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{{Short description|American actress and producer (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Jessica Chastain
| image        = Jessica Chastain-64631 (cropped).jpg
| alt          = Chastain smiling at the camera
| caption      = Chastain in 2025
| birth_name   = Jessica Michelle Chastain
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1977|03|24}}<!-- Please provide a high-quality reliable source before changing this information-->
| birth_place  = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
| education    = [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]<br>[[Juilliard School]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation   = {{hlist|Actress|producer}}
| years_active = 1998–present
| works        = [[List of Jessica Chastain performances|Full list]]
| organization = [[Freckle Films]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Passi de Preposulo|Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo]]|2017}}
| children     = 2
| awards       = [[List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Chastain|Full list]]
}}

'''Jessica Michelle Chastain''' (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in projects with [[Feminism|feminist]] themes, she has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Chastain|various accolades]], including an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]], in addition to nominations for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], two [[Tony Awards]] and two [[British Academy Film Awards]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2012.

Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age and made her professional stage debut in 1998 as [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s [[Juliet]]. After studying acting at the [[Juilliard School]], she worked on television and stage. After making her film debut at age 31 in the drama ''[[Jolene (film)|Jolene]]'' (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ''[[Take Shelter]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011). She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012).

Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' (2014) and ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' (2015), and the horror film ''[[It Chapter Two]]'' (2019). Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas ''[[A Most Violent Year]]'' (2014), ''[[Miss Sloane]]'' (2016), and ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017), and the television miniseries ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (American miniseries)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'' (2021). She went on to portray [[Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker]] in the biopic ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)|The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021), winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], and [[Tammy Wynette]] in the miniseries ''[[George & Tammy]]'' (2022).

On [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]], Chastain has starred in revivals of ''[[The Heiress (1947 play)|The Heiress]]'' (2012) and ''[[A Doll's House]]'' (2023). The latter earned her a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]]. 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]]. Chastain is vocal about mental health issues, as well as gender and racial equality. She is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, and they have two children.

==Early life and education==
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born on March 24, 1977, in [[Sacramento, California]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomson|first=David|title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510|date=May 6, 2014|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-101-87470-7|page=510|access-date=October 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085211/https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt2BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="outsider" /><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/jessica-chastain-20830013|title= Jessica Chastain: Actress (1977–)|work= [[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]|access-date= September 13, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812210853/https://www.biography.com/people/jessica-chastain-20830013|archive-date= August 12, 2017}}</ref> to Jerri Renee Hastey (née Chastain) and rock musician Michael Monasterio.<ref name="slow road">{{cite news|first=Tim |last=Walker|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jessica-chastain-the-slow-road-to-overnight-success-8432762.html |title=Jessica Chastain: The slow road to overnight success |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=December 29, 2012 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514032416/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jessica-chastain-the-slow-road-to-overnight-success-8432762.html |archive-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name="father">{{cite magazine|first=Tom|last=Shone|title=Work of Art|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=December 2013 |asin=B00GG4A2WU}}</ref> Her parents were both teenagers when she was born. Chastain is reluctant to publicly discuss her family background. She was estranged from Monasterio, who died in 2013, and has stated that no father is listed on her birth certificate.<ref name="slow road"/><ref name="father"/> Chastain has two sisters and two brothers. Her younger sister, Juliet, died by suicide in 2003 following years of drug addiction.<ref name="siblings">{{cite news |first=Lindsay |last=Kimble |url=https://people.com/movies/jessica-chastain-on-her-sisters-2003-suicide/|title=Jessica Chastain on Her Sister's 2003 Suicide: 'You Never Really Think This Is Going to Happen' |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 5, 2016 |access-date=May 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507042315/https://www.people.com/article/jessica-chastain-sister-suicide |archive-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> Chastain was raised in Sacramento by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, a firefighter.<ref name="outsider">{{cite news|first=Jane |last=Mulkerrins|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html |title=Jessica Chastain interview: on Interstellar, her rise to fame, and being an outsider |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=November 2, 2014 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102191100/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html |archive-date=November 2, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|first=Sophie| last=Heawood |title=Jessica Chastain: 'It's a myth that women don't get along' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/09/jessica-chastain-myth-women-dont-get-along-jennifer-lawrence-fight |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 16, 2016 |date=April 9, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415044508/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/09/jessica-chastain-myth-women-dont-get-along-jennifer-lawrence-fight |archive-date=April 15, 2016 }}</ref> Her family struggled financially.