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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Interstellar

All Movies (77)

• Other Mommy2026 · as Ursula / Other Mommy
• David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade2025 · as Self
• Dreams2025 · as Jennifer McCarthy
• Mothers' Instinct2024 · as Alice
• Memory2023 · as Sylvia
• Armageddon Time2022 · as Maryanne Trump
• The Good Nurse2022 · as Amy Loughren
• The Forgiven2022 · as Jo Henninger
• The 3552022 · as Mason 'Mace' Brown
• The Sands Between2021 · as Woman
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021 · as Tammy Faye Bakker
• Ava2020 · as Ava
• Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy2020 · as Self
• The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends2019 · as Self
• Very Ralph2019 · as Self
• It Chapter Two2019 · as Beverly Marsh
• This Changes Everything2019 · as Self
• Dark Phoenix2019 · as Vuk
• The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'2019 · as Self
• Woman Walks Ahead2018 · as Catherine Weldon
• Half the Picture2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Spheres2018 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Family Feud2018 · as Presidents' interviewer
• Molly's Game2017 · as Molly Bloom
• The Zookeeper's Wife2017 · as Antonina Żabińska
• I Am Jane Doe2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour2016 · as Self - Unapologetic Bitch
• Miss Sloane2016 · as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
• The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'2016 · as Self
• The Huntsman: Winter's War2016 · as Sara
• I Remember Crimson Peak2016 · as Herself
• The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak2016 · as Self
• Hand Tailored Gothic2016 · as Self
• Crimson Peak2015 · as Lady Lucille Sharpe
• The Martian2015 · as Melissa Lewis
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Inside 'Interstellar'2015 · as Self / Murph
• A Most Violent Year2014 · as Anna Morales
• Interstellar2014 · as Murph
• Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey2014 · as Self
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her2014 · as Eleanor Rigby
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him2014 · as Eleanor Rigby
• Miss Julie2014 · as Miss Julie
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them2014 · as Eleanor Rigby
• Wilde Salomé2013 · as Self / Salomé
• Salomé2013 · as Salomé
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013 · as Self - Letter Reader
• Seduced and Abandoned2013 · as Self
• Mama2013 · as Annabel
• Zero Dark Thirty2012 · as Maya
• The Color of Time2012 · as Mrs. Williams
• Lawless2012 · as Maggie Beauford
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted2012 · as Gia (voice)
• Texas Killing Fields2011 · as Pam Stall
• Exploring 'The Tree of Life'2011 · as Self
• Take Shelter2011 · as Samantha LaForche
• The Help2011 · as Celia Foote
• The Tree of Life2011 · as Mrs. O'Brien
• Coriolanus2011 · as Virgilia
• Jolene2010 · as Jolene
• The Debt2010 · as Young Rachel Singer
• The Westerner2010 · as Daniel's Mother
• Stolen2009 · as Sally Ann
• Dark Shadows2005 · as Carolyn Stoddard
• I Am Not Alone—
• Plus One— · as Rachel
• Lear Rex— · as Goneril
• Seducing Ingrid Bergman— · as Ingrid Bergman
• Untitled Holiday Comedy Project—
• Losing Clementine— · as Clementine
• Assassination— · as Dorothy Kilgallen
• Heartland— · as Misty Jones
• Deck the Y'alls— · as Rachel Stein
• My Darling California— · as Sharon Normandie
• The Division—
• This Is Pleasure— · as Margot

All TV Shows (42)

• Family Recipe Showdown2025 · as Guest Judge
• Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye2024 · as Self
• Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled2023 · as Self
• George & Tammy2022 · as Tammy Wynette
• Reframed: Marilyn Monroe2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Scenes from a Marriage2021 · as Mira Phillips
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• ARES: live2015 · as Melissa Lewis
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis2008 · as Self
• Journeyman2007 · as Tanna Bloom
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self
• 'Til Death2006 · as Hostess
• Blackbeard2006 · as Charlotte Ormand
• Close to Home2005 · as Casey Wirth
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Sigrun Borg
• Veronica Mars2004 · as Sarah Williams
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• ER1994 · as Dahlia Taslitz
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mary Debenham
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Savant— · as The Savant
• The Dealer—
• The Off Weeks— · as Stella West
• Nemesis—