Jessica Chastain
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.
Born: 24 March 1977
Played In
Other Mommy
Ursula / Other Mommy
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self (archive footage)
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Family Recipe Showdown
Guest Judge
Dreams
Jennifer McCarthy
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
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Mothers' Instinct
Alice
Memory
Sylvia
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
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George & Tammy
Tammy Wynette
Armageddon Time
Maryanne Trump
The Good Nurse
Amy Loughren
The Forgiven
Jo Henninger
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
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The 355
Mason 'Mace' Brown
The Sands Between
Woman
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye Bakker
Scenes from a Marriage
Mira Phillips
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Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
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The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
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Very Ralph
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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It Chapter Two
Beverly Marsh
This Changes Everything
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Dark Phoenix
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The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
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Woman Walks Ahead
Catherine Weldon
Half the Picture
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Family Feud
Presidents' interviewer
Molly's Game
Molly Bloom
The Zookeeper's Wife
Antonina Żabińska
I Am Jane Doe
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Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Miss Sloane
Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
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Chelsea
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The Huntsman: Winter's War
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The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
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I Remember Crimson Peak
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Hand Tailored Gothic
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Crimson Peak
Lady Lucille Sharpe
The Martian
Melissa Lewis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Unity
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Melissa Lewis
Inside 'Interstellar'
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A Most Violent Year
Anna Morales
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Interstellar
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Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Eleanor Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
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Miss Julie
Miss Julie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Eleanor Rigby
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
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Wilde Salomé
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Salomé
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
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Seduced and Abandoned
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Mama
Annabel
Zero Dark Thirty
Maya
The Color of Time
Mrs. Williams
Lawless
Maggie Beauford
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Gia (voice)
Texas Killing Fields
Pam Stall
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
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Take Shelter
Samantha LaForche
The Help
Celia Foote
The Tree of Life
Mrs. O'Brien
Coriolanus
Virgilia
Conan
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Jolene
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The Debt
Young Rachel Singer
The Westerner
Daniel's Mother
Stolen
Sally Ann
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
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Journeyman
Tanna Bloom
The Graham Norton Show
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El hormiguero
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'Til Death
Hostess
Blackbeard
Charlotte Ormand
Close to Home
Casey Wirth
Dark Shadows
Carolyn Stoddard
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Sigrun Borg
Veronica Mars
Sarah Williams
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The View
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Leute heute
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The Daily Show
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ER
Dahlia Taslitz
Late Show with David Letterman
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mary Debenham
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Goldene Kamera
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Saturday Night Live
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The Oscars
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I Am Not Alone
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Dorothy Kilgallen
Heartland
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My Darling California
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This Is Pleasure
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