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Chastain at the
BFI London Film Festival in 2014
American actress
Jessica Chastain studied at the
Juilliard School , where she was signed for a talent holding deal by the television producer
John Wells .
[1] From 2004 to 2010, she had guest roles in television shows, including
ER ,
Veronica Mars , and
Law & Order: Trial by Jury .
[1]
[2] She also appeared in stage productions with
Michelle Williams for
The Cherry Orchard in 2004, and with
Al Pacino for
Salome in 2006.
[2] In 2008, Chastain made her film debut as the title character in the drama
Jolene .
[3] She had a minor role in
Stolen (2009), a critically panned mystery-thriller, following which she played the younger version of
Helen Mirren 's character in the action thriller film
The Debt (2010).
[4]
[5]
The year 2011 proved a breakthrough for Chastain.
[6] Among her six film releases that year, she starred with
Brad Pitt in
The Tree of Life , an experimental drama from
Terrence Malick , and portrayed an aspiring socialite in 1960s America in the drama
The Help .
[7] For the latter, Chastain received her first
Academy Award nomination, in the
supporting actress category.
[8] In 2012, she voiced
Gia in the $747 million-grossing animated film
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted .
[9] She also played a CIA analyst in
Kathryn Bigelow 's thriller
Zero Dark Thirty —a partly fictionalized account of the
manhunt for Osama bin Laden —which garnered her a nomination for
Academy Award for Best Actress .
[10] Also in 2012, Chastain made her
Broadway debut in a revival of
The Heiress , playing a naive young girl who becomes a powerful woman.
[11]
In 2013, Chastain starred in the horror film
Mama , and played an unhappily married woman in
Ned Benson 's three-part drama film, collectively titled
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby .
[12] Chastain's biggest live-action commercial successes came in the next two years with the science fiction films
Interstellar (2014) and
The Martian (2015), both of which grossed over $600 million worldwide.
[13] In the former, directed by
Christopher Nolan , she played a scientist, and in the latter, directed by
Ridley Scott , she played an astronaut alongside
Matt Damon .
[14]
[15] Chastain went on to play strong-willed titular protagonists in the political thriller
Miss Sloane (2016), the historical drama
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), and the crime film
Molly's Game (2017).
[16] In 2019, Chastain played the adult
Beverly Marsh in the horror sequel
It Chapter Two .
[17] In 2021, she starred in the
HBO miniseries
Scenes from a Marriage , and produced and starred as the televangelist
Tammy Faye in the biopic
The Eyes of Tammy Faye .
[18]
[19] For the latter, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
[20] Chastain received a nomination for the
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for starring in a 2023 Broadway revival of
A Doll's House .
[21]
Film
Chastain at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
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Discography
See also
^ The film was screened at the
2009 Cannes Film Festival as Stolen Lives , but was released theatrically as Stolen .
^ A feature film version of the documentary, entitled
Salomé , was separately released in 2013.
[28]
^ The film was screened at the 2012
Rome Film Festival as Tar , but was released theatrically as The Color of Time .
^ Split into three films—subtitled Him , Her , and Them .
[37]
^ The episode did not air.
[65]
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