<ref>{{cite news|last=VanHoose|first=Benjamin|url=https://people.com/movies/jessica-chastain-struggling-as-kid-in-difficult-upbringing/|title=Jessica Chastain Recalls 'Struggling as a Kid' During Difficult Upbringing: 'We Didn't Have Things'|work=People|date=January 18, 2022|accessdate=July 21, 2023|archive-date=July 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718212818/https://people.com/movies/jessica-chastain-struggling-as-kid-in-difficult-upbringing/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chastain has said that her stepfather was the first person to make her feel secure.<ref name="father"/> She shares a close bond with her maternal grandmother, Marilyn, and credits her as someone who "always believed in me".<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="wmag">{{cite magazine |first=Lynn |last=Hirschberg |title=Jessica Chastain: Transformer |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jessica-chastain-november-cover|magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]] |date=October 12, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424005050/https://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2015/10/jessica-chastain-november-cover |archive-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Juilliard School - Alice Tully Hall.jpg|thumb|alt=A picture of the Alice Tully Hall building at the Juilliard School in New York City, taken from across the street|The [[Juilliard School]] in New York City, where Chastain studied acting]]
Chastain developed an interest in acting at age seven, after her grandmother took her to a production of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''.<ref name="outsider"/> She would regularly put on amateur shows with other children, and considered herself to be their artistic director.<ref name="guardian"/> As a student at [[El Camino Fundamental High School]] in Sacramento, Chastain struggled academically.<ref name="slow road"/><ref name="ewnow">{{cite magazine |first=Joe |last=McGovern |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/08/jessica-chastain-dropped-out-high-school/ |title=Jessica Chastain on her early life: 'Nobody knows this about me' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 8, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215101259/https://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/08/jessica-chastain-dropped-out-high-school |archive-date=February 15, 2015}}</ref> She was a loner and considered herself a misfit in school, eventually finding an outlet in the performing arts.<ref name="glamour">{{cite news |first=Logan |last=Hill |title=Glamour Cover Star Jessica Chastain on the Benefits of Being a Late Bloomer and How Robin Williams Changed Her Life |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/cover-star-jessica-chastain |work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509071027/https://www.glamour.com/story/cover-star-jessica-chastain |archive-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> She has described how she used to miss school to read [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]],<ref name="supernova">{{cite news |last=Goldman |first=Lea |date=November 14, 2012 |title=Jessica Chastain: Supernova |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a7379/jessica-chastain-interview/ |work=[[Marie Claire]] |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429002943/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a7379/jessica-chastain-interview/ |archive-date=April 29, 2016}}</ref> whose plays she became enamored with after attending the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] with her classmates.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mottram |first=James |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/jessica-chastain-i-was-a-shakespeare-geek-who-hated-high-school/news-story/d0a13abbb5a9c634aaf5696d7c6cc597 |title=Jessica Chastain: I was a Shakespeare geek who hated high school |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |location=Sydney |date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211024073952/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/jessica-chastain-i-was-a-shakespeare-geek-who-hated-high-school/news-story/d0a13abbb5a9c634aaf5696d7c6cc597 |archive-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> With too many absences during her senior year in school, Chastain did not qualify for graduation, but later obtained an [[Adult high school|adult diploma]].<ref name="ewnow"/> She later attended [[Sacramento City College]] from 1996 to 1997, during which she was a member of the institution's debate team.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joseph| last=Hall |title=Debating greatness: City College Speech and Debate team scores a winning streak |url=http://saccityexpress.com/debating-greatness/ |publisher=[[Sacramento City College]] |date=October 26, 2011|access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316015939/http://saccityexpress.com/debating-greatness/ |archive-date=March 16, 2016 }}</ref> Describing her early childhood, she recalled:{{blockquote|I [grew up] with a single mother who worked very hard to put food on our table. We did not have money. There were many nights when we had to go to sleep without eating. It was a very difficult upbringing. Things weren't easy for me growing up.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brady |first=Tara |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jessica-chastain-it-was-a-very-difficult-upbringing-1.3076563 |title=Jessica Chastain: 'It was a very difficult upbringing' |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=May 13, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517143317/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jessica-chastain-it-was-a-very-difficult-upbringing-1.3076563 |archive-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>}}

