Age: 49
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Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and film producer. Known for her roles in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age. In 1998, she made her professional stage debut as Shakespeare's Juliet. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, including Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She also took on roles in the stage productions of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in 2004 and Oscar Wilde's tragedy Salome in 2006. Chastain made her film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained wide recognition for her starring roles in the dramas Take Shelter (2011) and The Tree of Life (2011). Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help (2011) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty. Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress in the same year. Her highest-grossing releases came with the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015), and the horror film It Chapter Two (2019), and she continued to receive critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017) and The Good Nurse (2022). For her portrayal of Tammy Faye in the biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), which she also produced, Chastain won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In television, Chastain starred in drama miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy (2022). For the latter, she won a SAG Award. Her performance also garnered her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Chastain is the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which was created to promote diversity in film. She is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. She is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, with whom she has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Chastain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jessica Chastain
Mara Jade Skywalker
for Mara Jade Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
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After the final battle on Jakku in 'The Force Awakens', Luke and Rey leave to go to Tatooine to meet Mara Jade, as well as Luke's young son, named Jayson. They then leave to go throughout the Galaxy and reunite the New Jedi Order, hoping to receive answers of the ancient evil they face. Once they begin their journey, they reunite with one of the first of the new Jedi Luke trained, Tsabb Bri, a Rodian Jedi. He informs them that he has found a name of an ancient being, one so close to the force, she became a being of pure darkside; Abaloth. They then travel to Ahch-To, home of the first Jedi temple, in hopes of finding answers about Abaloth. Once at the temple, they meet a woman who has been hiding at the temple since the end of the galactic civil war, and claims to have worked with Anakin Skywalker. Her name is Ashoka Tano. Meanwhile, Han, Leia, Lando, Poe, Finn, Udic, and the Mandalorian learn that a major benefactor of the First Order is a female Hutt named Szuumo the Hutt. They learn she resides on Coruscant, and go there to track her down, in hopes of disrupting most of the First Orders finance. Once there, however, they learn a much bigger secret about the First Order. A secret that changes everything.
