Jessica Chastain
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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.
Known for
Credits
Interstellar (2014)
as Murph
The Martian (2015)
as Melissa Lewis
Other Mommy (2023)
as Ursula / Other Mommy
It Chapter Two (2019)
as Beverly Marsh
Dark Phoenix (2019)
as Vuk
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
as Gia (voice)
The Help (2011)
as Celia Foote
Crimson Peak (2015)
as Lady Lucille Sharpe
Molly's Game (2017)
as Molly Bloom
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
as Maya
A Most Violent Year (2014)
as Anna Morales
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
as Sara
Miss Sloane (2016)
as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Tree of Life (2011)
as Mrs. O'Brien
Ava (2020)
as Ava
The 355 (2022)
as Mason 'Mace' Brown
The Good Nurse (2022)
as Amy Loughren
Dreams (2025)
as Jennifer McCarthy
Mama (2013)
as Annabel
Take Shelter (2011)
as Samantha LaForche
Lawless (2012)
as Maggie Beauford
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
as Alice
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
as Antonina Żabińska
The Forgiven (2022)
as Jo Henninger
Armageddon Time (2022)
as Maryanne Trump
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as Catherine Weldon
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
as Tammy Faye Bakker
The Debt (2010)
as Young Rachel Singer
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
as Pam Stall
Miss Julie (2014)
as Miss Julie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
as Eleanor Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
as Eleanor Rigby
This Changes Everything (2019)
as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Letter Reader
Memory (2023)
as Sylvia
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour (2016)
as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Stolen (2009)
as Sally Ann
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)
as Eleanor Rigby
Family Feud (2018)
as Presidents' interviewer
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey (2014)
as Self
Coriolanus (2011)
as Virgilia
Salomé (2013)
as Salomé
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Inside 'Interstellar' (2015)
as Self / Murph
Seduced and Abandoned (2013)
as Self
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016)
as Self
My Darling California (—)
as Sharon Normandie
Very Ralph (2019)
as Self
The Color of Time (2012)
as Mrs. Williams
I Am Jane Doe (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends (2019)
as Self
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak (2016)
as Self
Wilde Salomé (2013)
as Self / Salomé
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
as Self
Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (2011)
as Self
I Remember Crimson Peak (2016)
as Herself
Jolene (2010)
as Jolene
The Westerner (2010)
as Daniel's Mother
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2025)
as Self
The Division (—)
Actor
Hand Tailored Gothic (2016)
as Self
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project (—)
Actor
Dark Shadows (2005)
as Carolyn Stoddard
Half the Picture (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' (2019)
as Self
Lear Rex (—)
as Goneril
Deck the Y'alls (—)
as Rachel Stein
Heartland (2026)
as Misty Jones
Seducing Ingrid Bergman (—)
as Ingrid Bergman
Plus One (—)
as Rachel
The Sands Between (2021)
as Woman
Assassination (—)
as Dorothy Kilgallen
I Am Not Alone (—)
Actor
This Is Pleasure (—)
as Margot
Spheres (2018)
as Narrator (Voice)
Losing Clementine (—)
as Clementine