In 1998, Chastain finished her education at the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] and made her professional stage debut as [[Juliet]] in a production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' staged by [[TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)|TheatreWorks]], a company in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni|title=Notable Past Students: Jessica Chastain|publisher=[[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216094141/https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni|archive-date=February 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Heather |last=Zimmerman|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.30.98/stage-9817.html |title=Bard's Pair as Dublin Duo |work=[[Metro Silicon Valley]] | date=April 30, 1998 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118060025/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.30.98/stage-9817.html |archive-date=January 18, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="mcgrath">{{cite news|first=Charles| last=McGrath |title=Off to Broadway and Back to School |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/theater/jessica-chastain-in-the-heiress-and-at-juilliard.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 7, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229085142/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/theater/jessica-chastain-in-the-heiress-and-at-juilliard.html |archive-date=February 29, 2016 }}</ref> The production led her to audition for the [[Juilliard School]] in New York City, where she was soon accepted and granted a scholarship funded by actor [[Robin Williams]].<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="ewnow"/> In her first year at the school, Chastain suffered from anxiety and was worried about being dropped from the program, spending most of her time reading and watching films.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="mcgrath"/> She later remarked that her participation in a successful production of ''[[The Seagull]]'' during her second year helped build her confidence.<ref name="mcgrath"/> She graduated from the school with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 2003.<ref name="mcgrath"/>

==Career==
===2004–2010: Early work===
Shortly before graduating from Juilliard, Chastain attended an event for final-year students in Los Angeles, where she was signed to a [[talent holding deal]] by the television producer [[John Wells (TV producer)|John Wells]].<ref name="theindependent11">{{cite news|first=Guy |last=Adams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/red-hot-how-jessica-chastain-became-hollywoods-most-wanted-2372840.html |title=Red hot: How Jessica Chastain became Hollywood's most wanted |work=[[The Independent]] | date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520231957/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/red-hot-how-jessica-chastain-became-hollywoods-most-wanted-2372840.html |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }}</ref> She relocated to Los Angeles and started auditioning for jobs.<ref name="theindependent11"/> She initially found the process difficult, which she believed was due to other people finding her difficult to categorize as a redhead with an unconventional look.<ref name="huffpost010313">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jessica-chastain-looks_n_2402496 |title=Jessica Chastain: I Don't Look 'Modern' |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=March 1, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106075156/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/jessica-chastain-looks_n_2402496.html |archive-date=January 6, 2013 }}</ref> In her television debut, [[The WB]] network's [[Dark Shadows (2004 TV pilot)|2004 pilot remake]] of the 1960s [[Gothic fiction|gothic]] soap opera ''[[Dark Shadows]]'', she was cast as [[Carolyn Stoddard]].<ref name="mama2"/> The pilot was directed by [[P.&nbsp;J. Hogan]], but the series was never picked up for broadcast.<ref name="mama2"/> Later that year, she appeared as a guest performer on the medical drama series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' playing a woman she described as "psychotic", which led to her getting more unusual parts such as accident victims or characters with mental illness.<ref name="theindependent11"/><ref name="huffpost010313"/> She went on to appear in such roles in a few other television series from 2004 to 2007, including ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' (2004), ''[[Close to Home (2005 TV series)|Close to Home]]'' (2006), ''[[Blackbeard (2006 film)|Blackbeard]]'' (2006), and ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]'' (2005–06).<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |title=Veronica Mars — Season 1, Episode 17: The Girl Next Door |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/veronica-mars/the-girl-next-door-367209/ |publisher=[[TV.com]] |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703145326/http://www.tv.com/shows/veronica-mars/the-girl-next-door-367209/ |archive-date=July 3, 2015 }}
*{{cite web |title=Close to Home — Season 1, Episode 13: The Rapist Next Door |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/close-to-home/the-rapist-next-door-525234/cast/ |publisher=TV.com |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309150614/http://www.tv.com/shows/close-to-home/the-rapist-next-door-525234/cast/ |archive-date=March 9, 2016 }}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8XJ6UcCumYC&q=David+Winters+as+Silas+Bridges&pg=PA10|title=Movies Made for Television: 2005–2009|last=Marill|first=Alvin H.|date=October 11, 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810876590|access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014112735/https://books.google.com/books?id=k8XJ6UcCumYC&q=David+Winters+as+Silas+Bridges&pg=PA10|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |title=Law & Order: Trial by Jury |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/law-and-order-trial-by-jury/cast/ |publisher=TV.com |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708141703/http://www.tv.com/shows/law-and-order-trial-by-jury/cast/ |archive-date=July 8, 2015 }}</ref>

[[File:Jessica Chastain - MVff2010.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=A shot of Jessica Chastain as she looks away from the camera|Chastain at the 2010 [[Mill Valley Film Festival]]]]
In 2004, Chastain took on the role of Anya, a virtuous young woman, in a [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] production of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s play ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' in Massachusetts, starring with [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Frank |last=Rizzo|url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-cherry-orchard-17-1200531665 |title=Review: 'The Cherry Orchard' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=August 16, 2004 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225012931/http://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-cherry-orchard-17-1200531665/ |archive-date=December 25, 2014 }}</ref> Also that year, she worked with [[Playwrights Horizons]] on a production of [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]]'s ''Rodney's Wife'' as the daughter of a troubled middle-aged film actor. Her performance was not well received by the critic [[Ben Brantley]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', who thought that she "somehow seems to keep losing color as the evening progresses".