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