---
name: "Jessica Chastain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-chastain"
fi1m_id: "jessica-chastain"
imdb_id: "nm1567113"
tmdb_id: 83002
wikidata_id: "Q229313"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "24 March 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 19
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 18
updated: "2026-10-25T10:16:05.908652+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jessica Chastain

## Identity

Jessica Chastain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-chastain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-chastain
- **IMDb ID:** nm1567113
- **TMDB ID:** 83002
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Chastain, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83002

Actor and producer. Born 24 March 1977 in Southern California, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 24 March 1977, Southern California, California, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Jessica Michelle Chastain
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 19: 18 acting, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [John Madden](https://film.one/person/john-madden.md), [Kris Thykier](https://film.one/person/kris-thykier.md), [Mark Strong](https://film.one/person/mark-strong.md), [Oscar Isaac](https://film.one/person/oscar-isaac.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 18 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 73 (14), 2020s 63 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 17 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 12 of 18 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 16, Thriller 8, Crime 5, Adventure 3, Horror 3, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 37 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,210m across 16 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Chastain, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83002

## Coming up

- *Heartland* (2026-11-13), as Misty Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/heartland-2026.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Take Shelter*](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md) (83), [*The Martian*](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md) (82), [*Coriolanus*](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Zero Dark Thirty*](https://film.one/film/zero-dark-thirty.md) (80), [*Interstellar*](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md) (79), [*Molly's Game*](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*A Most Violent Year*](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md) (77), [*Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted*](https://film.one/film/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted.md) (71), [*Miss Sloane*](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Crimson Peak*](https://film.one/film/crimson-peak.md) (74), [*The Good Nurse*](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md) (73)
- **Tubi:** [*The Help*](https://film.one/film/the-help.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jessica Chastain

> Jessica Chastain makes determination convincing, but we value the vulnerability more. Her precision can become too correct; in *The Help*, she gives a broadly written woman enough private feeling to make us care.

Celia Foote could easily have stayed as broad as the writing in *The Help* (2011). Jessica Chastain gives her a vulnerability that the script does not always earn. We were moved by Celia because Chastain finds private feeling beneath that broad characterisation. It is a supporting performance worth seeking out, with the caveat that Tate Taylor's drama is much less perceptive than some of its actors.

The performance belonged to her 2011 breakthrough, when six films included *The Help*, Terrence Malick's *The Tree of Life* (2011) and *Take Shelter* (2011). *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012) then put her resolve and intensity at the centre as the CIA analyst Maya. The determined, highly intelligent woman became familiar casting for her, with Aaron Sorkin's *Molly's Game* (2017) giving her verbal dexterity a further outlet. It is understandable casting, though it risks making diligence look like the whole of her talent.

*Interstellar* (2014) placed her in Christopher Nolan's space adventure as Murph. We rate the film more highly than *The Help*: its family separation earns the emotion, although the explanations are overworked and the music sometimes overbearing. Matthew McConaughey is central to that success. For an introduction to Chastain herself, we would still choose Celia, where the value of her contribution is easier to isolate.

The limitation is a tendency towards correctness, particularly when the role asks chiefly for intelligence and determination. Too much control can leave us waiting for an unplanned response. In *The Help*, Octavia Spencer's Minny Jackson brings sharp comic timing and makes the shifts between humour and hurt less laboured. Chastain's vulnerability works well beside it, giving us another reason to care about people the writing has drawn too broadly. There is no need for every new part to prove how formidable she can be.

## Biography

Jessica Chastain is an American actress. She played Murph in *Interstellar* (2014), Melissa Lewis in *The Martian* (2015), and Celia Foote in *The Help* (2011).

Born on 24 March 1977 in Southern California, Chastain studied acting at the Juilliard School. She made her film debut in *Jolene* (2008) and received an Academy Award nomination for her role in *The Help*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (19)

### Performed in (18) — the average rests on these

- *The Good Nurse* (2022), Fi1m 73, as Amy Loughren — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *Scenes from a Marriage* (2021), Fi1m 64, as Mira Phillips — [page](https://film.one/tv/scenes-from-a-marriage-2021.md)
- *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2021), Fi1m 60, as Tammy Faye Bakker — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Fi1m 55, as Beverly Marsh — [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Molly Bloom — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *Miss Sloane* (2016), Fi1m 65, as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane — [page](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md)
- *Crimson Peak* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Lady Lucille Sharpe — [page](https://film.one/film/crimson-peak.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Melissa Lewis — [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Anna Morales — [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), Fi1m 79, as Murph — [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), Fi1m 71, as Gia (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted.md)
- *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012), Fi1m 80, as Maya — [page](https://film.one/film/zero-dark-thirty.md)
- *Coriolanus* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Virgilia — [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *Take Shelter* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Samantha LaForche — [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, as Celia Foote — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. O'Brien — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *The Debt* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Young Rachel Singer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-debt-2010.md)
- *Stolen* (2009), Fi1m 40, as Sally Ann — [page](https://film.one/film/stolen.md)