<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Brantley| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/theater/reviews/02rodn.html |title=The Strain of Politeness as Irritation Drives a Plot |work=The New York Times | date=December 2, 2004 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622063843/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/theater/reviews/02rodn.html |archive-date=June 22, 2013 }}</ref> While working on the play, she was recommended by Nelson to [[Al Pacino]], who was looking for an actress to star in his production of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s tragedy ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]''.<ref name="theindependent11"/> The play tells the tragic story of its titular character's sexual exploration. In the play, Salome is a 16-year-old, but Chastain, aged 29 then, was cast for the part.<ref name="salome">{{cite web|first=Emma|last=Jones|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29327057 |title=Jessica Chastain mulls breakthrough role as Salome |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=September 24, 2014 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924000512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29327057 |archive-date=September 24, 2014 }}</ref> The play was staged in 2006 at the [[Wadsworth Theatre]] in Los Angeles, and Chastain later remarked that it helped bring her to the attention of several casting directors.<ref name="salome"/><ref name="Salome06">{{cite news|first=Steven|last=Oxman| url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/markets-festivals/salome-7-1200516630/ |title=Review: 'Salome' |work=Variety|date=April 30, 2006 |access-date=April 24, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505164153/http://variety.com/2006/legit/markets-festivals/salome-7-1200516630/ |archive-date=May 5, 2016 }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', the critic Steven Oxman criticized her portrayal in the play: "Chastain is so ill-at-ease with Salome, not quite certain whether she's a capable seductress or a whiny, wealthy brat; she doesn't flesh out either choice".<ref name="Salome06"/>

Chastain made her film debut in 2008 as the titular character in [[Dan Ireland]]'s drama ''[[Jolene (film)|Jolene]]'', based on a short story by [[E.&nbsp;L. Doctorow]] inspired by [[Dolly Parton]]'s song "[[Jolene (song)|Jolene]]".<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeanette| last=Catsoulis |title=Searching for Stability |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/movies/29jolene.html |work=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2010| access-date=April 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225200029/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/movies/29jolene.html |archive-date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref> It follows the life of a sexually abused teenager over the course of a decade. Chastain's performance was praised by a reviewer for the ''[[New York Observer]]'', who considered her as the only notable aspect of the production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jolene (2008) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jolene/ |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822052713/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jolene/ |archive-date=August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rex |last=Reed| url=http://observer.com/2010/10/ijolenei-was-worth-the-wait-a-twoyearold-film-finally-gets-the-spotlight/ |title=Jolene Was Worth the Wait: A Two-Year-Old Film Finally Gets the Spotlight |work=The New York Observer| date=October 27, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084919/http://observer.com/2010/10/ijolenei-was-worth-the-wait-a-twoyearold-film-finally-gets-the-spotlight/ |archive-date=June 2, 2016 }}</ref> She won a Best Actress award at the [[Seattle International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=News in 2008 |url=http://www.siff.net/about/news/detail.aspx?NID=147&year=2008 |publisher=[[Seattle International Film Festival]] |date=June 15, 2008 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619090115/http://www.siff.net/about/news/detail.aspx?NID=147&year=2008 |archive-date=June 19, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, she had a minor role in ''[[Stolen (2009 drama film)|Stolen]]'' (2009), a mystery-thriller film with a limited theatrical release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stolen (2010) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012207-stolen/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822052621/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012207-stolen/ |archive-date=August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jordan| last=Mintzer |title=Review: 'Stolen Lives' |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/stolen-lives-1200474930/ |work=Variety| date=June 29, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060623/http://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/stolen-lives-1200474930/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref> Also in 2009, she played the part of [[Desdemona]] in [[The Public Theatre]] production of Shakespeare's tragedy ''[[Othello]]'', co-starring [[John Ortiz]] as [[Othello (character)|the title character]] and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] as [[Iago]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Brantley| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/theater/reviews/28brantley.html |title=The General in His High-Tech Labyrinth |work=The New York Times| date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311163739/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/theater/reviews/28brantley.html |archive-date=March 11, 2015 }}</ref> Writing for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Hilton Als]] commended Chastain for finding "a beautiful maternal depth" in her role.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hilton |last=Als |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/05/the-black-man-cometh |title=The Black Man Cometh |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 5, 2009 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923214206/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/05/the-black-man-cometh |archive-date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref>

