Jessica Chastain
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1977-03-24 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Southern California, California, USA
- Also known as
- Jessica Michelle 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.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (41)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mary Debenham
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
El hormiguero
2006
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
ER
1994
as Dahlia Taslitz
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Veronica Mars
2004
as Sarah Williams
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Close to Home
2005
as Casey Wirth
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
'Til Death
2006
as Hostess
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Sigrun Borg
Journeyman
2007
as Tanna Bloom
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008
as Self
George & Tammy
2022
as Tammy Wynette
The Savant
as The Savant
Scenes from a Marriage
2021
as Mira Phillips
Blackbeard
2006
as Charlotte Ormand
Family Recipe Showdown
2025
as Guest Judge
ARES: live
2015
as Melissa Lewis
Nemesis
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Off Weeks
as Stella West
The Dealer
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
2024
as Self
Movies (77)
Interstellar
2014
as Murph
The Martian
2015
as Melissa Lewis
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
as Gia (voice)
It Chapter Two
2019
as Beverly Marsh
The Help
2011
as Celia Foote
Mama
2013
as Annabel
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
as Maya
Dark Phoenix
2019
as Vuk
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
as Sara
Molly's Game
2017
as Molly Bloom
Lawless
2012
as Maggie Beauford
Dreams
2025
as Jennifer McCarthy
Crimson Peak
2015
as Lady Lucille Sharpe
Other Mommy
2026
as Ursula / Other Mommy
A Most Violent Year
2014
as Anna Morales
Take Shelter
2011
as Samantha LaForche
The Tree of Life
2011
as Mrs. O'Brien
Salomé
2013
as Salomé
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
as Antonina Żabińska
Miss Sloane
2016
as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
Texas Killing Fields
2011
as Pam Stall
Family Feud
2018
as Presidents' interviewer
The 355
2022
as Mason 'Mace' Brown
Coriolanus
2011
as Virgilia
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
as Tammy Faye Bakker
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as Catherine Weldon
Ava
2020
as Ava
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
as Self (archive footage)
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016
as Herself
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Eleanor Rigby
Mothers' Instinct
2024
as Alice
The Good Nurse
2022
as Amy Loughren
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Eleanor Rigby
The Debt
2010
as Young Rachel Singer
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Eleanor Rigby
Miss Julie
2014
as Miss Julie
The Westerner
2010
as Daniel's Mother
The Forgiven
2022
as Jo Henninger
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
as Ingrid Bergman
Armageddon Time
2022
as Maryanne Trump
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
as Self
The Color of Time
2012
as Mrs. Williams
Wilde Salomé
2013
as Self / Salomé
Memory
2023
as Sylvia
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016
as Self
My Darling California
as Sharon Normandie
This Changes Everything
2019
as Self
I Am Jane Doe
2017
as Narrator (voice)
This Is Pleasure
as Margot
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Letter Reader
Stolen
2009
as Sally Ann
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015
as Self / Murph
Lear Rex
as Goneril
The Division
Half the Picture
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self
Dark Shadows
2005
as Carolyn Stoddard
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020
as Self
Losing Clementine
as Clementine
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019
as Self
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011
as Self
Very Ralph
2019
as Self
The Sands Between
2021
as Woman
Jolene
2010
as Jolene
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016
as Self
Assassination
as Dorothy Kilgallen
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2025
as Self
Deck the Y'alls
as Rachel Stein
I Am Not Alone
Heartland
as Misty Jones
Plus One
as Rachel
Spheres
2018
as Narrator (Voice)
About 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… With 118 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Jessica Chastain has appeared in 77 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jessica Chastain Movies
- Interstellar (2014) — as Murph
- The Martian (2015) — as Melissa Lewis
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) — as Gia (voice)
- It Chapter Two (2019) — as Beverly Marsh
- The Help (2011) — as Celia Foote
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