Acting
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.
Filmography
Other Mommy
Film · 2026
Heartland
Film · 2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Film · 2026
Dreams
Film · 2025
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Film · 2025
Family Recipe Showdown
Series · 2025
Mothers' Instinct
Film · 2024
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
Series · 2024
Memory
Film · 2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Series · 2023
Armageddon Time
Film · 2022
The 355
Film · 2022
The Good Nurse
Film · 2022
The Forgiven
Film · 2022
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Series · 2022
George & Tammy
Series · 2022
The Sands Between
Film · 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Film · 2021
Scenes from a Marriage
Series · 2021
Ava
Film · 2020
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Film · 2020
Dark Phoenix
Film · 2019
It Chapter Two
Film · 2019
This Changes Everything
Film · 2019
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Film · 2019
Very Ralph
Film · 2019
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Spheres
Film · 2018
Half the Picture
Film · 2018
Woman Walks Ahead
Film · 2018
Family Feud
Film · 2018
The Zookeeper's Wife
Film · 2017
Molly's Game
Film · 2017
I Am Jane Doe
Film · 2017
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Film · 2016
Miss Sloane
Film · 2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Film · 2016
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Film · 2016
Hand Tailored Gothic
Film · 2016
I Remember Crimson Peak
Film · 2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Film · 2016
Chelsea
Series · 2016
Crimson Peak
Film · 2015
The Martian
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
Inside 'Interstellar'
Film · 2015
ARES: live
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Film · 2014
Interstellar
Film · 2014
Miss Julie
Film · 2014
A Most Violent Year
Film · 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Film · 2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Film · 2014
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Wilde Salomé
Film · 2013
Mama
Film · 2013
Seduced and Abandoned
Film · 2013
Salomé
Film · 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Film · 2012
Lawless
Film · 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Film · 2012
The Color of Time
Film · 2012
The Tree of Life
Film · 2011
Take Shelter
Film · 2011
The Help
Film · 2011
Texas Killing Fields
Film · 2011
Coriolanus
Film · 2011
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Film · 2011
Jolene
Film · 2010
The Debt
Film · 2010
The Westerner
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Stolen
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Series · 2008
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Journeyman
Series · 2007
El hormiguero
Series · 2006
Blackbeard
Series · 2006
'Til Death
Series · 2006
Dark Shadows
Film · 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Series · 2005
Close to Home
Series · 2005
Veronica Mars
Series · 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The View
Series · 1997
Leute heute
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
ER
Series · 1994
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Goldene Kamera
Series · 1984
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
I Am Not Alone
Film
Plus One
Film
Lear Rex
Film
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Film
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Film
Losing Clementine
Film
Assassination
Film
Deck the Y'alls
Film
My Darling California
Film
The Division
Film
This Is Pleasure
Film
The Savant
Series
The Dealer
Series
The Off Weeks
Series
Nemesis
Series