In 2010, Chastain starred in [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]'s dramatic thriller ''[[The Debt (2010 film)|The Debt]]'', portraying a young [[Mossad]] agent sent to [[East Berlin]] in the 1960s to capture a former [[Nazi]] doctor who carried out medical experiments in [[concentration camp]]s.<ref name="Telegraph240911">{{cite news|first=Sheryl |last=Garratt |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8776020/Hollywoods-hidden-treasure-Jessica-Chastain-interview.html |title=Hollywood's hidden treasure: Jessica Chastain interview |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=September 24, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904162710/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8776020/Hollywoods-hidden-treasure-Jessica-Chastain-interview.html |archive-date=September 4, 2012 }}</ref> She shared her role with [[Helen Mirren]], with the two actresses portraying the character at different phases of her life.<ref name="Telegraph240911" /> They worked together before filming to perfect the voice and mannerisms of the character and make them consistent. Chastain took classes in German and [[Krav Maga]], and studied books about the Nazi doctor [[Josef Mengele]] and Mossad history.<ref name="Telegraph240911" /> William Thomas of ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' termed the film a "smart, tense, well-acted thriller", and noted that Chastain "pulses with strength and vulnerability" in her part.<ref>{{cite news|first=William|last=Thomas|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/debt/review/ |title=The Debt review |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=April 8, 2008| access-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923170604/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/debt/review/ |archive-date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref> She also appeared as Mary Debenham in an episode of the British television series ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', based on [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1934 novel ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Agatha Christie's Poirot — Season 12, Episode 3: Murder on the Orient Express |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/agatha-christies-poirot/murder-on-the-orient-express-1310644/ |publisher=TV.com |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731053912/http://www.tv.com/shows/agatha-christies-poirot/murder-on-the-orient-express-1310644/ |archive-date=July 31, 2015 }}</ref>

===2011–2013: Breakthrough and rise to prominence===
[[File:Jessica Chastain (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Jessica Chastain smiles for the camera|Chastain attending the premiere of ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'' at the [[61st Berlin International Film Festival|2011 Berlin International Film Festival]]]]
After struggling for a breakthrough in film, Chastain had six releases in 2011 and received wide recognition for several of them.<ref name="theindependent11"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Matt |last=Prigge |title=Interview: Jessica Chastain wanted 'Eleanor Rigby' to have more of the female side |url=http://www.metro.us/entertainment/jessica-chastain-wanted-eleanor-rigby-to-have-more-of-a-female-side/tmWnij---b2cK0ul7GkH/ |work=Metro New York|date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723175737/http://www.metro.us/entertainment/jessica-chastain-wanted-eleanor-rigby-to-have-more-of-a-female-side/tmWnij---b2cK0ul7GkH/ |archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}</ref> The first of the roles was as the wife of [[Michael Shannon]]'s character in [[Jeff Nichols]]' ''[[Take Shelter]]'', a drama about a troubled father who tries to protect his family from what he believes is an impending storm. The film was screened at the 2011 [[Sundance Film Festival]], and critic Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' noted how much Chastain's supporting part aided the narrative.<ref>{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Robey |title=Take Shelter, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8913914/Take-Shelter-review.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| date=November 24, 2011|access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509105214/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8913914/Take-Shelter-review.html |archive-date=May 9, 2016 }}</ref> In ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'', an adaptation of the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] [[Coriolanus|tragedy]] from actor-director [[Ralph Fiennes]], she played [[Virgilia]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Manohla |last=Dargis |authorlink=Manohla Dargis|title=He's the Hero of the People, and He Hates It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/ralph-fiennes-and-vanessa-redgrave-in-coriolanus-review.html |work=[[The New York Times]]| date=December 1, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930035800/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/ralph-fiennes-and-vanessa-redgrave-in-coriolanus-review.html |archive-date=September 30, 2015 }}</ref> Her next role was opposite [[Brad Pitt]], as the loving mother of three children in [[Terrence Malick]]'s experimental drama ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'', which she had filmed in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=Borys|last=Kit|title=Jessica Chastain joins Sam Worthington film |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/jessica-chastain-joins-sam-worthington-21836/ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 21, 2010|access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325170807/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i6e499b206b4e48ab45721d1ec6fe7259 |archive-date=March 25, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="instyle">{{cite journal|title=Femme Fatale|pages=95–102 |journal=[[InStyle]] |date=February 2013 |asin=B00AT5AV3W|last1=Porter |first1=Roy}}</ref> Chastain signed on to the film without receiving a traditional screenplay from Malick, and she improvised several scenes and dialogues with Pitt.<ref name="tree">{{cite web|last=Daniels |first=Hunter |url=https://collider.com/jessica-chastain-interview-tree-of-life/ |title=Jessica Chastain Interview Tree of Life |publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424202227/http://collider.com/jessica-chastain-interview-tree-of-life/ |archive-date=April 24, 2016 }}</ref> She considered her part to be "the embodiment of grace and the spirit world"; in preparation, she practiced meditation, studied paintings of the [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]], and read poems by [[Thomas Aquinas]].<ref name="tree"/> The film premiered at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]] to a polarized reception from the audience, though it was praised by critics and won the [[Palme d'Or]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brad-pitts-tree-life-sets-188621/|title='Tree of Life' Sets Off Mixed Frenzy of Boos, Applause, Glowing Reviews (Cannes 2011)|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 16, 2011|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102182453/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitts-tree-life-sets-188621|url-status=live}}</ref> The critic [[Justin Chang]] termed the film a "hymn to the glory of creation, an exploratory, often mystifying [...] poem" and credited Chastain for playing her part with "heartrending vulnerability".<ref>{{cite news|first=Justin|last=Chang|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/the-tree-of-life-1117945242/ |title=The Tree of Life |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 16, 2011 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108083613/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945242/ |archive-date=November 8, 2012 }}</ref>

Chastain's biggest success of the year came with the drama ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'', co-starring [[Viola Davis]], [[Octavia Spencer]] and [[Emma Stone]], which was based on [[Kathryn Stockett]]'s [[The Help|novel of the same name]]. She played Celia Foote, an aspiring socialite in 1960s [[Jackson, Mississippi]], who develops a friendship with her Black maid (played by Spencer). Chastain was drawn to Foote's antiracist stand, and connected with her energy and enthusiasm; in preparation, she watched the films of [[Marilyn Monroe]] and researched the history of [[Tunica, Mississippi]], where her character was raised.<ref name="help">{{cite web|first=Brad |last=Balfour |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/actress-jessica-chastain-_b_1299047 |title=Actress Jessica Chastain Has The Help to Get Her Award Noms |work=[[HuffPost]]|date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311012009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/actress-jessica-chastain-_b_1299047.html |archive-date=March 11, 2016 }}</ref> ''The Help'' grossed $216&nbsp;million at the box office to become her most widely seen film to that point.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=help2011.htm |title=The Help (2011) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417115317/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=help2011.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="box-office">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=jessicachastain.htm |title=Jessica Chastain: Movie Box Office Results |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626014658/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=jessicachastain.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2017 }}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the chemistry between Chastain and Spencer, and [[Roger Ebert]] credited her for being "unaffected and infectious".<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite news|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html |title='The Maids' Now Have Their Say |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419190527/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html |archive-date=April 19, 2016 }}
*{{cite news|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011 |title=The Help Movie Review |work=Roger Ebert|date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409151425/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011 |archive-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> The ensemble of ''The Help'' won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast]], and Chastain received [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|BAFTA]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG Award]] nominations for Best Supporting Actress, all of which she lost to Spencer.<ref name="guardian"/><ref>{{cite news|title=2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees & winners list |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-sag-screen-actors-guild-awards-scorecard-2012-htmlstory.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 27, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416102232/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-sag-screen-actors-guild-awards-scorecard-2012-htmlstory.html |archive-date=April 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oscars 2012: Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/27/octavia-spencer-best-supporting-actress-oscar |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=September 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912015725/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/27/octavia-spencer-best-supporting-actress-oscar |archive-date=September 12, 2016 }}</ref>

Chastain's final two roles of the year were in ''[[Wilde Salomé]]'', a documentary based on her 2006 production of ''Salome'',<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=McCahill |title=Salomé review&nbsp;– Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain explore Wilde sex |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/18/salome-review-al-pacino-jessica-chastain |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 18, 2014 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722205801/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/18/salome-review-al-pacino-jessica-chastain |archive-date=July 22, 2015 }}</ref> and the critically panned crime-thriller ''[[Texas Killing Fields (film)|Texas Killing Fields]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Killing Fields (2011) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/texas_killing_fields/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814074419/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/texas_killing_fields/ |archive-date=August 14, 2015 }}</ref> Her film roles in 2011, particularly in ''The Help'', ''Take Shelter'' and ''The Tree of Life'', won her awards from several critics' organizations.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web|first=Camille |last=Mann |title=New York Film Critics name ''The Artist'' Best Picture |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-film-critics-name-the-artist-best-picture |publisher=[[CBS]] |date=January 10, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205070118/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-film-critics-name-the-artist-best-picture/ |archive-date=December 5, 2014 }}
*{{cite web|title=2011 Awards: ''Melancholia'', Pitt, Dunst, Brooks, Chastain, Malick |url=http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/?p=44 |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115091333/http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/?p=44 |archive-date=January 15, 2014 }}
