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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mothers' Instinct (2024) | Alice | 7 | |
| 2 | Memory (2023) | Sylvia | 8 | |
| 3 | Armageddon Time (2022) | Maryanne Trump | - | - |
| 4 | The Good Nurse (2022) | Amy Loughren | 6.7 | |
| 5 | The Forgiven (2022) | Jo Henninger | - | - |
| 6 | The 355 (2022) | Mason 'Mace' Brown | 5.9 | |
| 7 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) | Tammy Faye Bakker | 6.6 | |
| 8 | Ava (2020) | Ava | 6.3 | |
| 9 | Dark Phoenix (2019) | Vuk | 5.8 | |
| 10 | It Chapter Two (2019) | Beverly Marsh | 6.8 | |
| 11 | Very Ralph (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 12 | This Changes Everything (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 13 | Woman Walks Ahead (2018) | Catherine Weldon | 6.8 | |
| 14 | I Am Jane Doe (2017) | Narrator (voice) | 5 | |
| 15 | Molly's Game (2017) | Molly Bloom | 7.5 | |
| 16 | The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) | Antonina Żabińska | 6.8 | |
| 17 | The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) | Sara | 6.4 | |
| 18 | The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016) | Self | - | - |
| 19 | Miss Sloane (2016) | Madeline Elizabeth Sloane | 7.7 | |
| 20 | Unity (2015) | Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
| 21 | Crimson Peak (2015) | Lady Lucille Sharpe | 6.8 | |
| 22 | The Martian (2015) Top 100 by FilmGator | Melissa Lewis | 8.2 | |
| 23 | Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey (2014) | Self | 9.3 | |
| 24 | Scripted Content (2014) | Herself | 8 | |
| 25 | A Most Violent Year (2014) | Anna Morales | 7 | |
| 26 | Interstellar (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Murph | 8.5 | |
| 27 | Miss Julie (2014) | Miss Julie | 1 | |
| 28 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) | Eleanor Rigby | 6.6 | |
| 29 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014) | Eleanor Rigby | 6 | |
| 30 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014) | Eleanor Rigby | 4.6 | |
| 31 | Salomé (2013) | Salomé | 7 | |
| 32 | Seduced and Abandoned (2013) | Self | - | - |
| 33 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) | Self - Letter Reader | - | - |
| 34 | Mama (2013) | Annabel | 6.8 | |
| 35 | Wilde Salomé (2013) | Self / Salomé | - | - |
| 36 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) | Gia (voice) | 6.7 | |
| 37 | Lawless (2012) | Maggie Beauford | 6.9 | |
| 38 | Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Oscars 2013 | Maya | 7.5 | |
| 39 | The Color of Time (2012) | Mrs. Williams | 4 | |
| 40 | The Tree of Life (2011) Oscars 2012 | Mrs. O'Brien | 6.2 | |
| 41 | Coriolanus (2011) | Virgilia | 5.8 | |
| 42 | Texas Killing Fields (2011) | Pam Stall | 5.7 | |
| 43 | The Help (2011) Oscars 2012 | Celia Foote | 8.3 | |
| 44 | Touch of Evil (2011) | The Fire Starter | - | - |
| 45 | Take Shelter (2011) | Samantha LaForche | 6.7 | |
| 46 | Jolene (2010) | Jolene | 7 | |
| 47 | The Debt (2010) | Young Rachel Singer | 7.1 | |
| 48 | Stolen (2009) | Sally Ann | 6.8 | |
| 49 | The Division | - | - | - |
