Jessica Chastain
Born: 1977-03-24 in Southern California, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Chastain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- HIS & HERS ... (Executive Producer)
- Other Mommy as Ursula / Other Mommy
2025
- Dreams as Jennifer McCarthy
- The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as Self
- Family Recipe Showdown as Guest Judge
2024
- Mothers' Instinct as Alice
- Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye as Self
2023
- Memory as Sylvia
- Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
2022
- The 355 as Mason 'Mace' Brown
- Armageddon Time as Maryanne Trump
- The Good Nurse as Amy Loughren
- The Forgiven as Jo Henninger
- George & Tammy as Tammy Wynette
- Reframed: Marilyn Monroe as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Scenes from a Marriage as Mira Phillips
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker
- The Sands Between as Woman
2020
- Ava as Ava
- Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy as Self
2019
- It Chapter Two as Beverly Marsh
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Dark Phoenix as Vuk
- The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends as Self
- Very Ralph as Self
- This Changes Everything as Self
- The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' as Self
2018
- Family Feud as Presidents' interviewer
- Woman Walks Ahead as Catherine Weldon
- Half the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- Spheres as Narrator (Voice)
2017
- Molly's Game as Molly Bloom
- The Zookeeper's Wife as Antonina Żabińska
- I Am Jane Doe as Narrator (voice)
2016
- Chelsea as Self
- The Huntsman: Winter's War as Sara
- Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
- Miss Sloane as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
- The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
- The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak as Self
- Hand Tailored Gothic as Self
- I Remember Crimson Peak as Herself
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Martian as Melissa Lewis
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- Crimson Peak as Lady Lucille Sharpe
- Inside 'Interstellar' as Self / Murph
- ARES: live as Melissa Lewis
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Interstellar as Murph
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Miss Julie as Miss Julie
- A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as Eleanor Rigby
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him as Eleanor Rigby
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them as Eleanor Rigby
2013
- Mama as Annabel
- Wilde Salomé as Self / Salome
- Salomé as Salomé
- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Self - Letter Reader
- Seduced and Abandoned as Self
2012
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Gia (voice)
- Lawless as Maggie Beauford
- Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
- The Color of Time as Mrs. Williams
2011
- The Help as Celia Foote
- Take Shelter as Samantha LaForche
- The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
- Exploring 'The Tree of Life' as Self
- Texas Killing Fields as Pam Stall
- Coriolanus as Virgilia
2010
- Conan as Self
- The Debt as Young Rachel Singer
- Jolene as Jolene
- The Westerner as Daniel's Mother
- Agatha Christie's Poirot：Murder on the Orient Express as Mary Debenham
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Stolen as Sally Ann
2008
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Journeyman as Tanna Bloom
2006
- El hormiguero as Self
- 'Til Death as Hostess
- Blackbeard as Charlotte Ormand
2005
- Close to Home as Casey Wirth
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Sigrun Borg
- Dark Shadows as Carolyn Stoddard
2004
- Veronica Mars as Sarah Williams
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1994
- ER as Dahlia Taslitz
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mary Debenham
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self