Jessica Chastain
Actor, Film actor
1977 –
Who is Jessica Chastain?
Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress. Chastain played guest roles in several television shows before making her feature film debut in the 2008 independent film Jolene. In 2011, she gained wide public recognition for her starring roles in seven film releases; her performance in The Help was particularly well received and she earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, as well as Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA nominations in the same category. For her lead performance in the controversial 2012 military thriller film Zero Dark Thirty, Chastain received wide critical acclaim and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
In 2012, Time magazine featured her as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". Chastain's performances in Zero Dark Thirty and in the 2013 horror film Mama led film critic Richard Roeper to describe her as "one of the finest actors of her generation".
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- Born
- Mar 24, 1977
Sacramento - Also known as
- Jessica Michelle Chastain
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Juilliard School
- Lived in
- Northern California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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