Jessica Chastain wallpapers & Biography
Jessica Michelle Chastain born March 24, 1977 is an American actress and producer. Known primarily for starring in projects with feminist themes, she has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012.
Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age and made her professional stage debut as Shakespeare's Juliet in 1998. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she worked in television and on stage. After making her film debut at age 31 in the drama Jolene (2008), Chastain found success with six film releases in 2011, including the dramas Take Shelter (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011). She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama The Help (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty (2012).
Greater commercial success followed with the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015) and the horror film It Chapter Two (2019). Chastain received further praise for playing strong-willed women in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017) and the television miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021). She played Tammy Faye Baker in the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress, and played Tammy Wynette in the miniseries George & Tammy (2022).
On Broadway, Chastain has starred in revivals of The Heiress (2012) and A Doll's House (2023). The latter earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. She is the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which was created to promote diversity in film, and is an investor in the soccer club Angel City FC. Chastain is also outspoken about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. She is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi di Preposulo, and they have two children.
Early life and Education
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California,to Jeri Renee Haste and rock musician Michael Monasterio. Both her parents were teenagers when she was born. Chastain is reluctant to publicly discuss her family background. She was separated from Monasterio, who died in 2013, and has stated that no father's name is listed on her birth certificate.Chastain has two sisters and two brothers. Her younger sister Juliette committed suicide in 2003 after years of drug addiction. Chastain was raised in Sacramento by her mother and stepfather Michael Haste, a firefighter Chastain has said that her stepfather was the first person who made her feel safe.She shares a close bond with her maternal grandmother, Marilyn, and credits her as someone who "always believed in me."
Personal life
Despite significant media attention, Chastain remains discreet about her private life, and chooses not to attend red carpet events with a partner.She considers herself a "shy" person, and in 2011 expressed a preference for domestic routines such as walking the dogs and playing guitar over partying. Chastain has cited actress Isabelle Huppert as an influence, who manages to have a family while also playing "outlandish roles" on screen.
She is an animal lover, and has adopted a rescue dog.Raised by a vegan chef mother, Chastain was pescetarian for most of her life, before health troubles prompted her to begin practicing veganism. She is an investor in the meat substitute company Beyond Meat.
In the 2000s, Chastain was in a long-term relationship with writer-director Ned Benson that ended in 2010.In 2012, she began dating Gian Luca Passi di Preposulo, an Italian count from the Passi di Preposulo noble family, who is an executive for the fashion brand Moncler. On June 10, 2017, Chastain married Preposulo at her family's estate in Carbonera, Italy.In 2018, the couple had a daughter named Giulietta Passi Chastain via surrogacy. They later had a son named Augustus Passi. He lives in New York City.
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