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.
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Plus One
as Rachel
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
as Ingrid Bergman
My Darling California
as Sharon Normandie
The Savant
as The Savant
Other Mommy
as Ursula / Other Mommy
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self (archive footage)
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
as Self
Family Recipe Showdown
as Guest Judge
Dreams
as Jennifer McCarthy
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
as Self
Mothers' Instinct
as Alice
Memory
as Sylvia
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
George & Tammy
as Tammy Wynette
Armageddon Time
as Maryanne Trump
The Good Nurse
as Amy Loughren
The Forgiven
as Jo Henninger
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
as Narrator (voice)
The 355
as Mason 'Mace' Brown
The Sands Between
as Woman
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Tammy Faye Bakker
Scenes from a Marriage
as Mira Phillips
Ava
as Ava
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self
Very Ralph
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
It Chapter Two
as Beverly Marsh
This Changes Everything
as Self
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
as Self
Woman Walks Ahead
as Catherine Weldon
Half the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
Spheres
as Narrator (Voice)
Family Feud
as Presidents' interviewer
Molly's Game
as Molly Bloom
The Zookeeper's Wife
as Antonina Żabińska
I Am Jane Doe
as Narrator (voice)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Miss Sloane
as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
as Self
Chelsea
as Self
The Huntsman: Winter's War
as Sara
I Remember Crimson Peak
as Herself
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
as Self
Hand Tailored Gothic
as Self
Crimson Peak
as Lady Lucille Sharpe
The Martian
as Melissa Lewis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
ARES: live
as Melissa Lewis
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self / Murph
A Most Violent Year
as Anna Morales
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Eleanor Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Eleanor Rigby
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Eleanor Rigby
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Wilde Salomé
as Self / Salomé
Salomé
as Salomé
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self
Mama
as Annabel
Zero Dark Thirty
as Maya
The Color of Time
as Mrs. Williams
Lawless
as Maggie Beauford
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Gia (voice)
Texas Killing Fields
as Pam Stall
Take Shelter
as Samantha LaForche
The Help
as Celia Foote
The Tree of Life
as Mrs. O'Brien
Coriolanus
as Virgilia
Conan
as Self - Guest
Jolene
as Jolene
The Debt
as Young Rachel Singer
The Westerner
as Daniel's Mother
Stolen
as Sally Ann
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self
Journeyman
as Tanna Bloom
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
El hormiguero
as Self
'Til Death
as Hostess
Blackbeard
as Charlotte Ormand
Close to Home
as Casey Wirth
Dark Shadows
as Carolyn Stoddard
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Sigrun Borg
Veronica Mars
as Sarah Williams
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self - Guest
Leute heute
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
ER
as Dahlia Taslitz
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mary Debenham
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Unknown
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Oscars
as Self