January 2022
Jessica Chastain (born March 29, 1981) is an American film and television actress.
Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard in Northern California. She is one of five children. Her stepfather is a firefighter and her mother is a vegan chef. She took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She attended The Juilliard School in New York City, where she was an active participant in the drama department and starred in several theatrical productions and student film projects.
Her first professional role came in 2004 for a TV movie adaptation of Dark Shadows. She later appeared in such television series as ER, Veronica Mars, Close to Home, and Law & Order: Trial By Jury.
In 2008, she made her film debut as the title role in Jolene, for which she received the Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
Her next film, the portrayal of a young Mossad agent in John Madden's The Debt, was premiered at film festivals in 2010 but had its theatrical release delayed until August 2011.
She has a number of other projects scheduled for release in 2011, including Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and the psychological thriller Texas Killing Fields.
Chastain has also completed a film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salome alongside Al Pacino and has filmed supporting roles for other adaptations such as Coriolanus and The Help. Her most recently announced project is John Hillcoat's prohibition era drama, The Wettest County in the World.
Filmography Jessica Chastain
July 2020
September 2019
It Chapter Two
Horror, Thriller Directed by: Andy MuschiettiWith: James McAvoy, Javier Botet, Jessica Chastain,...Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
January 2018
Molly's Game
Biographical, Drama Directed by: Aaron SorkinWith: Idris Elba, Jessica Chastain, Chris O'DowdThe true story of an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. Her players included movie stars, business titans and unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob.
May 2017
The Zookeeper's Wife
Historical, Drama Directed by: Niki CaroWith: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan HeldenberghThe Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion.
March 2017
Miss Sloane
Thriller, Drama Directed by: John MaddenWith: Jessica Chastain, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong,...In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.
October 2015
Crimson Peak
Horror Directed by: Guillermo del ToroWith: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica ChastainWhen her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place ?lled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.
October 2015
The Martian
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure Directed by: Ridley ScottWith: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate MaraDuring a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and... Read more...
February 2015
A Most Violent Year
Action, Crime, Drama Directed by: J.C. ChandorWith: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David OyelowoIn New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
January 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby : Her
Drama Directed by: Ned BensonWith: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola DavisOne couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
January 2015
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby : Him
Drama Directed by: Ned BensonWith: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola DavisOne couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
November 2014
Miss Julie
Drama Directed by: Liv UllmannWith: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha MortonOver the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
November 2014
Interstellar
Science Fiction Directed by: Christopher NolanWith: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,...An exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.
May 2013
Mama
Horror, Thriller, Drama Directed by: Andy MuschietteWith: Jessica Chastain & Nikolaj Coster-WaldauAnnabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years.... but how alone were they?
January 2013
Zero Dark Thirty
Action, Thriller, Drama Directed by: Kathryn BigelowWith: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong,...A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.
February 2012
Take Shelter
Drama Directed by: Jeff NicholsWith: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea WhighamCurtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who suplements... Read more...
September 2011