
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24 1977) is an American actress and producer. She is well-known for her performances in films with feminist themes. She has won numerous awards which include an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential persons in the world in 2012. Chastain began acting from a young age. In 1998 she made her professional debut on stage in the role of Shakespeare's Juliet. She studied acting at Juilliard School and was then hired to a talent-holding contract with John Wells, a television producer. She appeared as regular guest in a number of TV shows and was also a part of several stage productions. Her film debut came in Jolene (2008) at the age of 31 years old. In 2011, Chastain achieved her breakthrough through six film projects, which included The Tree of Life (2011), Take Shelter (2011), and The Tree of Life (2012). In her roles as an aspirant socialite and CIA analyst, she was awarded Academy Award nominations in The Help (2011) and 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 gained further praise for playing strong-willed women in the dramas A Most violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016) and Molly's Game (2017), and in the TV miniseries 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 founder of production company Freckle Films, which was designed to increase diversity in film, and is an investor in the soccer team Angel City FC. She is vocal about mental health issues as the issue of gender and race equality. Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo (fashion executive) is her husband.
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