*{{cite web|title=37th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Associations Awards |url=http://www.lafca.net/years/2011.html |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704001210/http://www.lafca.net/years/2011.html |archive-date=July 4, 2015 }}</ref> Two of Chastain's films in 2012 premiered at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival|65th Cannes Film Festival]]&nbsp;— the animated comedy ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' and the crime drama ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jada |last=Yuan|title=Cannes: Jessica Chastain Still Hasn't Taken That Vacation |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/05/jessica-chastain-still-hasnt-taken-a-vacation.html |work=Vulture |date=May 19, 2012 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530234152/http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/jessica-chastain-still-hasnt-taken-a-vacation.html |archive-date=May 30, 2016 }}</ref> In the former, which marked the third installment in the ''[[Madagascar (franchise)|Madagascar]]'' series, she voiced Gia the Jaguar with an Italian accent.<ref>{{cite news|first=Todd| last=McCarthy |authorlink=Todd McCarthy|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-cannes-326596/ |title=Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Cannes Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514010741/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-cannes-326596 |archive-date=May 14, 2016 }}</ref> With global revenues of $747&nbsp;million, the film ranks as her highest-grossing release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madagascar3.htm |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723173244/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madagascar3.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="box-office"/> In ''Lawless'', based on [[Matt Bondurant]]'s [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]-era novel ''[[The Wettest County in the World]]'', she played a dancer who becomes embroiled in a conflict between three [[bootleg alcohol|bootlegging]] brothers (played by [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Tom Hardy]], and [[Jason Clarke (actor)|Jason Clarke]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Felperin |first=Leslie |title=Review: 'Lawless' |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/lawless-1117947579/ |work=Variety|date=May 19, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003032343/http://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/lawless-1117947579/ |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> The film received generally positive reviews, with [[Richard Corliss]] finding Chastain to be filled with "poised, seductive gravity".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawless (2012) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lawless_2012/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 18, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918101714/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lawless_2012/ |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Richard| last=Corliss |title=Lawless: A Crime Drama That's Remorseless&nbsp;— and Often Lifeless |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/19/lawless-a-crime-drama-thats-remorseless-and-often-lifeless/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 19, 2012 |access-date=September 22, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923025357/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/19/lawless-a-crime-drama-thats-remorseless-and-often-lifeless/ |archive-date=September 23, 2012 }}</ref> In an experimental biopic of the author [[C.&nbsp;K. Williams]], entitled ''[[The Color of Time]]'' (2012), directed by the [[New York University]] students of actor [[James Franco]], she played the mother of the young Williams.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicholas|last=Rapold |title=12 at the Easel, Painting a Poet's Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/movies/the-color-of-time-with-james-franco-as-c-k-williams.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723174951/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/movies/the-color-of-time-with-james-franco-as-c-k-williams.html |archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Deborah|last=Young|title=Tar: Rome Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/tar-rome-review-391642/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819145024/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tar-rome-review-391642 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Jessica Chastain Cannes 2, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Jessica Chastain smiles while she gently looks away from the camera|Chastain at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]] where two of her films&nbsp;— ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' and ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''&nbsp;— were screened]]
A short part Chastain had filmed for Terrence Malick's ''[[To the Wonder]]'' (2012) was edited out of the final film, and due to scheduling conflicts, she dropped out of the action films ''[[Oblivion (2013 film)|Oblivion]]'' and ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' (both 2013).<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web|first=Bryan| last=Enk |title=Rachel Weisz, Jessica Chastain and Other Stars Cut From 'To the Wonder' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/bp/rachel-weisz-jessica-chastain-other-stars-cut-wonder-225322026.html |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |date=April 13, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424202116/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/bp/rachel-weisz-jessica-chastain-other-stars-cut-wonder-225322026.html |archive-date=April 24, 2016 }}
*{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Jagernauth |title=Olga Kurylenko In, Jessica Chastain Out For Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion'/'Horizons'; Andrea Riseborough Also Joins |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/01/olga-kurylenko-in-jessica-chastain-out-for-tom-cruises-oblivionhorizons-andrea-riseborough-also-joins-113827/ |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506145635/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/olga-kurylenko-in-jessica-chastain-out-for-tom-cruises-oblivion-horizons-andrea-riseborough-also-joins |archive-date=May 6, 2016 }}
