Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress. Chastain played guest roles in several television shows before making her feature film debut in the 2008 independent film Jolene.
Born: March 24, 1977 (age 37), Sacramento, California, USA
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 4" (1.63m)
Parents: Jerri Chastain, Michael Hastey, Michael Monasterio
Mini Biography:
Jessica Chastain was raised in a middle-class family in a northern California suburb. She discovered dance at the age of nine. By the age of 13, she was in a dance troupe. She took her mother's maiden name and began performing in Shakespearean productions all over the Bay area. An actor in a production of "Romeo & Juliet" encouraged her to audition for Juilliard as a drama major. She became a member of "Crew 32" with the help of a scholarship from one of the school's famous alumni, Robin Williams.
In her last year at Juilliard, she was offered a holding deal with TV writer/producer John Wells and she eventually worked in three of his TV shows. Jessica continues to do theatre, having played in "The Cherry Orchard", "Rodney's Wife", "Salome" and "Othello". She spends her time between New York and Los Angeles, working in theater, film and TV.
In 2011, she had a prolific year in film. She was nominated for and won a number of awards, including a 2012 Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help (2011).
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Trivia:
Attended the drama division of The Juilliard School in New York City and was in the graduating class of her best friend, Jess Weixler. One of five children of a fireman father and a vegan-chef mother with a food truck. Jessica was the first member of her family to attend college.
Before her film career, she toured in a stage production of "Othello" with Philip Seymour Hoffman. In order to gain weight for the role of Celia Foote in The Help (2011), she ate soy ice cream melted in the microwave. Was personally handpicked by Al Pacino to play opposite him as the title character of the play 'Salome'. Pacino later recommended her to Terrence Malick, who gave her an audition for The Tree of Life (2011). Her idols are Isabelle Huppert, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
Graduated from El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento, California in 1995. One of her classmates was Mandisa Hundley. Was named on the list of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2012. Owns a three-legged dog named Chaplin.
Was named the Sexiest Smile by Victoria Secret's "What Is Sexy" list in 2012. Won the Next Future Icon award at The Elle Style Awards in 2012. Was awarded at the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards with the Calvin Klein Collection's Emerging Star Spotlight Award.
Was awarded the inaugural Gucci Award for Women in Cinema for The Tree of Life (2011). Was ranked #86 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2012. Was once roommates with Michelle Williams They were both nominated for Oscars in 2012 and have remained good friends.
Good friends with Michael Urie. They were both members of the Juilliard School's Drama Division's Group 32. A devout yoga disciple. Learned German and Krav Maga for The Debt (2010). Her grandmother took her to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when she was just 7 years old, sparking the early acting bug in her.
Her grandmother, Marilyn, was introduced to the world when she accompanied Jessica to the 2012 Academy Awards. (June 8, 2012) Named the ambassador for Manifesto, the Yves Saint Laurent fragrance. Was originally cast in Iron Man 3 (2013) as Maya Hansen but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Is a vegan and was named PETA's 2012 sexiest vegetarian (June 28, 2012). One of 176 people invited to join AMPAS in 2012. The Sopranos (1999) is her favorite television show. The English Patient (1996) is her favorite film. Ralph Fiennes is her favorite actor. Plays the ukulele. Was originally cast in Diana (2013) as Princess Diana but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Was originally cast in Oblivion (2013) as Julia but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Debuted as #82 on the Most Beautiful Famous Faces by The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World. Topped Vanity Fair's International Best-Dressed List for women (2012). Had a supporting role in To the Wonder (2012), but her performance wound up being removed from the final cut.
Completed work on Tar (2012) in one day. For her role in The Help (2011), she modeled her character and her high-pitched voice after the mother of author Kathryn Stockett and visited Sugar Ditch, Tennessee, in preparation for the role of Celia Foote. Named one of the Top 25 Style Icons of The Season by the UK's Stylist Magazine. (2012). Runner-up for Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive. (2012).
