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

• HIS & HERS — Executive Producer
• 2026Heartland — Misty Jones
• 2026Other Mommy — Ursula / Other Mommy
• 2025Dreams — Jennifer McCarthy, Executive Producer
• Family Recipe Showdown — Guest Judge
• 2024Mothers' Instinct — Alice, Producer
• 2023Memory — Sylvia
• 2022Armageddon Time — Maryanne Trump
• George & Tammy — Tammy Wynette, Executive Producer
• Reframed: Marilyn Monroe — Narrator (voice)
• 2022The 355 — Mason 'Mace' Brown, Producer
• 2022The Forgiven — Jo Henninger
• 2022The Good Nurse — Amy Loughren
• Scenes from a Marriage — Mira Phillips, Executive Producer
• 2021The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Tammy Faye Bakker, Producer
• 2021The Sands Between — Woman
• 2020Ava — Ava, Producer
• 2019Dark Phoenix — Vuk
• 2019It Chapter Two — Beverly Marsh
• 2018Family Feud — Presidents' interviewer
• 2018Spheres — Narrator (Voice)
• 2018Woman Walks Ahead — Catherine Weldon
• 2017I Am Jane Doe — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2017Molly's Game — Molly Bloom
• 2017The Zookeeper's Wife — Antonina Żabińska, Executive Producer
• 2016Miss Sloane — Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
• 2016The Huntsman: Winter's War — Sara
• ARES: live — Melissa Lewis
• 2015Crimson Peak — Lady Lucille Sharpe
• 2015The Martian — Melissa Lewis
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2014A Most Violent Year — Anna Morales
• 2014Interstellar — Murph
• 2014Miss Julie — Miss Julie
• 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her — Eleanor Rigby, Producer
• 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him — Eleanor Rigby, Producer
• 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them — Eleanor Rigby, Producer
• 2013Mama — Annabel
• 2013Salomé — Salomé
• 2012Lawless — Maggie Beauford
• 2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted — Gia (voice)
• 2012The Color of Time — Mrs. Williams
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Maya
• 2011Coriolanus — Virgilia
• 2011Take Shelter — Samantha LaForche
• 2011Texas Killing Fields — Pam Stall
• 2011The Help — Celia Foote
• 2011The Tree of Life — Mrs. O'Brien
• 2010Jolene — Jolene
• 2010The Debt — Young Rachel Singer
• 2010The Westerner — Daniel's Mother, Producer
• 2009Stolen — Sally Ann
• Journeyman — Tanna Bloom
• 'Til Death — Hostess
• Blackbeard — Charlotte Ormand
• Close to Home — Casey Wirth
• 2005Dark Shadows — Carolyn Stoddard
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Sigrun Borg
• Veronica Mars — Sarah Williams
• ER — Dahlia Taslitz
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Mary Debenham
• Assassination — Dorothy Kilgallen
• Deck the Y'alls — Rachel Stein
• I Am Not Alone — Producer
• Lear Rex — Goneril
• Losing Clementine — Clementine
• My Darling California — Sharon Normandie
• Nemesis
• Painkiller Jane — Producer
• Plus One — Rachel
• Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Ingrid Bergman, Producer
• The Dealer — Executive Producer
• The Division
• The Honeymoon — Producer
• The Maid of Orleans — Producer
• The Off Weeks — Stella West, Executive Producer
• The Savant — The Savant, Executive Producer
• This Is Pleasure — Margot, Executive Producer
• Untitled Holiday Comedy Project — Producer, Story

Appearances as themselves (43)

• 2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth — Self (archive footage)
• 2025The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — Self
• Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye — Self
• Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled — Self
• 2020Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy — Self
• 2019The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2019The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends — Self
• 2019This Changes Everything — Self
• 2019Very Ralph — Self
• 2018Half the Picture — Self (archive footage)
• Chelsea — Self
• 2016Hand Tailored Gothic — Self
• 2016I Remember Crimson Peak — Herself
• 2016Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour — Self - Unapologetic Bitch
• 2016The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak — Self
• 2016The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Inside 'Interstellar' — Self / Murph
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy — Self - Letter Reader
• 2013Seduced and Abandoned — Self
• 2013Wilde Salomé — Self / Salomé
• 2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life' — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
• El hormiguero — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self