Jessica Chastain, a 2022 Oscar award winner for best actress, is known primarily for starring in films with feminist themes. She is well-known for her appearance in the science fiction film "Interstellar" (2014) which is her biggest commercial success to date and the horror film "It Chapter Two" (2019). In 2012, she voiced Gia the jaguar in "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," a massive hit with a worldwide gross of $746.9 million.
Jessica Chastain is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award in the Best Actress category for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (2021), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for "Zero Dark Thirty". She has been enlisted as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality.
Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age. She made her professional stage debut in 1998 as Juliet in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. 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.
Jessica Chastain was born on 24th March 1977 in Sacramento, California, the U.S. Her birthname is Jessica Michelle Chastain. She holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity of French, Dutch, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Spanish. Her star sign is Aries. She is a follower of Christianity.
Chastain was born into a well-to-do family. Her father Michael Monasterio was a rock musician while her mother's name is Jerri Renee Hastey. She has two sisters and two brothers. Her younger sister, Juliet, died by suicide in 2003 following years of drug addiction. She was brought up in Sacramento by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, a firefighter.
Chastain attended the El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento. She later enrolled at Sacramento City College from 1996 to 1997 and finished her education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1998. In 2003, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Jessica Chastain has been married to Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, an Italian count of the Passi de Preposulo noble family. He is an executive for the Italian luxury fashion brand Moncler. The couple first started dating in 2012. After dating for five years, they tied their knot on June 10, 2017, at the Preposulo family's estate in Carbonera, Italy.
In 2018, the couple welcomed their first child a daughter whom they named Guilietta. Their second daughter was born in March 2020. Previously, Jessica was in a long-term relationship with writer-director, Ned Benson from the early 2000s to 2010. There were also rumors regarding her relationship with Tom Hiddleston in 2013 and Megan Ellison in 2011.
As of August 2022, the net worth of Jessica Chastain is estimated to be the US $50 million. She has been earning a lot of money through her successful profession as an actress. She has been working in Hollywood for more than fifteen years and is earning a mouth-watering income of around $1 million to $2 million annually from her role in the movies. Chastain also earns a lot from her business ventures and endorsement deals most notably the Woman by Ralph Lauren perfume and Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto perfume.
Jessica Chastain is 5 ft 7 inches tall and her body weight is around 60 Kg. She has an hourglass-shaped body. Her curvaceous body measures 36-25-35 inches. She is the lady with an ideal model type body and her body figure is the main subject of attraction for people.
She wears a 34B(US) size bra and an 8 (US) size dress. She feels comfortable wearing 8(US) size shoes. She has a pair of gorgeous green-colored eyes. She looks elegant in her long silky hairstyle which is red in color. It is unclear whether Chastain has had plastic surgery.