1977-03-24 ( 48 years old ) in 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) 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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Movies
Dreams
2025-02-15
Mothers' Instinct
2024-01-11
Memory
2023-12-22
Armageddon Time
2022-10-28
The Good Nurse
2022-10-19
The Forgiven
2022-07-01
The 355
2022-01-05
The Sands Between
2021-09-25
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021-09-17
Ava
2020-07-02
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020-06-19
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019-12-10
Very Ralph
2019-11-12
It Chapter Two
2019-09-04
This Changes Everything
2019-06-28
Dark Phoenix
2019-06-05
Half the Picture
2018-01-23
Spheres
2018-01-17
Family Feud
2018-01-04
Molly's Game
2017-12-07
Woman Walks Ahead
2017-09-10
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017-03-24
I Am Jane Doe
2017-02-10
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016-12-09
Miss Sloane
2016-11-25
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016-06-07
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016-04-06
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016-02-09
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016-02-09
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016-02-09
Crimson Peak
2015-10-13
The Martian
2015-09-30
Unity
2015-08-12
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015-03-31
A Most Violent Year
2014-12-31
Interstellar
2014-11-05
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014-11-05
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014-10-10
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014-10-10
Miss Julie
2014-09-07
Scripted Content
2014-06-01
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014-05-14
Wilde Salomé
2013-12-20
Salomé
2013-08-10
Seduced and Abandoned
2013-05-20
Mama
2013-01-17
Zero Dark Thirty
2012-12-19
The Color of Time
2012-11-16
Lawless
2012-08-29
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012-06-06
Touch of Evil
2011-12-06
Texas Killing Fields
2011-10-14
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011-10-11
Take Shelter
2011-09-30
The Help
2011-08-09
The Tree of Life
2011-05-17
Coriolanus
2011-02-14
Jolene
2010-10-29
The Debt
2010-09-30
The Westerner
2010-01-01
Stolen
2009-10-10
Dark Shadows
2005-07-01
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