Jessica Chastain Biography
Jessica Chastain is an American award-winning actress and film producer well known for gracing our television with her feminist themes and her various roles in the films Jolene (2008), Law and Order: Trial by Jury, and Miss Julie (2004), and many others. Nevertheless, she is also the founder of the production company Freckle Films created to promote diversity in film.
Chastain attended the drama division of The Juilliard School, New York City graduating with a Bachelor of fine arts degree in 2003. Previously in 1998, she was in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts making her professional stage debut as Juliet in the production of Romeo and Juliet staged by TheatreWorks. Nevertheless, she also went to Sacramento City College from 1996 to 1997, being a member of the college’s debate team. Even so, Jessica was also a student at the El Camino Fundamental High School, in Sacramento.
Jessica Chastain Career Life
She discovered her dance when she was nine years old and participated in a dance troupe by age 13. Jessica also performed in Shakespearean productions and attended the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. For years, she has taken turns in guest appearances in television shows and films. The actress starred with Al Pacino in Salome (2006) and later made her debut in the title role of Jolene in 2008.
Moreover, her most critically approved and commercially successful films were Take Shelter (2011), Coriolanus (2011), The Help (2011), Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012) Mama (2013), Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly’s Game (2017) and It Chapter 2 in 2019. This review is according to the American aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site Box Office Mojo. Nevertheless, she has appeared in several movies, series, and other filmographies.
Chastain won an Academy Award in the Best Actress category in 2021. Withal, the actress has been a two-time nominee for Best Supporting Actress for The Help and Best Actress for Zero Dark Thirty. Jessica also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture. In the Best Actress category, she has been nominated six more times as well as in the Best Supporting Actress category. She has a candid reception as well as her acting style despite her career expansion and fluctuations from 2014 to 2020.
Jessica Chastain Age
How old is the actress? is 46 years old as of 2023. She was born on March 24th, 1977 in Sacramento, California, United States. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on the 24th of March every year. In addition, her zodiac birth sign according to astrology is Aries.
Jessica Chastain Height
Jessica stands at an average height of 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 56 kg. Nevertheless, her other body measurements are 36-24-35 inches.
Jessica Chastain’s Family
Michelle Chastain was born to her father Michael Monasterio and her mother Jerri Renee Hastey Chastain. Her father was a rock musician who unfortunately died in 2013. She has two sisters and two brothers. She is the sister of Juliet Chastain who unfortunately died by suicide in 2003 through drug addiction. The actress was raised by her stepfather Michael Hastey, a firefighter along with her other siblings Laci Smoot, Will Chastian, and Nicole Monasterio. She is also the granddaughter of her maternal grandmother Marilyn.
Jessica Chastain Husband
Jessica is happily married to her loving husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo who is a fashion executive for the Moncler Italian Brand. Gian and Michelle began dating in 2012 and exchanged vows on June 10th, 2017 in Carbonera, Italy. Luca and her wife welcomed their daughter Giulietta Chastain Passi in April 2018 via surrogate. Currently, the family resides in New York, United States.
Jessica Chastain’s Net Worth
Her successful profession as an actress and producer has made Michelle accumulate a huge amount of fortune over the years. Jessica is estimated to have an approximate net worth of around $50 million US dollars. This includes her various assets like her car collections, her houses, money and income she has pocketed over the years in her professionalism.