Jessica Chastain
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
Conan
as Self - Guest · 2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest · 2007
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mary Debenham · 1989
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
El hormiguero
as Self · 2006
ER
as Dahlia Taslitz · 1994
Interstellar
as Murph · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Veronica Mars
as Sarah Williams · 2004
The Martian
as Melissa Lewis · 2015
Other Mommy
as Ursula / Other Mommy · 2026
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Chelsea
as Self · 2016
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
Close to Home
as Casey Wirth · 2005
It Chapter Two
as Beverly Marsh · 2019
The Help
as Celia Foote · 2011
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Dark Phoenix
as Vuk · 2019
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Gia (voice) · 2012
'Til Death
as Hostess · 2006
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Crimson Peak
as Lady Lucille Sharpe · 2015
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Sigrun Borg · 2005
Zero Dark Thirty
as Maya · 2012
Molly's Game
as Molly Bloom · 2017
The Huntsman: Winter's War
as Sara · 2016
Journeyman
as Tanna Bloom · 2007
Miss Sloane
as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane · 2016
Ava
as Ava · 2020
A Most Violent Year
as Anna Morales · 2014
The Tree of Life
as Mrs. O'Brien · 2011
The 355
as Mason 'Mace' Brown · 2022
The Forgiven
as Jo Henninger · 2022
The Savant
as The Savant
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self · 2008
Dreams
as Jennifer McCarthy · 2025
The Good Nurse
as Amy Loughren · 2022
Mothers' Instinct
as Alice · 2024
Lawless
as Maggie Beauford · 2012
Scenes from a Marriage
as Mira Phillips · 2021
Mama
as Annabel · 2013
Take Shelter
as Samantha LaForche · 2011
George & Tammy
as Tammy Wynette · 2022
The Zookeeper's Wife
as Antonina Żabińska · 2017
Armageddon Time
as Maryanne Trump · 2022
Blackbeard
as Charlotte Ormand · 2006
The Debt
as Young Rachel Singer · 2010
ARES: live
as Melissa Lewis · 2015
Texas Killing Fields
as Pam Stall · 2011
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Tammy Faye Bakker · 2021
Woman Walks Ahead
as Catherine Weldon · 2018
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Eleanor Rigby · 2014
Memory
as Sylvia · 2023
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
as Narrator (voice) · 2022
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie · 2014
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self · 2023
Nemesis
Heartland
as Misty Jones · 2026
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
as Eleanor Rigby · 2014
Coriolanus
as Virgilia · 2011
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Eleanor Rigby · 2014
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
as Self · 2014
Stolen
as Sally Ann · 2009
Family Recipe Showdown
as Guest Judge · 2025
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self (archive footage) · 2026
This Changes Everything
as Self · 2019
The Off Weeks
as Stella West
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self / Murph · 2015
Very Ralph
as Self · 2019
Family Feud
as Presidents' interviewer · 2018
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self - Unapologetic Bitch · 2016
Seduced and Abandoned
as Self · 2013
Salomé
as Salomé · 2013
Unity
as Narrator (voice) · 2015
My Darling California
as Sharon Normandie
The Color of Time
as Mrs. Williams · 2012
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self · 2019
Jolene
as Jolene · 2010
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
as Self · 2024
The Dealer
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
as Self · 2016
Wilde Salomé
as Self / Salomé · 2013
The Westerner
as Daniel's Mother · 2010
I Am Jane Doe
as Narrator (voice) · 2017
I Remember Crimson Peak
as Herself · 2016
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
as Self · 2011
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
as Self · 2020
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
as Self · 2025
The Division
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
as Self · 2016
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
as Self · 2019
Half the Picture
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
The Sands Between
as Woman · 2021
Dark Shadows
as Carolyn Stoddard · 2005
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
as Ingrid Bergman
Hand Tailored Gothic
as Self · 2016
Lear Rex
as Goneril
This Is Pleasure
as Margot
Plus One
as Rachel
Assassination
as Dorothy Kilgallen
Deck the Y'alls
as Rachel Stein
I Am Not Alone
Spheres
as Narrator (Voice) · 2018
Losing Clementine
as Clementine