Jessica Chastain

Born on March 24, 1977, in Southern California, Jessica Chastain is an American actress with 54 credits to her name. Moviegoers know her as Celia Foote in The Help (2011), CIA analyst Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Murph in Interstellar (2014). She also played astronaut Melissa Lewis in The Martian (2015), Lady Lucille Sharpe in Crimson Peak (2015), Molly Bloom in Molly’s Game (2017) and Beverly Marsh in It Chapter Two (2019). Fans of animation may recognize her as the voice of Gia in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012).

In 2022, Chastain took home the Academy Award for Best Actress, a year after winning the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance. She has also received a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Awards for lead performances in film and in a miniseries or TV movie, plus Saturn and Jupiter Awards. Coming up next is Heartland, slated to open on November 13, 2026.

New & upcoming work

• Heartland · 13 Nov 2026 · as Misty Jones

Frequent co-stars

• Mia Wasikowska · 2 films together: Crimson Peak, Lawless
• James McAvoy · 2 films together: It Chapter Two, Dark Phoenix
• Mark Strong · 2 films together: Miss Sloane, Zero Dark Thirty
• Edgar Ramírez · 2 films together: Zero Dark Thirty, The 355
• Jason Clarke · 2 films together: Zero Dark Thirty, Lawless
• Tye Sheridan · 2 films together: Dark Phoenix, The Tree of Life

Awards won

• Academy Award for Best Actress (2022)
• Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class (2022)
• Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (2021)
• Golden Globes (2011)
• Saturn Awards
• Jupiter Awards
• Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Nominations

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (2023)
• Academy Award for Best Actress (2022)
• Academy Award for Best Actress (2013)
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012)

Career at a glance

First credit: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) · Credits: 54

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

• Other Mommy2026 · Mommy / Other MommyReviewed
• Interstellar2014 · MurphReviewed

Other work

• Dreams2025 · Jennifer McCarthy
• Mothers' Instinct2024 · Alice
• Memory2023 · Sylvia
• George & Tammy2022 · Tammy Wynette
• Armageddon Time2022 · Maryanne Trump
• The Good Nurse2022 · Amy Loughren
• The Forgiven2022 · Jo Henninger
• The 3552022 · Mason 'Mace' Brown
• The Sands Between2021 · Woman
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021 · Tammy Faye Bakker
• Scenes from a Marriage2021 · Mira Phillips
• Ava2020 · Ava
• It Chapter Two2019 · Beverly Marsh
• Dark Phoenix2019 · Vuk
• Woman Walks Ahead2018 · Catherine Weldon
• Family Feud2018 · Presidents' interviewer
• Molly's Game2017 · Molly Bloom
• The Zookeeper's Wife2017 · Antonina Żabińska

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