Biography
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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Filmography
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Movies 73
self 41
TV Shows 35
Producer 6
Narrator 1
Voice 1
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye (2024)
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
Memory (2023)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023)
George & Tammy (2022)
Armageddon Time (2022)
The Good Nurse (2022)
The Forgiven (2022)
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
The 355 (2022)
The Sands Between (2021)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
Ava (2020)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
The Summers of IT: Chapter One (2019)
The Summers of IT: Chapter Two (2019)
Very Ralph (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
It Chapter Two (2019)
This Changes Everything (2019)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' (2019)
Spheres (2018)
Molly's Game (2017)
Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
I am Little Red (2017)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
I Am Jane Doe (2017)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour (2016)
Miss Sloane (2016)
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Hand Tailored Gothic (2016)
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak (2016)
I Remember Crimson Peak (2016)
Crimson Peak (2015)
The Martian (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Unity (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
ARES: live (2015)
Inside 'Interstellar' (2015)
A Most Violent Year (2014)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
Miss Julie (2014)
Scripted Content (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Wilde Salomé (2013)
Salomé (2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
Seduced and Abandoned (2013)
Mama (2013)
Revealed (2013)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The Color of Time (2012)
Lawless (2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Touch of Evil (2011)
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)
The Help (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Coriolanus (2011)
Conan (2010)
Jolene (2010)
The Debt (2010)
The Westerner (2010)
Stolen (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)
Journeyman (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
El hormiguero (2006)
Blackbeard (2006)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Veronica Mars (2004)
Dark Shadows (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The View (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
ER (1994)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
The Oscars (1953)
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
The Savant
Lear, Rex
Losing Clementine
I Am Not Alone
The Division
Dreams
The Honeymoon
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Plus One
Painkiller Jane
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1977-03-24 (47 years old)
Birth NameJessica Michelle Chastain
Birth PlaceSacramento, United States
LifestyleVegetarianism
Height64-inch
SpouseGian Luca Passi de Preposulo
ChildrenGiulietta Passi di Preposulo
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsДжессика Честейн, جيسيكا شاستاين, 제시카 채스테인, ジェシカ・チャステイン, 杰西卡·查斯坦, 제시카 차스테인, Τζέσικα Τσάστεϊν, Џесика Частејн, Джессіка Честейн, Джэсіка Чэстэйн, Jessica Michelle Chastain, 劳模姐, ჯესიკა ჩესტეინი
AwardsSilver Shell for Best Leading Performance, Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Saturn Award, Academy Award for Best Actress
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