Jessica Chastain
American actress and producer
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| 2025 | Jessica Chastain is set to appear in the film 'Dreams', playing the role of Jennifer McCarthy. |
| 2025 | Appeared in Dreams, a romantic drama about illegal immigration that premiered at the Berlinale. |
| 2024 | Produced and starred alongside Anne Hathaway in Mothers' Instinct, a remake of a Belgian psychological thriller. |
| 2023 | Jessica Chastain starred in the film 'Memory', playing the role of Sylvia. |
| 2023 | Signed an open letter by Artists4Ceasefire calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. |
| 2023 | Starred in Broadway revival of A Doll's House, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. |
| 2023 | Supported the SAG-AFTRA strike, attending the Venice International Film Festival premiere of 'Memory' wearing a support t-shirt after receiving an interim-agreement waiver. |
| 2023 | Jessica Chastain starred in and executive produced 'The Space Within', an Audible audio production where she plays Dr. Madeline Wyle |
| 2022 | Portrayed Maryanne Trump in James Gray's period film Armageddon Time. |
| 2022 | Starred in The 355, a female-led spy film pitched at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and picked up by Universal Pictures. |
| 2022 | Traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine during the Russian invasion, visiting a children's hospital and meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Andrii Yermak. |
| 2022 | Executive produced and starred in Showtime's George & Tammy, playing Tammy Wynette, for which she won a SAG Award and received a Golden Globe nomination and her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination. |
| 2022 | Won the Academy Award for Best Actress and used the platform to voice support for the LGBT community and speak out against bigoted legislation. |
| 2022 | Chastain narrates the documentary miniseries Reframed: Marilyn Monroe |
| 2022 | Chastain starred in and produced The 355, and also appeared in The Good Nurse and Armageddon Time |
| 2021 | Appeared in HBO's Scenes from a Marriage, receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries. |
| 2021 | Chastain won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye', which she also produced. |
| 2020 | Produced and starred in the action film Ava, released during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Featured in a short film 'Leading with Intensity', made by an all-female cast and crew, as part of her 'Lead Like A Woman' initiative. |
| 2019 | Appeared in It Chapter Two. |
| 2019 | Appeared in the superhero film Dark Phoenix and starred in It Chapter Two as the adult Beverly Marsh. |
| 2018 | Collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to establish the Time's Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination. |
| 2018 | Welcomed daughter Giulietta Passi Chastain through surrogacy. |
| 2018 | Jessica Chastain serves as narrator and executive producer for 'Spheres: Songs of Spacetime', a virtual reality experience released for Oculus Rift |
| 2018 | Jessica Chastain appears as herself on Saturday Night Live, hosted by her with musical guest Troye Sivan |
| 2017 | Made the face of Ralph Lauren's fragrance campaign named 'Woman'. |
| 2017 | Publicly supported actress Michelle Williams in her equal pay dispute, helping raise awareness and contributing to a $2 million donation to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. |
| 2017 | Served as a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, publicly criticizing the passive portrayal of women in films. |
| 2017 | Jessica Chastain starred in and executive produced The Zookeeper's Wife, portraying Antonina Żabińska |
| 2017 | Jessica Chastain featured in Jay-Z's music video 'Family Feud', which was part of his album 4:44 |
| 2017 | Jessica Chastain participated in 'The Children's Monologues' at Carnegie Hall, playing a 13-year-old girl |
| 2017 | Chastain became an executive producer for the documentary I Am Jane Doe and starred in The Zookeeper's Wife and Molly's Game |
| June 10 2017 | Married Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo at his family's estate in Carbonera, Italy. |
| 2016 | Starred in The Huntsman: Winter's War and the political thriller Miss Sloane, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Launched her production company Freckle Films, headed by female executives. |
| 2016 | Chastain provides voice work for the 'Turkeys' episode of the series Animals. |
| 2015 | Starred in Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian and the gothic romance Crimson Peak, directed by Guillermo del Toro. |
| 2015 | Became the global ambassador for Piaget, a Swiss jewelry and watchmaking company. |
| December 2015 | Wrote an essay on gender imbalance in the film industry for The Hollywood Reporter, highlighting discrimination against women in Hollywood. |
| 2014 | Chastain appeared in three films: Miss Julie, Interstellar, and A Most Violent Year. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for A Most Violent Year and received a special achievement award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. |
| 2014 | Chastain played Murphy 'Murph' Cooper in the science fiction film Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan |
| 2013 | Starred in and produced The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, working with director Ned Benson to create three different versions of the film: Him, Her, and Them. |
| 2013 | Became the first performer in fifteen years to have leading roles in the top two films at the North American box office with Mama and Zero Dark Thirty. |
| 2012 | She endorsed the Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Manifesto. |
| 2012 | Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. |
| 2012 | Jessica Chastain acquired the rights to Tammy Faye Bakker's life story, which would later become the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye. |
| 2012 | Began dating Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, an Italian count who works as an executive for Moncler. |
| 2012 | Chastain was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| 2012 | Chastain starred in the critically acclaimed film 'Zero Dark Thirty', playing Maya Harris, which was a pivotal role in her career. |
| 2012 | Jessica Chastain performed as Catherine Sloper in 'The Heiress' at the Walter Kerr Theatre |
| May 2012 | Two of Chastain's films, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Lawless, premiered at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. |
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