Jessica Chastain

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.

Mothers' Instinct
2024
Producer
The 355
2022
Producer
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
Producer
The Sands Between
2021
Woman
Ava
2020
Producer
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
Executive Producer
I Am Jane Doe
2017
Executive Producer
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
Producer
Armageddon Time
2022
Maryanne Trump
Crimson Peak
2015
Lady Lucille Sharpe
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
Producer
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
Producer
Interstellar
2014
Murph
Miss Julie
2014
Miss Julie
Wilde Salomé
2013
Self / Salome
Mama
2013
Annabel
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Self
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Gia (voice)
Lawless
2012
Maggie Beauford
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
Maya
Take Shelter
2011
Samantha LaForche
The Help
2011
Celia Foote
The Westerner
2010
Producer
Painkiller Jane

Producer
Seducing Ingrid Bergman

Producer
Dreams
2025
Executive Producer
Memory
2023
Sylvia
The Good Nurse
2022
Amy Loughren
The Forgiven
2022
Jo Henninger
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020
Self
Dark Phoenix
2019
Vuk
It Chapter Two
2019
Beverly Marsh
This Changes Everything
2019
Self
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019
Self
Very Ralph
2019
Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
Self
Spheres
2018
Narrator (Voice)
Half the Picture
2018
Self (archive footage)
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
Catherine Weldon
Family Feud
2018
Presidents' interviewer
Molly's Game
2017
Molly Bloom
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
Sara
Miss Sloane
2016
Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
Self
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016
Herself
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016
Self
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016
Self
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Self - Unapologetic Bitch
The Martian
2015
Melissa Lewis
Unity
2015
Narrator (voice)
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015
Self / Murph
A Most Violent Year
2014
Anna Morales
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
Self
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Narrator (voice)
Salomé
2013
Salomé
The Color of Time
2012
Mrs. Williams
The Tree of Life
2011
Mrs. O'Brien
Texas Killing Fields
2011
Pam Stall
Coriolanus
2011
Virgilia
Plus One

Rachel
Lear Rex

Goneril
Touch of Evil
2011
The Fire Starter
Jolene
2010
Jolene
The Debt
2010
Young Rachel Singer
Stolen
2009
Sally Ann
Dark Shadows
2005
Carolyn Stoddard