List of Jessica Chastain performances


American actress Jessica Chastain studied at the Juilliard School, where she was signed for a talent holding deal by the television producer John Wells. From 2004 to 2010, she had guest roles in television shows, including ER, Veronica Mars, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She also appeared in stage productions with Michelle Williams for The Cherry Orchard in 2004, and with Al Pacino for Salome in 2006. In 2008, Chastain played the title character in her film debut Jolene. She had a minor role in Stolen, a critically panned mystery-thriller, following which she played the younger version of Helen Mirren's character in the action thriller film The Debt.
The year 2011 proved a breakthrough for Chastain. 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. For the latter, Chastain received her first Academy Award nomination, in the supporting actress category. In 2012, she voiced Gia in the $747 million-grossing animated film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. She also played a CIA analyst in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirtya partly fictionalized account of the manhunt for Osama bin Ladenwhich garnered her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress. Also in 2012, Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress, playing a naive young girl who becomes a powerful woman.
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. Chastain's biggest live-action commercial successes came in the next two years with the science fiction films Interstellar and The Martian, both of which grossed over $600 million worldwide. 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. Chastain went on to play strong-willed titular protagonists in the political thriller Miss Sloane, the historical drama The Zookeeper's Wife, and the crime film Molly's Game. In 2019, Chastain played the adult Beverly Marsh in the horror sequel It Chapter Two. 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. For the latter, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. 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.

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008JoleneJolene
2009StolenSally AnnAlso known as Stolen Lives
2010Daniel's motherShort film; also co-producer
2010'
2011Take Shelter
2011CoriolanusVirgilia
2011'
2011'
2011Wilde SaloméSalomeDocumentary film
2011Texas Killing Fields
2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedGiaVoice
2012Lawless
2012'Also known as Tar
2012Zero Dark ThirtyMaya Harris
2013MamaAnnabel
2013'Also co-producer
2014Miss Julie
2014Interstellar
2014'
2015UnityNarratorDocumentary film
2015'
2015Crimson Peak
2016'Sara
2016Miss Sloane
2017I Am Jane DoeNarratorDocumentary film; also executive producer
2017'Also executive producer
2017Molly's Game
2017Woman Walks Ahead
2018This Changes EverythingHerselfDocumentary film
2019Dark PhoenixVuk / Margaret
2019It Chapter Two
2020Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim LegacyHerselfDocumentary film; also executive producer
2020AvaAlso producer
2021The Sands BetweenWomanShort film
2021'
2021'Tammy FayeAlso producer
2022'Also producer
2022'Cameo
2022'
2023MemorySylvia
2024Mothers' InstinctAlice BradfordAlso producer
2025DreamsJennifer McCarthyAlso executive producer
2026Post-production
TBAMisty JonesFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Dark ShadowsCarolyn StoddardPilot episode
2004EREpisode: "Forgive and Forget"
2004Veronica MarsEpisode: "The Girl Next Door"
2005–2006Law & Order: Trial by Jury3 episodes
2006Close to HomeEpisode: "The Rapist Next Door"
2006Episode: "Pilot"
2006BlackbeardMiniseries
2007'Til DeathHostessEpisode: "The Italian Affair"
2007JourneymanEpisode: "Friendly Skies"
2010Agatha Christie's PoirotEpisode: "Murder on the Orient Express"
2016Animals.SarahVoice; episode: "Turkeys"
2018Saturday Night LiveHerselfEpisode: "Jessica Chastain / Troye Sivan"
2021Scenes from a MarriageMiniseries; lead role and executive producer
2022Reframed: Marilyn MonroeNarratorDocumentary miniseries
2022–2023George & TammyMiniseries; lead role and executive producer
TBAJodi GoodwinMiniseries; lead role and executive producer