein
My Darling California
Movie · as Sharon Normandie
This Is Pleasure
Movie · as Margot
The Savant
TV · as The Savant · 8 eps
The Dealer
TV
The Off Weeks
TV · as Stella West
Nemesis
TV · 1 ep
Festival de Cine de San Sebastián
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
The Retrievals
TV · as Kaitlyn Langford · 1 ep
Other Mommy
Movie · as Ursula Martin / Other Mommy
Heartland
Movie · as Misty Jones
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le grand jeu de Jessica Chastain
Movie · as Self
Dreams
Movie · as Jennifer McCarthy
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Movie · as Self
Family Recipe Showdown
TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep
Mothers' Instinct
Movie · as Alice
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Memory
Movie · as Sylvia
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Armageddon Time
Movie · as Maryanne Trump
The 355
Movie · as Mason 'Mace' Brown
The Good Nurse
Movie · as Amy Loughren
The Forgiven
Movie · as Jo Henninger
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
George & Tammy
TV · as Tammy Wynette · 6 eps
The Sands Between
Movie · as Woman
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Movie · as Tammy Faye Bakker
Scenes from a Marriage
TV · as Mira Phillips · 5 eps
Ava
Movie · as Ava
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movie · as Self
Dark Phoenix
Movie · as Vuk
It Chapter Two
Movie · as Beverly Marsh
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Movie · as Self
Very Ralph
Movie · as Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spheres
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Half the Picture
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie · as Catherine Weldon
Family Feud
Movie · as Presidents' interviewer
The Zookeeper's Wife
Movie · as Antonina Żabińska
Molly's Game
Movie · as Molly Bloom
I Am Jane Doe
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Movie · as Sara
Miss Sloane
Movie · as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Movie · as Self
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Movie · as Self
Hand Tailored Gothic
Movie · as Self
I Remember Crimson Peak
Movie · as Herself
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie · as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Crimson Peak
Movie · as Lady Lucille Sharpe
The Martian
Movie · as Melissa Lewis
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Inside 'Interstellar'
Movie · as Self / Murph
ARES: live
TV · as Melissa Lewis · 6 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Movie · as Eleanor Rigby
Interstellar
Movie · as Murph
Miss Julie
Movie · as Miss Julie
A Most Violent Year
Movie · as Anna Morales
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Movie · as Eleanor Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Movie · as Eleanor Rigby
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Wilde Salomé
Movie · as Self / Salomé
Mama
Movie · as Annabel
Seduced and Abandoned
Movie · as Self
Salomé
Movie · as Salomé
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie · as Self - Letter Reader
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Movie · as Gia (voice)
Lawless
Movie · as Maggie Beauford
Zero Dark Thirty
Movie · as Maya
The Color of Time
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
The Tree of Life
Movie · as Mrs. O'Brien
Take Shelter
Movie · as Samantha LaForche
The Help
Movie · as Celia Foote
Texas Killing Fields
Movie · as Pam Stall
Coriolanus
Movie · as Virgilia
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Movie · as Self
Jolene
Movie · as Jolene
The Debt
Movie · as Young Rachel Singer
The Westerner
Movie · as Daniel's Mother
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Stolen
Movie · as Sally Ann
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Journeyman
TV · as Tanna Bloom · 1 ep
El hormiguero
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blackbeard
TV · as Charlotte Ormand · 2 eps
'Til Death
TV · as Hostess · 1 ep
Dark Shadows
Movie · as Carolyn Stoddard
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Sigrun Borg · 3 eps
Close to Home
TV · as Casey Wirth · 1 ep
Veronica Mars
TV · as Sarah Williams · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
ER
TV · as Dahlia Taslitz · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mary Debenham · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps