Jessica Chastain

Actress | Producer | Soundtrack

Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class ...

Born: March 24, 1977

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Filmography

Known For

Zero Dark Thirty Maya (2012)
The Tree of Life Mrs. O'Brien (2011)
Interstellar Murph (2014)
Known For

Crimson Peak Lucille Sharpe (2015)
Actress

Spheres Narrator (segment "Spheres: Songs of Spacetime") (2018)
Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé (2018)
Woman Walks Ahead Catherine Weldon (2017)
Molly's Game Molly Bloom (2017)
I am Little Red Little Red (2017)
The Zookeeper's Wife Antonina Zabinska (2017)
Miss Sloane Madeline Elizabeth Sloane (2016)
Animals. Sarah (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War Sara (2016)
Crimson Peak Lucille Sharpe (2015)
The Martian Melissa Lewis (2015)
Ares III: The Right Stuff Melissa Lewis (2015)
Ares III: Farewell Melissa Lewis (2015)
A Most Violent Year Anna Morales (2014)
Interstellar Murph (2014)
Miss Julie Miss Julie (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Eleanor Rigby (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her Eleanor Rigby (2013)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Eleanor Rigby (2013)
Salomé Salome (2013)
Mama Annabel (2013)
Zero Dark Thirty Maya (2012)
The Color of Time Mrs. Williams (2012)
Lawless Maggie Beaufort (2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Gia (2012)
Touch of Evil The Fire Starter (2011)
Texas Killing Fields Pam Stall (2011)
Wilde Salomé Salomé (2011)
The Help Celia Foote (2011)
The Tree of Life Mrs. O'Brien (2011)
Coriolanus Virgilia (2011)
Take Shelter Samantha (2011)
The Westerner Daniel's Mother (2010)
The Debt Young Rachel (2010)
Poirot Mary Debenham (2010)
Stolen Sally Ann (2009)
Jolene Jolene (2008)
Journeyman Tanna Bloom (2007)
Blackbeard Charlotte Ormand (2006)
The Evidence Laura Green (2006)
Close to Home Casey Wirth (2006)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury A.D.A. Sigrun Borg (2005-2006)
Dark Shadows Carolyn Stoddard (2005)
Veronica Mars Sarah Williams (2004)
Actress

ER Dahlia Taslitz (2004)
Producer

Spheres (2018)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
I am Jane Doe (2017)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
Producer

The Westerner (2010)
Soundtrack

The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Archive footage

Extra (2015-2018)
Celebrity Page (2015-2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2018)
The Graham Norton Show (2018)
Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018)
Front Row (2017)
Archive footage

Ares III: The Untold Story (2016)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015)

Awards

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Trivia

She and her former roommate and good friend, actress Michelle Williams, were both nominated for Oscars in the same year (2012).

I always want to keep doing different things, I don't want to just concentrate on film. The most important thing for me is being an actor. Film, theatre, television- that's the career I want. Actresses have so many ups and downs, and we're not ...