Was in consideration for the role of Annabel Richter in A Most Wanted Man (2014), but Rachel McAdams was cast instead. Purchased a Greenwich Village co-op apt. for $1.2 million to live in while on Broadway during the run of "The Heiress". (2012). Was ranked #76 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2013. Was ranked #5 on the Forbes list of Best Dressed Women Of 2012. Holds the distinction of twice appearing in the top two films at the American box office in one weekend. This occurred on the weekend of 18-21 January 2013, when Zero Dark Thirty (2012) dropped to the number two position as her other film, Mama (2013), ascended to the top spot.
This made Chastain the first woman in nearly 50 years to have the leading role in the top two films at the box office. This also occurred on the weekend of 2-4 September 2011, when The Help (2011) was the number one film in America, and another film starring Chastain, The Debt (2010), took the number two position, though her roles in these two films were supporting ones. Based her performance of Annabel in Mama (2013) on Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass. (February 5, 2013) Her estranged father, Michael Monasterio, passed away at age 55 due to complications from bronchitis.
Had a younger sister, Juliet (b. 1979), who committed suicide in 2003. Is in a relationship with Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo since February 2013. Was named the Sexiest Actress by Victoria Secret's "What Is Sexy" list in 2013. Was ranked #72 in Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 of 2013 list. Was awarded the Nova Award at the 2013 Maui Film Festival for the "range of characters she has brought to life in her chameleon-like silver screen performances".
Was named one of the "The Top 10 Style Stars of the Year" by People magazine in 2013. Has starred alongside Jason Clarke in 3 movies: Texas Killing Fields (2011), Lawless (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Kathryn Bigelow decided to offer the lead role of Maya to her after seeing an early cut of Coriolanus (2011). Her agents originally declined the role of Maya for her in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Producer Megan Ellison, who had worked with Chastain on Lawless (2012), gave Kathryn Bigelow Chastain's phone number so she could personally offer her the role.
Chastain accepted. Has permanently saved a voice mail from director Kathryn Bigelow in which she learned she had been chosen to play the role of Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). The message came on November 21, 2011 at 1:04 p.m. "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright and "Osama Bin Laden" by Michael Scheuer are two of the many books she researched in preparation for her role as CIA operative Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). She first met Ned Benson at a festival screening of Four Lean Hounds (2003). She asked if she could work with him, later leading to her starring in his short The Westerner (2010) and the Eleanor Rigby films. Ned Benson wrote the part of Eleanor Rigby specifically for her. Ned Benson wrote parts of script on the set of The Tree of Life (2011) where he would go to visit Chastain hoping to be inspired by Terrence Malick's filmmaking process. Was ranked at #23 on Empire's The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list. (2013).
She was noticed at Juilliard by actress Marthe Keller, who recommended her to Al Pacino. He then cast her in the lead role of Salome in his play 'Salome' and his long-awaited epic movie of the same name. Appeared on the Entertainment Weekly list "New Hollywood: Entertainers on the Rise" (2013). Appeared on the Elle Annual Hollywood Power list. (2013). Interviewed Marion Cotillard for Elle's Women In Hollywood issue. (2013). Debuted on Vulture's 100 Most Valuable Stars of 2013 list at #75 for 2013. Was voted "Sexiest Woman In The World" by the Hungarian magazine Periodika. (2013). She's a fan of Breaking Bad (2008). She stated her interest in appearing in a movie directed by Michael Haneke. Jessica is of one quarter Spanish, as well as of one eighth Greek, descent, with the remainder of her ancestry including English, German, French, Dutch, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), and Scottish. Two of Jessica's paternal great-grandparents, Antonio Astoreca Monasterio and Ramona Egurrola Basañez, were Spanish immigrants. One of her paternal great-grandfathers, Ernest John Thomas (originally "Anasaciou"), was Greek. Was ranked #32 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2014. Had a 4 year relationship with director Ned Benson. Some of her favorite classic actresses are Clara Bow, Greta Garbo and Greer Garson.
