Chastain at the San Diego Comic Con  in 2015  
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 played the title character in her film debut 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]  
 
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^   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.[ 66]  
 
  
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^ a   b   Mulkerrins, Jane (November 2, 2014). "Jessica Chastain interview: on Interstellar, her rise to fame and being an outsider" . The Daily Telegraph  . Archived  from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved July 23,  2015 .  
 
^   Nelson, Rob (June 16, 2008). "Review: 'Jolene' " . Variety  . Archived  from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23,  2015 .  
 
^ a   b   "Stolen (2010)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Archived  from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 . 
 
^ a   b   Mintzer, Jordan (September 4, 2010). "Review: 'The Debt' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Prigge, Matt (September 10, 2014). "Interview: Jessica Chastain wanted 'Eleanor Rigby' to have more of the female side" . Metro New York  . Archived  from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23,  2015 .  
 
^ a   b   Sherwell, Philip (October 23, 2011). "The Help: the film dividing America" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived  from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
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^   "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" . Box Office Mojo . Archived  from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23,  2015 . 
 
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^   Green, Adam (October 22, 2012). "The Marriage Plot: Jessica Chastain Stars in Broadway's The Heiress" . Vogue  . Archived  from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23,  2015 .  
 
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^ a   b   O'Sullivan, Charlotte (September 3, 2019). "It: Chapter Two: Why Jessica Chastain Was Covered in 4,500 Gallons of Fake Blood" . London Evening Standard  . Archived  from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 4,  2019 .  
 
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^   Fear, David. " 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye': Jessica Chastain Will Have You Crying 'Holy Sh-t' " . Rolling Stone . Archived  from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11,  2022 .  
 
^   Pulver, Andrew (March 27, 2022). "Jessica Chastain wins best actress Oscar for The Eyes of Tammy Faye" . The Guardian . Archived  from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 27,  2022 .  
 
^   Evans, Greg (May 2, 2023). "Tony Award Nominations: Jessica Chastain, Sean Hayes, Corey Hawkins Among Nominees" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived  from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2,  2023 .  
 
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^   "The Westerner" . Palm Springs International Film Festival . Archived from the original  on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 . 
 
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^   McCahill, Mike (September 18, 2014). "Salomé review – Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain explore Wilde sex" . The Guardian  . Archived  from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Young, Deborah (September 3, 2011). "Wilde Salome: Venice Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter  . Archived  from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   "Texas Killing Fields (2011)" . Rotten Tomatoes. Archived  from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 . 
 
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^   "Tar: Rome Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . November 6, 2012. Archived  from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved April 8,  2016 . 
 
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^   McCarthy, Todd (January 15, 2013). "Mama: Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^ a   b   Fleming, Mike (May 7, 2014). "Cannes: How New Version Of Toronto Pic 'Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby' Found Its Way To Croisette In Un Certain Regard" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived  from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved September 13,  2014 .  
 
^   Smith, Kyle (September 10, 2014). " 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' is elegant and sorrowful" . New York Post  . Archived  from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13,  2014 .  
 
^   Rooney, David (September 7, 2014). " 'Miss Julie': Toronto Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   "Interstellar (2014)" . Rotten Tomatoes. Archived  from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 . 
 
^   Hammond, Pete (September 24, 2014). "Jessica Chastain & Oscar Isaac Will Open AFI Fest With Oscar Hopeful 'A Most Violent Year' " . Deadline Hollywood . Archived  from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   McNary, Dave (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators" . Variety . Archived  from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Lowe, Justin (August 12, 2015). " 'Unity': Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 26,  2015 .  
 
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^   Gettel, Oliver (July 13, 2016). "Jessica Chastain's gun-control drama Miss Sloane sets December release" . Entertainment Weekly . Archived  from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 16,  2016 .  
 
^   Linden, Sheri (February 9, 2017). " 'I Am Jane Doe': Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 15,  2017 .  
 
^   Kit, Borys (April 30, 2013). "Jessica Chastain Attached to Star in 'The Zookeeper's Wife' " . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 5,  2015 .  
 
^   McNary, Dave (February 18, 2016). "Jessica Chastain Launching Freckle Films Production Company" . Variety . Archived  from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 29,  2016 .  
 
^   Debruge, Peter (September 8, 2017). "Toronto Film Review: 'Molly's Game' " . Variety  . Archived  from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 9,  2017 .  
 
^   Sharp, Alastair (September 12, 2017). "Chastain's Sitting Bull film pays heed to indigenous voices" . Reuters . Archived from the original  on September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 12,  2017 .  
 
^   Erbland, Kate (June 15, 2019). " 'This Changes Everything' Trailer: Meryl Streep and Jessica Chastain in Hollywood Gender Discrimination Doc" . IndieWire . Archived  from the original on September 22, 2019. Retrieved June 16,  2019 .  
 
