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Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Birthday: 1977-03-24 | Place of Birth: Southern California, California, USA

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). 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. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Forgiven

as    Jo Henninger

2022
The 355

as    Mason 'Mace' Brown

2022
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

as    Narrator (voice)

2021
Scenes from a Marriage

as    Mira Phillips

2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

as    Tammy Faye Bakker

2021
The Sands Between

as    Woman

2020
Ava

as    Ava

2019
It Chapter Two

as    Beverly Marsh

2019
Dark Phoenix

as    Vuk

2017
The Zookeeper's Wife

as    Antonina Żabińska

2017
Woman Walks Ahead

as    Catherine Weldon

2017
Molly's Game

as    Molly Bloom

2016
I Remember Crimson Peak

as    Herself

2016
Miss Sloane

as    Madeline Elizabeth Sloane

2016
2015
Crimson Peak

as    Lady Lucille Sharpe

2015
The Martian

as    Melissa Lewis

2014
A Most Violent Year

as    Anna Morales

2014
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

as    Eleanor Rigby

2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

as    Eleanor Rigby

2014
Miss Julie

as    Miss Julie

2014
Interstellar

as    Murph

2014
2013
Mama

as    Annabel

2013
2013
Seduced and Abandoned

as    Self