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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Dreams
Jennifer McCarthy
2025
Memory
Sylvia
2023
Armageddon Time
Maryanne Trump
2022
The Good Nurse
Amy Loughren
2022
The 355
Mason 'Mace' Brown
2022
The Sands Between
Woman
2021
Ava
Ava
2020
It Chapter Two
Beverly Marsh
2019
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
Dark Phoenix
Vuk
2019
Woman Walks Ahead
Catherine Weldon
2018
Half the Picture
Self (archive footage)
2018
Spheres
Narrator (Voice)
2018
Molly's Game
Molly Bloom
2017
The Zookeeper's Wife
Antonina Żabińska
2017
I Am Jane Doe
Narrator (voice)
2017
Miss Sloane
Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Sara
2016
Crimson Peak
Lady Lucille Sharpe
2015
The Martian
Melissa Lewis
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Inside 'Interstellar'
Self / Murph
2015
A Most Violent Year
Anna Morales
2014
Interstellar
Murph
2014
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Self
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Eleanor Rigby
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Eleanor Rigby
2014
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Eleanor Rigby
2014
Wilde Salomé
Self / Salome
2013
Salomé
Salomé
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
2013
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
2013
Mama
Annabel
2013
Zero Dark Thirty
Maya
2012
The Color of Time
Mrs. Williams
2012
Lawless
Maggie Beauford
2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Gia (voice)
2012
Touch of Evil
The Fire Starter
2011
Texas Killing Fields
Pam Stall
2011
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
2011
Take Shelter
Samantha LaForche
2011
The Help
Celia Foote
2011
The Tree of Life
Mrs. O'Brien
2011
Coriolanus
Virgilia
2011
Jolene
Jolene
2010
Dark Shadows
Carolyn Stoddard
2005
I Am Not Alone
The Debt
Young Rachel Singer
2010
The Westerner
Daniel's Mother
2010
Stolen
Sally Ann
2009
Plus One
Rachel
Lear Rex
Goneril
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Incidents Around the House
Ursula / Other Mommy
2026
Mothers' Instinct
Alice
2024
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
George & Tammy
Tammy Wynette · (6 episodes)
2022
The Forgiven
Jo Henninger
2022
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
2022
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye Bakker
2021
Scenes from a Marriage
Mira Phillips · (5 episodes)
2021
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Self
2020
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Self
2019
Very Ralph
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Self
2019
Family Feud
Presidents' interviewer
2018
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Self - Unapologetic Bitch
2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
2016
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Self
2016
Hand Tailored Gothic
Self
2016
I Remember Crimson Peak
Herself
2016
Losing Clementine
Clementine
Assassination
Dorothy Kilgallen
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
(4 episodes)
2024
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
ARES: live
Melissa Lewis · (6 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Agatha Christie's Poirot：Murder on the Orient Express
玛丽·德本汉
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (6 episodes)
2007
El hormiguero
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Sigrun Borg · (3 episodes)
2005
Veronica Mars
Sarah Williams · (1 episode)
2004
The Savant
The Savant · (1 episode)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · (1 episode)
2008
Journeyman
Tanna Bloom · (1 episode)
2007
Blackbeard
Charlotte Ormand · (2 episodes)
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
ER
Dahlia Taslitz · (1 episode)
1994
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mary Debenham · (1 episode)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
The Dealer
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