Salary:
Take Shelter (2011) $100 a day
Born: March 24, 1977 (age 37), Sacramento, California, USA
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 4" (1.63m)
Parents: Jerri Chastain, Michael Hastey, Michael Monasterio
Mini Biography:
Jessica Chastain was raised in a middle-class family in a northern California suburb. She discovered dance at the age of nine. By the age of 13, she was in a dance troupe. She took her mother's maiden name and began performing in Shakespearean productions all over the Bay area. An actor in a production of "Romeo & Juliet" encouraged her to audition for Juilliard as a drama major. She became a member of "Crew 32" with the help of a scholarship from one of the school's famous alumni, Robin Williams.
In her last year at Juilliard, she was offered a holding deal with TV writer/producer John Wells and she eventually worked in three of his TV shows. Jessica continues to do theatre, having played in "The Cherry Orchard", "Rodney's Wife", "Salome" and "Othello". She spends her time between New York and Los Angeles, working in theater, film and TV.
In 2011, she had a prolific year in film. She was nominated for and won a number of awards, including a 2012 Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help (2011).
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Trivia:
Attended the drama division of The Juilliard School in New York City and was in the graduating class of her best friend, Jess Weixler. One of five children of a fireman father and a vegan-chef mother with a food truck. Jessica was the first member of her family to attend college.
Before her film career, she toured in a stage production of "Othello" with Philip Seymour Hoffman. In order to gain weight for the role of Celia Foote in The Help (2011), she ate soy ice cream melted in the microwave. Was personally handpicked by Al Pacino to play opposite him as the title character of the play 'Salome'. Pacino later recommended her to Terrence Malick, who gave her an audition for The Tree of Life (2011). Her idols are Isabelle Huppert, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
Graduated from El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento, California in 1995. One of her classmates was Mandisa Hundley. Was named on the list of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2012. Owns a three-legged dog named Chaplin.
Was named the Sexiest Smile by Victoria Secret's "What Is Sexy" list in 2012. Won the Next Future Icon award at The Elle Style Awards in 2012. Was awarded at the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards with the Calvin Klein Collection's Emerging Star Spotlight Award.
Was awarded the inaugural Gucci Award for Women in Cinema for The Tree of Life (2011). Was ranked #86 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2012. Was once roommates with Michelle Williams They were both nominated for Oscars in 2012 and have remained good friends.
Good friends with Michael Urie. They were both members of the Juilliard School's Drama Division's Group 32. A devout yoga disciple. Learned German and Krav Maga for The Debt (2010). Her grandmother took her to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when she was just 7 years old, sparking the early acting bug in her.
Her grandmother, Marilyn, was introduced to the world when she accompanied Jessica to the 2012 Academy Awards. (June 8, 2012) Named the ambassador for Manifesto, the Yves Saint Laurent fragrance. Was originally cast in Iron Man 3 (2013) as Maya Hansen but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Is a vegan and was named PETA's 2012 sexiest vegetarian (June 28, 2012). One of 176 people invited to join AMPAS in 2012. The Sopranos (1999) is her favorite television show. The English Patient (1996) is her favorite film. Ralph Fiennes is her favorite actor. Plays the ukulele. Was originally cast in Diana (2013) as Princess Diana but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Was originally cast in Oblivion (2013) as Julia but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Debuted as #82 on the Most Beautiful Famous Faces by The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World. Topped Vanity Fair's International Best-Dressed List for women (2012). Had a supporting role in To the Wonder (2012), but her performance wound up being removed from the final cut.
Completed work on Tar (2012) in one day. For her role in The Help (2011), she modeled her character and her high-pitched voice after the mother of author Kathryn Stockett and visited Sugar Ditch, Tennessee, in preparation for the role of Celia Foote. Named one of the Top 25 Style Icons of The Season by the UK's Stylist Magazine. (2012). Runner-up for Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive. (2012).
