
Jessica Michelle Chastain, born March 24, 1977 is an American actress. Her main focus is on films that have feminist themes, she has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Time magazine listed her as one of the top 100 influential people worldwide in 2012. Chastain developed an interest in acting at an early age and made her stage debut in 1998 when she played Shakespeare's Juliet. After attending the Juilliard School, she was accepted into a talent-holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was frequently a guest on numerous television shows and also played a variety of roles in stage productions. After debuting in a film at age 31 in the drama Jolene (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film projects, including the dramas Take Shelter (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011). She earned Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in period drama The Help (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty (2012). The science-fiction films Interstellar (2014) & The Martian (2015) were commercially more successful than the horror film It Chapter Two (2019). Chastain was also praised for her performance as strong-willed females in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017), and the miniseries for television Scenes from a Marriage (2021). In the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (1921), she was Tammy Faye Bakker. She was awarded the Academy Award as Best Actress. Tammy Wynette was the miniseries George & Tammy (222). Chastain is the co-founder and investor of Freckle Films, a production company that encourages diversity in film. She has a strong voice on mental illness, gender equality and racial equity. Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo (fashion executive) is her spouse.
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