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