Was in consideration for the role of Annabel Richter in A Most Wanted Man (2014), but Rachel McAdams was cast instead. Purchased a Greenwich Village co-op apt. for $1.2 million to live in while on Broadway during the run of "The Heiress". (2012). Was ranked #76 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2013. Was ranked #5 on the Forbes list of Best Dressed Women Of 2012. Holds the distinction of twice appearing in the top two films at the American box office in one weekend. This occurred on the weekend of 18-21 January 2013, when Zero Dark Thirty (2012) dropped to the number two position as her other film, Mama (2013), ascended to the top spot.
This made Chastain the first woman in nearly 50 years to have the leading role in the top two films at the box office. This also occurred on the weekend of 2-4 September 2011, when The Help (2011) was the number one film in America, and another film starring Chastain, The Debt (2010), took the number two position, though her roles in these two films were supporting ones. Based her performance of Annabel in Mama (2013) on Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass. (February 5, 2013) Her estranged father, Michael Monasterio, passed away at age 55 due to complications from bronchitis.
Had a younger sister, Juliet (b. 1979), who committed suicide in 2003. Is in a relationship with Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo since February 2013. Was named the Sexiest Actress by Victoria Secret's "What Is Sexy" list in 2013. Was ranked #72 in Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 of 2013 list. Was awarded the Nova Award at the 2013 Maui Film Festival for the "range of characters she has brought to life in her chameleon-like silver screen performances".
Was named one of the "The Top 10 Style Stars of the Year" by People magazine in 2013. Has starred alongside Jason Clarke in 3 movies: Texas Killing Fields (2011), Lawless (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Kathryn Bigelow decided to offer the lead role of Maya to her after seeing an early cut of Coriolanus (2011). Her agents originally declined the role of Maya for her in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Producer Megan Ellison, who had worked with Chastain on Lawless (2012), gave Kathryn Bigelow Chastain's phone number so she could personally offer her the role.
Chastain accepted. Has permanently saved a voice mail from director Kathryn Bigelow in which she learned she had been chosen to play the role of Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). The message came on November 21, 2011 at 1:04 p.m. "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright and "Osama Bin Laden" by Michael Scheuer are two of the many books she researched in preparation for her role as CIA operative Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012). She first met Ned Benson at a festival screening of Four Lean Hounds (2003). She asked if she could work with him, later leading to her starring in his short The Westerner (2010) and the Eleanor Rigby films. Ned Benson wrote the part of Eleanor Rigby specifically for her. Ned Benson wrote parts of script on the set of The Tree of Life (2011) where he would go to visit Chastain hoping to be inspired by Terrence Malick's filmmaking process. Was ranked at #23 on Empire's The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list. (2013).
She was noticed at Juilliard by actress Marthe Keller, who recommended her to Al Pacino. He then cast her in the lead role of Salome in his play 'Salome' and his long-awaited epic movie of the same name. Appeared on the Entertainment Weekly list "New Hollywood: Entertainers on the Rise" (2013). Appeared on the Elle Annual Hollywood Power list. (2013). Interviewed Marion Cotillard for Elle's Women In Hollywood issue. (2013). Debuted on Vulture's 100 Most Valuable Stars of 2013 list at #75 for 2013. Was voted "Sexiest Woman In The World" by the Hungarian magazine Periodika. (2013). She's a fan of Breaking Bad (2008). She stated her interest in appearing in a movie directed by Michael Haneke. Jessica is of one quarter Spanish, as well as of one eighth Greek, descent, with the remainder of her ancestry including English, German, French, Dutch, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), and Scottish. Two of Jessica's paternal great-grandparents, Antonio Astoreca Monasterio and Ramona Egurrola Basañez, were Spanish immigrants. One of her paternal great-grandfathers, Ernest John Thomas (originally "Anasaciou"), was Greek. Was ranked #32 on Ask Men's list of Top 99 Women of 2014. Had a 4 year relationship with director Ned Benson. Some of her favorite classic actresses are Clara Bow, Greta Garbo and Greer Garson.
Salary:
Take Shelter (2011) $100 a day
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