Jessica Chastain
Biography
Jessica Chastain, an American actress and producer, began her career on stage in 1998 as Juliet and studied at the Juilliard School. Born in Sacramento, she worked in television and theater before her film debut in Jolene (2008). Her breakthrough came in 2011 with six releases, among them Take Shelter (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011), and she earned Academy Award nominations for The Help (2011) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Commercial success followed with Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), and It Chapter Two (2019), while she received further acclaim for A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017), and Scenes from a Marriage (2021). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and played Tammy Wynette in George & Tammy (2022). On Broadway, she starred in The Heiress (2012) and A Doll's House (2023), the latter earning a Tony nomination. She founded Freckle Films.
49years old
Turns 50 on March 24in 173 days
- Born Sacramento
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Jessica Michelle Chastain (birth name)Also credited as Jessica Michelle Howard
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 16 years2008 to 2024
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Early training
After a production she was in led to an audition, Chastain won a place at the Juilliard School in New York City. Actor Robin Williams funded the scholarship she was granted there.
First role
Chastain's first professional stage role came in 1998, when she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet for TheatreWorks, a company in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Getting ready for a role
Chastain was cast as Salome at age 29 even though the character is 16, and the 2006 production helped bring her to the attention of casting directors.
A first
In North America, on the opening weekend of Mama, Chastain had leading roles in the two top films at the box office, Mama and Zero Dark Thirty, a first for a performer in fifteen years.
Behind the camera
Chastain launched the production company Freckle Films in 2016, and the company is headed by a team of female executives.
Getting ready for a role
Chastain acquired the rights to Tammy Faye Bakker's life in 2012 and produced The Eyes of Tammy Faye under Freckle Films, wearing prosthetic makeup that took 4 to 7 hours to apply.
Jessica Chastain movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ned Benson directed three of these films, Tate Taylor two and Andy Muschietti two. James McAvoy appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James McAvoy's page
Ciarán Hinds's page
Bill Hader's page
Viola Davis's page
Isabelle Huppert's page
Bill Camp's page
Ned BensonDirector, 3 films, 2013 to 2014
All films by Ned Benson
All films by Andy Muschietti
Also three films together5 more actors
- Jason ClarkeLawless (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Texas Killing Fields (2011)
- Jess WeixlerAva (2020), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)
- Nina AriandaThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
- Jeremy ShamosThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
- Nikki M. JamesThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jessica Chastain's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.9 billion
31 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 31 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 31Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 86% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$747M19.0% of the total
- 2$747M19.0% of the total
- 3$631M16.1% of the total
- 4$473M12.1% of the total
- 5$252M6.4% of the total
- 6$217M5.5% of the total
- 7$165M4.2% of the total
- 8$146M3.7% of the total
$546 millionfrom the other 23 films with a worldwide figure, 14% of the total
Awards
Nine awards and honors from 2011 to 2022, five of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2022 | Best Actress | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2011 | Awards | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class | Won | |
| 2021 | Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Won |
| Jupiter Awards | Won | ||
| Saturn Awards | Won | ||
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