Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Actor (b. 1977)
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The ThumbScore for Jessica Chastain (69.6%) is the average audience approval rating across 30 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Jessica's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

30
Movies
69.6%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Jessica Chastain’s films lower than 68% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): The Help (Tubi) · Lawless (Kanopy, Fawesome) · Texas Killing Fields (Roku Channel, The CW, Fandango at Home, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Mama (YouTube) · Mothers' Instinct (Kanopy) · Ava (YouTube, The CW, Tubi, Kanopy) and 3 more.

Frequent Collaborators

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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.

Born 1977-03-24.

On ThumbScore, Jessica Chastain appears in 30 films with an average audience score of 69.6%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Jessica Chastain movie, ranked by audience score

Interstellar
Interstellar
2014
👍 92%
The Martian
The Martian
2015
👍 89%
The Help
The Help
2011
👍 89%
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
👍 83%
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
👍 83%
Lawless
Lawless
2012
👍 81%
The Good Nurse
The Good Nurse
2022
👍 81%
It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two
2019
👍 81%
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
👍 79%
Take Shelter
Take Shelter
2011
👍 74%
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak
2015
👍 72%
Texas Killing Fields
Texas Killing Fields
2011
👍 71%
The Huntsman: Winter's War
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
👍 69%
Mama
Mama
2013
👍 69%
Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix
2019
👍 68%
Molly's Game
Molly's Game
2017
👍 67%
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
2016
👍 67%
Mothers' Instinct
Mothers' Instinct
2024
👍 67%
Woman Walks Ahead
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
👍 67%
A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year
2014
👍 66%
Memory
Memory
2023
👍 64%
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
2011
👍 62%
Ava
Ava
2020
👍 60%
The Debt
The Debt
2010
👍 60%
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
👍 60%
Other Mommy
Other Mommy
2026
👍 60%
The Forgiven
The Forgiven
2022
👍 55%
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
2011
👍 54%
The 355
The 355
2022
👍 50%
Dreams
Dreams
2025
👍 49%