Red-haired beauty Jessica was born in the Californian city of Sacramento in 1977. And before becoming famous, she had the surname Howard. Chastain graduated from El Camino Fundamental High School in 1995 and also attended Sacramento City College.
In 2003, the actress graduated from Juilliard. It is interesting that Robin Williams helped the actress to study there: the Chastain family did not have enough money to pay for tuition, but the girl received a scholarship from Williams that covered all expenses.
Jessica Chastain began to carry out the first tests in the cinema in 2004, in television series. She can be seen in projects such as Dark Shadows, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, ER, Law & Order, and some others.
The debut on the big screen took place four years later, in the social drama Jolene. The role of the main character brought the actress the first award at the Seattle International Film Festival. But the breakthrough in his career came in 2011.
Jessica starred in seven films, and four of them were huge successes. For her role in The Help, she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category.
And having played with the legendary Terrence Malick in The Tree of Life, the actress automatically got into the Hollywood Super League. However, Jessica received real popularity and, again, a nomination for an Oscar by playing a special services agent in Catherine Bigelow’s film Target Number One.
“Miss Sloan” (2016)
In 2016, the actress starred in the political thriller Miss Sloan. Critics enthusiastically appreciated the actress’s game, in addition, Jessica received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for her role as Elizabeth Sloan.
The heroine of Jessica is a lobbyist who is hired to push bills to the government and manipulate public opinion. The plot of the film is built around a bill that restricts the freedom to buy and own firearms in the United States. Elizabeth Sloan refuses to defend the armed lobby and joins a rival company.
“Tree of Life” (2011)
According to Chastain, shooting in this picture with Brad Pitt was an absolutely incredible experience.
The plot of the film is built around the life story of Jack, an eleven-year-old boy. He observes this world with the purity and spontaneity of a child. The mother played by Chastain teaches her son goodness and selfless love, while the father insists on the primacy of his interests in this life. Each parent tries to win Jack over to their side, and this torments the boy.
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The film tells the story of a five-year hunt for the world’s most dangerous terrorist, Osama bin Laden, after he attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Jessica Chastain plays the role of CIA employee Maya, whose life is centered around the elimination of a terrorist and the prevention of another tragedy. The image of Maya is based on a real Pentagon employee who was awarded the highest military award for the destruction of a terrorist.
“The Martian” (2015)
In this picture, Ridley Scott Chastain starred with Matt Damon. For this role, the actress had to not only read the bestseller of the same name by Andy Weir, on which the film was based, but also resort to the basics of astronautics and memorize hundreds of pages of scientific text.
The film tells how Mark Watney, as part of the Ares-3 expedition, landed on the red planet. Mark worked on the expedition as an engineer and biologist. During a sandstorm, his suit was damaged, causing him to fall behind the other members of the expedition. And his colleagues, considering him dead, left Mars.
“Interstellar” (2014)
According to the plot, in the future, humanity is under the threat of extinction and is trying to master and explore outer space, where it hopes to find a new home. A group of researchers is on an expedition in search of a planet suitable for life.
Suddenly, researchers discover a mysterious rift in the space-time continuum, the so-called “black hole”. It allows you to move in time and space through the star worlds and can give humanity hope for salvation.