Portrait of Jessica Chastain

Acting

Jessica Chastain

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, busiest in 2014 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
50
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
GoodWatch score83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    2022 · Won · 94th Academy Awards

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

    2022 · Won

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    2012 · Won

    The Help

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Actress

    2012 · Won

    Zero Dark Thirty

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Cast

    2011 · Won

    The Help

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Golden Globes

    2011 · Won

    Golden Globes, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

    2023 · Nominated · 80th Golden Globe Awards

    George & Tammy

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    2013 · Nominated · 85th Academy Awards

    Zero Dark Thirty

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    2012 · Nominated · 84th Academy Awards

    The Help

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

32

The characters Jessica Chastain played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jessica Chastain Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Satire & Parody
    1.3, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Relationship Drama 3
  • Psychological Dread 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Psychological Suspense 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Power Dynamics 3
  • International Intrigue 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

16 titles
The Savant
The Savant

TV show · as The Savant

I Am Not Alone
I Am Not Alone

Producer

Plus One
Plus One

as Rachel

My Darling California
My Darling California

as Sharon Normandie

Assassination
Assassination

as Dorothy Kilgallen

Deck the Y'alls
Deck the Y'alls

as Rachel Stein

The Dealer
The Dealer

TV show · Executive Producer

Nemesis
Nemesis

TV show

The Off Weeks
The Off Weeks

TV show · as Stella West

This Is Pleasure
This Is Pleasure

as Margot

Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Seducing Ingrid Bergman

as Ingrid Bergman

Losing Clementine
Losing Clementine

as Clementine

2020s

15 titles · average score 61
Other Mommy
Other Mommy (2026)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mommy / Other Mommy

Dreams
Dreams (2025)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jennifer McCarthy

Mothers' Instinct
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
GoodWatch score 55

as Alice

Memory
Memory (2023)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sylvia

The 355
The 355 (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

as Mason 'Mace' Brown

The Good Nurse
The Good Nurse (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Amy Loughren

George & Tammy
George & Tammy (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Tammy Wynette

The Forgiven
The Forgiven (2022)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jo Henninger

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Mira Phillips

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tammy Faye Bakker

Ava
Ava (2020)
GoodWatch score 37

as Ava

2010s

34 titles · average score 65
It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two (2019)
GoodWatch score 62

as Beverly Marsh

Molly's Game
Molly's Game (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

as Molly Bloom

The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Antonina Żabińska

Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

as Madeline Elizabeth Sloane

The Martian
The Martian (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

as Melissa Lewis

Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lady Lucille Sharpe

Interstellar
Interstellar (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

as Murph

A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Anna Morales

Mama
Mama (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

as Annabel

Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
GoodWatch score 83

as Maya

The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life (2011)
GoodWatch score 77

as Mrs. O'Brien

Take Shelter
Take Shelter (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

as Samantha LaForche

2000s

8 titles · average score 61
Stolen
Stolen (2009)
GoodWatch score 38

as Sally Ann

Journeyman
Journeyman (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Tanna Bloom

Blackbeard
Blackbeard (2006)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Charlotte Ormand

'Til Death
'Til Death (2006)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Hostess

Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

as Carolyn Stoddard

Close to Home
Close to Home (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Casey Wirth

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Sigrun Borg

Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars (2004)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Sarah Williams

1990s

1 title · average score 78
ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Dahlia Taslitz

1980s

2 titles · average score 67
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mary Debenham

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Self - Guest