Jessica Chastain
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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Movies (79)
Heartland
2026 · Misty Jones
Le grand jeu de Jessica Chastain
2026 · Self
Madre siniestra
2026 · Mommy / Other Mommy
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026 · Self (archive footage)
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2025 · Self
Dreams
2025 · Jennifer McCarthy, Executive Producer
Instintos asesinos
2024 · Alice, Producer
Memory
2023 · Sylvia
El tiempo del Armagedón
2022 · Maryanne Trump
El Ángel de la Muerte
2022 · Amy Loughren
Los perdonados
2022 · Jo Henninger
Agentes 355
2022 · Mason 'Mace' Brown, Producer
The Sands Between
2021 · Woman
Los ojos de Tammy Faye
2021 · Tammy Faye Bakker, Producer
Ava
2020 · Ava, Producer
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020 · Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019 · Self
Very Ralph: La Vida Y Obra De Ralph Lauren
2019 · Self
IT: Capítulo 2
2019 · Beverly Marsh
This Changes Everything
2019 · Self
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
2019 · Vuk
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019 · Self
Woman Walks Ahead
2018 · Catherine Weldon
Half the Picture
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Spheres
2018 · Narrator (Voice)
Family Feud
2018 · Presidents' interviewer
Apuesta maestra
2017 · Molly Bloom
Un refugio inesperado
2017 · Antonina Żabińska, Executive Producer
I Am Jane Doe
2017 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016 · Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Sola contra el poder
2016 · Madeline Elizabeth Sloane
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016 · Self
El cazador y la reina de hielo
2016 · Sara
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016 · Self
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016 · Self
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016 · Herself
La Cumbre Escarlata
2015 · Lady Lucille Sharpe
Misión Rescate
2015 · Melissa Lewis
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015 · Self / Murph
El año más violento
2014 · Anna Morales
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014 · Self
Interstellar
2014 · Murph
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Ella
2014 · Eleanor Rigby, Producer
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Él
2014 · Eleanor Rigby, Producer
Miss Julie
2014 · Miss Julie
La desaparición de Eleanor Rigby: Ellos
2014 · Eleanor Rigby, Producer
Wilde Salomé
2013 · Self / Salomé
Salomé
2013 · Salomé
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Letter Reader
Seduced and Abandoned
2013 · Self
Mama
2013 · Annabel
La noche más oscura
2012 · Maya
The Color of Time
2012 · Mrs. Williams
Los Ilegales
2012 · Maggie Beauford
Madagascar 3: Los Fugitivos
2012 · Gia (voice)
Campos siniestros
2011 · Pam Stall
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011 · Self
Atormentado
2011 · Samantha LaForche
Historias Cruzadas
2011 · Celia Foote
El Árbol de la Vida
2011 · Mrs. O'Brien
Coriolanus
2011 · Virgilia
Jolene
2010 · Jolene
Al Filo De La Mentira
2010 · Young Rachel Singer
The Westerner
2010 · Daniel's Mother, Producer
Stolen
2009 · Sally Ann
Dark Shadows
2005 · Carolyn Stoddard
I Am Not Alone
· Producer
Plus One
· Rachel
Lear Rex
· Goneril
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
· Ingrid Bergman, Producer
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
· Producer, Story
Losing Clementine
· Clementine
Assassination
· Dorothy Kilgallen
Deck the Y'alls
· Rachel Stein
My Darling California
· Sharon Normandie
This Is Pleasure
· Margot, Executive Producer
The Honeymoon
· Producer
Painkiller Jane
· Producer
TV shows (44)
HIS & HERS
2026 · Executive Producer
Family Recipe Showdown
2025 · Guest Judge
Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye
2024 · Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023 · Self
George & Tammy
2022 · Tammy Wynette, Executive Producer
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
2022 · Narrator (voice)
Secretos de un matrimonio
2021 · Mira Phillips, Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Chelsea
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
ARES: live
2015 · Melissa Lewis
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008 · Self
Journeyman
2007 · Tanna Bloom
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self - Guest
El hormiguero
2006 · Self
'Til Death
2006 · Hostess
Barba negra
2006 · Charlotte Ormand
Close to Home
2005 · Casey Wirth
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Sigrun Borg
Verónica Mars
2004 · Sarah Williams
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
Leute heute
1997 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Sala de urgencias
1994 · Dahlia Taslitz
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mary Debenham
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Savant
· The Savant, Executive Producer
The Dealer
· Executive Producer
The Off Weeks
· Stella West, Executive Producer
Nemesis
Festival de Cine de San Sebastián
· Self - Winner
The Retrievals
· Kaitlyn Langford