^   Stack, Tim (December 7, 2017). "X-Men: Dark Phoenix heats up EW's First Look Issue" . Entertainment Weekly . Archived  from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved December 7,  2017 .  
 
^   Rooney, David (June 15, 2020). " 'Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy': Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved July 15,  2020 .  
 
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^   Keslassy, Elsa (February 18, 2020). "Jessica Chastain in Talks to Join Ralph Fiennes in 'The Forgiven' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on September 2, 2020. Retrieved February 18,  2020 .  
 
^   Kroll, Justin (May 9, 2019). "Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield to Star in Tammy Faye Pic for Fox Searchlight" . Variety . Archived  from the original on June 25, 2019. Retrieved July 4,  2019 .  
 
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^   Rooney, David (May 19, 2022). "Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in James Gray's 'Armageddon Time': Film Review | Cannes 2022" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19,  2022 .  
 
^   "Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne Nearing Deals For Serial Killer Thriller 'The Good Nurse' " . August 7, 2018. Archived  from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved April 12,  2021 . 
 
^   Wiseman, Andreas (May 23, 2022). "Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard Wrap On Under-The-Radar Film 'Memory' From Cannes Regular Michel Franco" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived  from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved May 24,  2022 .  
 
^   McNary, Dave (October 29, 2020). "Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway to Star in Psychological Thriller 'Mothers' Instinct' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved June 17,  2021 .  
 
^   Ford, Lily (February 13, 2025). "Jessica Chastain Had to Remove Her Personal Politics to Lead Michel Franco's 'Dreams' " . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 13,  2025 .  
 
^   Kroll, Justin (April 15, 2025). "Jessica Chastain To Star In Rob Savage Horror Film From Atomic Monster & Universal Based On Josh Malerman Novel 'Incidents Around The House' " . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 23,  2025 .  
 
^ a   b   Hamrick, Craig; Jamison, R. J. (April 25, 2012). Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows  . iUniverse. p. 545. ISBN  978-1-4759-1032-2 . Archived  from the original on November 7, 2017.  
 
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^   Otterson, Joe (January 11, 2018). "Sam Rockwell, Jessica Chastain to Make 'SNL' Hosting Debuts" . Variety . Archived  from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17,  2018 .  
 
^   Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 23, 2020). "Jessica Chastain Re-Teams With Oscar Isaac In HBO Series 'Scenes From A Marriage' After Michelle Williams Exit" . Deadline Hollywood  . Archived  from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 25,  2020 .  
 
^   Bianculli, David (January 14, 2022). " 'Reframed' revisits Marilyn Monroe's life and legacy, from an all-women point of view" . NPR  . Archived  from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 16,  2022 .  
 
^   White, Peter (September 10, 2020). "Jessica Chastain To Play Tammy Wynette In Limited Series For Spectrum, ViacomCBS Streamer & Paramount Network" . Deadline Hollywood  . Archived  from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11,  2022 .  
 
^   Otterson, Joe (March 27, 2023). "Jessica Chastain to Star in Apple Limited Series 'The Savant' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on April 7, 2024. Retrieved April 7,  2024 .  
 
^   Zimmerman, Heather (April 30, 1998). "Bard's Pair as Dublin Duo" . Metro Silicon Valley  . Archived  from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved July 23,  2015 .  
 
^   Rizzo, Frank (August 16, 2004). "Review: 'The Cherry Orchard' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved November 3,  2014 .  
 
^   Brantley, Ben (December 2, 2004). "The Strain of Politeness as Irritation Drives a Plot" . The New York Times . Archived  from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   McNulty, Charles (April 29, 2006). " 'Salome'? Oy vey!" . Los Angeles Times . Archived  from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Brantley, Ben (September 28, 2009). "The General in His High-Tech Labyrinth" . The New York Times . Archived  from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Brantley, Ben (November 1, 2012). "Interior Designs Conceal a House's Dark Corners" . The New York Times . Archived  from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved July 22,  2015 .  
 
^   Scheck, Frank (November 14, 2017). "Critic's Notebook: An All-Star Cast Performs 'The Children's Monologues' at Carnegie Hall" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 19,  2017 .  
 
^   Gardner, Elysa (January 24, 2023). "Jessica Chastain & Jamie Lloyd on Seeing A Doll's House in a New Light" . Broadway Direct . Archived  from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28,  2023 .  
 
^   Aswad, Jem (December 29, 2017). "Jay-Z Drops Beyonce-Starring Video for 'Family Feud' " . Variety . Archived  from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 30,  2017 .  
 
^   Chan, J.Clara (April 17, 2023). "Jessica Chastain Leads Audible's Alien Abduction Thriller 'The Space Within' " . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived  from the original on December 24, 2023. Retrieved April 17,  2023 .  
 
^   Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 20, 2018). " 'Spheres: Songs Of Spacetime' Trailer: Jessica Chastain Narrates VR Experience Exploring Sounds Of The Cosmos" . Deadline. Archived  from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 22,  2018 .  
 
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