### Produced (1)

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heartland* (2026), as Misty Jones — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/heartland-2026.md)
- *Other Mommy* (2026), as Ursula / Other Mommy — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/other-mommy.md)
- *HIS & HERS* (2026), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Dreams* (2025), as Jennifer McCarthy · Executive Producer
- *Mothers' Instinct* (2024), as Alice · Producer
- *Memory* (2023), as Sylvia
- *George & Tammy* (2022), series, as Tammy Wynette · Executive Producer
- *Armageddon Time* (2022), as Maryanne Trump
- *The Good Nurse* (2022), as Amy Loughren — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *The Forgiven* (2022), as Jo Henninger
- *Reframed: Marilyn Monroe* (2022), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The 355* (2022), as Mason 'Mace' Brown · Producer
- *The Sands Between* (2021), as Woman
- *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2021), as Tammy Faye Bakker · Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye.md)
- *Scenes from a Marriage* (2021), series, as Mira Phillips · Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/scenes-from-a-marriage-2021.md)
- *Ava* (2020), as Ava · Producer
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), as Beverly Marsh — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Dark Phoenix* (2019), as Vuk
- *Woman Walks Ahead* (2018), as Catherine Weldon
- *Spheres* (2018), as Narrator (Voice)
- *Family Feud* (2018), as Presidents' interviewer
- *Molly's Game* (2017), as Molly Bloom — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017), as Antonina Żabińska · Executive Producer
- *I Am Jane Doe* (2017), as Narrator (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Miss Sloane* (2016), as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md)
- *The Huntsman: Winter's War* (2016), as Sara
- *Crimson Peak* (2015), as Lady Lucille Sharpe — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crimson-peak.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), as Melissa Lewis — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *ARES: live* (2015), series, as Melissa Lewis
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), as Anna Morales — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), as Murph — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him* (2014), as Eleanor Rigby · Producer
- *The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her* (2014), as Eleanor Rigby · Producer
- *Miss Julie* (2014), as Miss Julie
- *The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them* (2014), as Eleanor Rigby · Producer
- *Salomé* (2013), as Salomé
- *Mama* (2013), as Annabel
- *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012), as Maya — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/zero-dark-thirty.md)
- *The Color of Time* (2012), as Mrs. Williams
- *Lawless* (2012), as Maggie Beauford
- *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), as Gia (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted.md)
- *Texas Killing Fields* (2011), as Pam Stall
- *Take Shelter* (2011), as Samantha LaForche — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/take-shelter.md)
- *The Help* (2011), as Celia Foote — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *The Tree of Life* (2011), as Mrs. O'Brien — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-life.md)
- *Coriolanus* (2011), as Virgilia — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/coriolanus.md)
- *Jolene* (2010), as Jolene
- *The Debt* (2010), as Young Rachel Singer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-debt-2010.md)
- *The Westerner* (2010), as Daniel's Mother · Producer
- *Stolen* (2009), as Sally Ann — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/stolen.md)
- *Journeyman* (2007), series, as Tanna Bloom
- *'Til Death* (2006), series, as Hostess
- *Blackbeard* (2006), series, as Charlotte Ormand
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Casey Wirth
- *Dark Shadows* (2005), as Carolyn Stoddard
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Sigrun Borg
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Sarah Williams — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Dahlia Taslitz — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Mary Debenham — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *I Am Not Alone*, as Producer
- *The Maid of Orleans*, Producer
- *Deck the Y'alls*, as Rachel Stein
- *My Darling California*, as Sharon Normandie
- *The Division*, Actor
- *Painkiller Jane*, Producer
- *This Is Pleasure*, as Margot · Executive Producer
- *Plus One*, as Rachel
- *Seducing Ingrid Bergman*, as Ingrid Bergman · Producer
- *Nemesis*, series, Actor
- *Untitled Holiday Comedy Project*, Producer, Story
- *The Off Weeks*, series, as Stella West · Executive Producer
- *The Dealer*, series, as Executive Producer
- *The Savant*, series, as The Savant · Executive Producer
- *Losing Clementine*, as Clementine
- *Lear Rex*, as Goneril
- *Assassination*, as Dorothy Kilgallen
- *The Honeymoon*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-d498f2d32d3e.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jessica_Chastain-64424_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jessica_Chastain-64424_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jessica Chastain at the world premiere of Cafe Society, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-cab8ddd6b939.jpg) Jessica Chastain at the world premiere of Cafe Society, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Cannes_056_%2827830634780%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_056_%2827830634780%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and director of the movie Dreams (2025) at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-426ea296db0e.jpg) Cast and director of the movie Dreams (2025) at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Dreams_%282025%29-07654.jpg/1280px-Dreams_%282025%29-07654.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Emilio Insolera and Jessica Chastain in London (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-b4155707bdb3.jpg) Actors Emilio Insolera and Jessica Chastain in London (2019) — Emilio Insolera, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Emilio_Insolera%2C_Jessica_Chastain.jpg/1280px-Emilio_Insolera%2C_Jessica_Chastain.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-262857de03bf.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-3b161085c7a3.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-06acf7467138.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB
- ![Film Crew of Dreams at Berlinale 2025:Isaac Hernández,Michel Franco,Jessica Chastain, Rupert Friend](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-695da613bc71.jpg) Film Crew of Dreams at Berlinale 2025:Isaac Hernández,Michel Franco,Jessica Chastain, Rupert Friend — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Film_Crew_of_Dreams.jpg/1280px-Film_Crew_of_Dreams.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jessica Chastain, Alex Montiel y Sophie Turner en la alfombra roja de la premiere de X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-fe9ccdda0c61.jpg) Jessica Chastain, Alex Montiel y Sophie Turner en la alfombra roja de la premiere de X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) — LA LATA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jessica_Chastain%2C_Alex_Montiel_y_Sophie_Turner.jpg/1280px-Jessica_Chastain%2C_Alex_Montiel_y_Sophie_Turner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-34bbe83c09ca.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-63626922892a.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Chastain](https://film.one/media/person/95664/gallery-76cba4b152f3.jpg) Jessica Chastain — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2022: Best Actress (won), for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye*
- 2013: Best Actress (nominated), for *Zero Dark Thirty*
- 2012: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Help*

### Golden Globes — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (nominated), for *George & Tammy*
- 2011: Golden Globe Awards (won), for *Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class 2022: Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class (won)
- Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance 2021: Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (won), for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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