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Chastain made her Broadway-debut turn in the 2012 revival of THE HEIRESS and will return in 2023 in A DOLL'S HOUSE.
Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain has received numerous nominations and accolades for her work.
She can currently be seen in the critically acclaimed The Good Nurse for Netflix and will next be seen on screen as country music legend Tammy Wynette in Showtime’s limited series, “George & Tammy,” opposite Michael Shannon as George Jones. This limited series will chronicle the country music power couple and their complicated relationship, based on the book The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George, written by the couple’s daughter, Georgette Jones.
Chastain recently wrapped production on the psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct, in which she stars opposite Anne Hathaway and on the Michel Franco directed, Memory, opposite Peter Sarsgaard.
Chastain’s starring role in 2021 as the incomparable Tammy Faye in The Eyes of Tammy Faye earned her the award for Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and the Academy Awards. She also received a TIFF Tribute Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Best Actress at the 2021 Women’s Image Network Awards, and the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Produced by Freckle Films, the film also won the 2022 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Her recent work includes HBO’s much buzzed about limited series, “Scenes From A Marriage,” alongside Oscar Isaac; Universal’s The 355, an international spy thriller based on an original idea by Chastain for Freckle Films, which she starred opposite Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Fan Bing Bing, and Diane Kruger; and Roadside Pictures’ The Forgiven, opposite Ralph Fiennes, based on the acclaimed novel by Lawrence Osborne.
Previously, she could be seen in the onstage theater production of Salome with Al Pacino; the highly successful horror film, It Chapter 2; Aaron Sorkin’s film adaptation of Molly’s Game opposite Idris Elba, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama; Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey; the Academy Award nominated drama Tree of Life opposite Brad Pitt and Sean Penn; and Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, which earned her the 2013 Critics’ Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award nomination.
In addition to her acclaimed work as an actor, Chastain launched Freckle Films, a New York based film and television production company, in 2016. In addition to The 355, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Mothers’ Instinct, and the upcoming limited series, “George & Tammy,” Freckle Films is currently developing a series adaptation of the novel His & Hers written by Alice Feeney alongside Endeavor Content as well as The School For Good Mothers written by Jessamine Chan.
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Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House
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Jessica Chastain has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Jessica Chastain has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Jessica Chastain's first West End show was A Doll's House which opened in 2020
Jessica Chastain's next show will be A Doll's House which opens on 3/9/2023 on Broadway.
Jessica Chastain has been nominated for several awards for her performances in the play "A Doll's House." She received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards and a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards.
Jessica Chastain has won the Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for her role in A Doll's House.
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