Jessica Chastain biography
Jessica Chastain is an American actress and producer (born 1977), born on 24 March 1977 in Sacramento.
Jessica Chastain's screen career began in 2004 with Veronica Mars, playing Sarah Williams.
Jessica Chastain has appeared in 49 films and 15 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Other Mommy (2026), Dreams (2025), Mothers' Instinct (2024).
Jessica Chastain is best known for Molly's Game, The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Honours include Golden Globes, Saturn Awards and Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance.
Coming up next: Heartland (2026), Lear Rex, My Darling California.
- Also known as
- Jessica Michelle Howard
- Born
- 24 March 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Sacramento
- Work
- Actor, Film producer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1998 to present
- Known for
- Molly's Game, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Awards
- Golden Globes
- Saturn Awards
- Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class
- Jupiter Awards
Jessica Chastain filmography
52 films and 17 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Darling California | Sharon Normandie | Filming | ||
| Lear Rex | Goneril | Post-production | ||
| 2026 | Heartland | Misty Jones | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Other Mommy | Ursula Martin / Other Mommy | ||
| 2025 | Dreams | Jennifer McCarthy | Also executive producer | |
| 2024 | Mothers' Instinct | Alice Bradford | Also producer | |
| 2023 | Memory | Sylvia | ||
| 2022 | Armageddon Time | Maryanne Trump | Cameo | |
| 2022 | The 355 | Mason "Mace" Brown | Also producer | |
| 2022 | The Good Nurse | Amy Loughren | ||
| 2021 | The Forgiven | Jo Henninger | ||
| 2021 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye | Also producer | |
| 2021 | The Sands Between | Woman | Short film | |
| 2020 | Ava | Ava Faulkner | Also producer | |
| 2019 | It Chapter Two | Beverly Marsh (adult) | ||
| 2019 | Dark Phoenix | Vuk / Margaret | ||
| 2018 | The Death and Life of John F. Donovan | English | ||
| 2018 | Spheres: Songs of Spacetime | Narrator | Also executive producer | |
| 2017 | Woman Walks Ahead | Caroline Weldon | ||
| 2017 | Molly's Game | Molly Bloom | ||
| 2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Antonina Żabińska | Also executive producer | |
| 2017 | I Am Jane Doe | Narrator | Documentary film; also executive producer | |
| 2016 | Miss Sloane | Elizabeth Sloane | ||
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Sara | ||
| 2016 | The Long Way Home: Making the Martian |
Show all 52 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Martian | Commander Melissa Lewis | ||
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Lucille Sharpe | ||
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | Anna Morales | ||
| 2014 | Interstellar | Murphy "Murph" Cooper (adult) | ||
| 2014 | Miss Julie | Miss Julie | ||
| 2013 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby | Eleanor Rigby | Also co-producer | |
| 2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | English | ||
| 2013 | Mama | Annabel | ||
| 2013 | Salomé | English | ||
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya Harris | ||
| 2012 | Tar | English | ||
| 2012 | Lawless | Maggie Beauford | ||
| 2012 | The Color of Time | Mrs. Williams | Also known as Tar | |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Gia | Voice | |
| 2011 | The Help | Celia Foote | ||
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Mrs. O'Brien | ||
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Virgilia | ||
| 2011 | Take Shelter | Samantha LaForche | ||
| 2011 | Wilde Salome | English | ||
| 2011 | Touch of Evil | |||
| 2011 | Texas Killing Fields | Detective Pam Stall | ||
| 2011 | Wilde Salomé | Salome | Documentary film | |
| 2010 | The Debt | Rachel Singer (young) | ||
| 2010 | The Westerner | Daniel's mother | Short film; also co-producer | |
| 2009 | Stolen | Sally Ann | Also known as Stolen Lives | |
| 2008 | Jolene | Jolene |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Off Weeks | Stella West | Upcoming | ||
| 2027 | The Savant | Jodi Goodwin | Upcoming | |
| 2023 | The Space Within | Dr. Madeline Wyle | Audible | Also executive producer |
| 2022 | Reframed: Marilyn Monroe | Narrator | Documentary miniseries | |
| 2022 | George & Tammy | Tammy Wynette | Miniseries; lead role and executive producer | |
| 2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Mira Phillips | Miniseries; lead role and executive producer | |
| 2016 | Animals | Sarah | Voice; episode: "Turkeys" | |
| 2010 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mary Debenham | Episode: "Murder on the Orient Express" | |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Tanna Bloom | Episode: "Friendly Skies" | |
| 2007 | 'Til Death | Hostess | Episode: "The Italian Affair" | |
| 2006 | Blackbeard | Charlotte Ormand | Miniseries | |
| 2006 | The Evidence | Laura Green | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2006 | Close to Home | Casey Wirth | Episode: "The Rapist Next Door" | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | ADA Sigrun Borg | 3 episodes | |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Sarah Williams | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" | |
| 2004 | ER | Dahlia Taslitz | Episode: "Forgive and Forget" | |
| 2004 | Dark Shadows | Carolyn Stoddard | Unaired pilot |