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