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.
Dark Shadows
(Carolyn Stoddard)
The Sands Between
(Woman)
The Tree of Life
(Mrs. O'Brien)
I Am Not Alone
Jolene
(Jolene)
Stolen
(Sally Ann)
Take Shelter
(Samantha LaForche)
The Debt
(Young Rachel Singer)
The Help
(Celia Foote)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
(Gia (voice))
Lawless
(Maggie Beauford)
Texas Killing Fields
(Pam Stall)
Wilde Salomé
(Self / Salome)
Dreams
Zero Dark Thirty
(Maya)
Coriolanus
(Virgilia)
Mama
(Annabel)
Armageddon Time
(Maryanne Trump)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
(Eleanor Rigby)
Interstellar
(Murph)
Crimson Peak
(Lady Lucille Sharpe)
Seduced and Abandoned
(Self)
Miss Julie
(Miss Julie)
The Color of Time
(Mrs. Williams)
Memory
(Sylvia)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
(Narrator (voice))
Salomé
(Salomé)
A Most Violent Year
(Anna Morales)
The Westerner
(Daniel's Mother)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
(Eleanor Rigby)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
(Eleanor Rigby)
The Zookeeper's Wife
(Antonina Żabińska)
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
(Self)
The Martian
(Melissa Lewis)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
(Sara)
Plus One
(Rachel)
Lear Rex
(Goneril)
Unity
(Narrator (voice))
Spheres
(Narrator (Voice))
Touch of Evil
(The Fire Starter)
Miss Sloane
(Madeline Elizabeth Sloane)
Scripted Content
(Herself)
Half the Picture
(Self (archive footage))
Molly's Game
(Molly Bloom)
Woman Walks Ahead
(Catherine Weldon)
I Am Jane Doe
(Narrator (voice))
Dark Phoenix
(Vuk)
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
(Ingrid Bergman)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
(Self)
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
It Chapter Two
(Beverly Marsh)
The 355
(Mason 'Mace' Brown)
Inside 'Interstellar'
(Self / Murph)
Ava
(Ava)
The Good Nurse
(Amy Loughren)
This Changes Everything
(Self)
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
(Self)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(Tammy Faye Bakker)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
(Self)
Very Ralph
(Self)
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
(Self)
I Remember Crimson Peak
(Herself)
Hand Tailored Gothic
(Self)
Losing Clementine
(Clementine)
The Summers of It – Chapter Two: It Ends
(Self)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
(Self)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
(Self - Unapologetic Bitch)
Mothers' Instinct
(Alice)
The Forgiven
(Jo Henninger)
Assassination
(Dorothy Kilgallen)
The Division
Family Feud
(Presidents' interviewer)
Veronica Mars
(Sarah Williams)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(Sigrun Borg)
The Savant
(The Savant)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self - Guest)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
(Self)
El hormiguero
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
(Narrator (voice))
Chelsea
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Blackbeard
(Charlotte Ormand)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Leute heute
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
ARES: live
(Melissa Lewis)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
ER
(Dahlia Taslitz)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
(Self)
Journeyman
(Tanna Bloom)
George & Tammy
(Tammy Wynette)
Scenes from a Marriage
(Mira Phillips)
Conan
(Self)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(Mary Debenham)
Mothers' Instinct
(Producer)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
(Producer)
The Honeymoon
(Producer)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
(Producer)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
(Producer)
The Westerner
(Producer)
The Zookeeper's Wife
(Executive Producer)
Painkiller Jane
(Producer)
I Am Jane Doe
(Executive Producer)
I Am Not Alone
(Producer)
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
(Producer)
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
(Producer)
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
(Story)
The 355
(Producer)
Ava
(Producer)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(Producer)
George & Tammy
(Executive Producer)
Scenes from a Marriage
(Executive Producer)
The Savant
(Executive Producer)
His & Hers
(Executive Producer)