Jessica Chastain Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jessica Chastain is an American theater, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life. She broke out in 2011 with seven films premiering. She won over 35 critics awards and was widely named as breakout star. For her role in the film The Help she received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard in Northern California. She is one of five children. Her mother is a vegan chef, and her father is a firefighter.... MORE

Jessica Chastain is an American theater, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life. She broke out in 2011 with seven films premiering. She won over 35 critics awards and was widely named as breakout star. For her role in the film The Help she received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard in Northern California. She is one of five children. Her mother is a vegan chef, and her father is a firefighter. Chastain is also vegan herself. She took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. Chastain had a "blue collar" upbringing around San Francisco. She graduated from El Camino High School in Sacramento in 1995 and attended Sacramento City College for two years. She attended The Juilliard School in New York City by way of a scholarship made available by Robin Williams. While there, she was an active participant in the drama department and starred in several theatrical productions and student film projects. Her first professional role came in 2004 for a TV movie adaptation of Dark Shadows. She later LESS