*{{cite news|first=Jordan| last=Zakarin |title=Jessica Chastain Passes on 'Iron Man 3' Role |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-chastain-passes-iron-man-3-marvel-320968/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 7, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514014650/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jessica-chastain-passes-iron-man-3-marvel-320968 |archive-date=May 14, 2016 }}</ref> She instead made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in a revival of the 1947 play ''[[The Heiress (1947 play)|The Heiress]]'', playing the role of Catherine Sloper, a naïve young girl who transforms into a powerful woman.<ref name="vanity">{{cite news|first=Evgenia| last=Peretz |title=Jessica Chastain on Her Rise in Hollywood |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/09/jessica-chastain-on-hollywood#slide=1 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=January 17, 2013 |date=September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112194932/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/09/jessica-chastain-on-hollywood |archive-date=January 12, 2013 }}</ref> Chastain was reluctant to take the role, fearing the anxiety she had faced during her early stage performances.<ref name="vanity"/> She ultimately agreed after finding a connection to Sloper, explaining: "she's painfully uncomfortable and I used to be that".<ref name="vanity"/> The production was staged at the [[Walter Kerr Theatre]] from November 2012 to February 2013.<ref name="heiress">{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Brantley|authorlink=Ben Brantley|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/theater/reviews/the-heiress-with-jessica-chastain-at-walter-kerr-theater.html |title=Interior Designs Conceal a House's Dark Corners |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627002518/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/theater/reviews/the-heiress-with-jessica-chastain-at-walter-kerr-theater.html |archive-date=June 27, 2015 }}</ref> [[Ben Brantley]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was disappointed in Chastain's performance, writing that she was "oversignaling the thoughts within" and that her delivery of dialogue was sometimes flat.<ref name="heiress"/> ''The Heiress'' emerged as a [[sleeper hit]] at the box office.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Thom |last=Geier |title=Broadway box office: Jessica Chastain lights up profits for 'Heiress' |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/02/04/broadway-box-office-jessica-chastain/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 1, 2019 |date=February 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102164858/https://ew.com/article/2013/02/04/broadway-box-office-jessica-chastain/ |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Kathryn Bigelow]]'s thriller ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' was Chastain's final film release of 2012. It is a partly fictionalized account of the [[Manhunt for Osama bin Laden|nearly decade-long manhunt]] for [[Al-Qaeda]] leader [[Osama bin Laden]] after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001. She played Maya Harris, a [[CIA]] intelligence analyst who helps kill bin Laden. Chastain was unable to meet the intelligence analyst on whom her character was based, so she relied on the research done by the film's screenwriter [[Mark Boal]].<ref name="zero dark">{{cite news|first=Celia|last=Walden|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9808463/Jessica-Chastain-interview-for-Zero-Dark-Thirty.html |title=Jessica Chastain interview for Zero Dark Thirty |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629152014/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9808463/Jessica-Chastain-interview-for-Zero-Dark-Thirty.html |archive-date=June 29, 2016 }}</ref> The difficult subject matter made it unpleasant for her to film; she suffered from depression during production, and once walked off the set in tears because she was unable to continue.<ref name="zero dark"/> ''Zero Dark Thirty'' was critically acclaimed, albeit [[Zero Dark Thirty#Controversies|controversial]] for its scenes of [[Enhanced interrogation|torture]] that were shown providing useful intelligence in the search for bin Laden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zero_dark_thirty/ |title=Zero Dark Thirty |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414194639/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zero_dark_thirty/ |archive-date=April 14, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Glenn|last=Greenwald|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/zero-dark-thirty-cia-propaganda |title=Zero Dark Thirty: CIA hagiography, pernicious propaganda |work=The Guardian|date=December 14, 2012|access-date=December 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215103958/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/zero-dark-thirty-cia-propaganda |archive-date=December 15, 2013 }}</ref> Roger Ebert took note of Chastain's versatility, and likened her ability and range to that of [[Meryl Streep]].<ref name="zero2">{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert| title=Zero Dark Thirty Movie Review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zero-dark-thirty-2013 |work=Roger Ebert|date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423022304/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zero-dark-thirty-2013 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 }}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote, "Chastain is a marvel. She plays Maya like a gathering storm in an indelible, implosive performance that cuts so deep we can feel her nerve endings."<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Travers |authorlink=Peter Travers|title=Zero Dark Thirty |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/zero-dark-thirty-126757/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423065705/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/zero-dark-thirty-20121218 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 }}</ref> She won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture&nbsp;– Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama]] and received [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|SAG]] nominations for Best Actress.<ref name="guardian"/><ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite news|title=Baftas 2013: full list of nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/09/baftas-2013-nominations-list |work=The Guardian |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220811/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/09/baftas-2013-nominations-list |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}
*{{cite news|first=Sarah |last=Karmali |title=SAG Awards 2013 Nominations Announced |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/12/12/sag-award-nominations-2013---screen-actors-guild-award-nominees |work=Vogue |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531052048/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/12/12/sag-award-nominations-2013---screen-actors-guild-award-nominees |archive-date=May 31, 2016 }}</ref>

Chastain took on the lead role of a musician who is forced to care for her boyfriend's troubled nieces in the horror film ''[[Mama (2013 film)|Mama]]'' (2013), directed by [[Andy Muschietti]]. She was drawn to the idea of playing a woman drastically different from the "perfect mother" roles she had previously played, and she based her character's look on the singer [[Alice Glass]].<ref name="mama2">{{cite web |first=Drew |last=Taylor |url=https://theplaylist.net/jessica-chastain-reveals-how-crystal-castles-inspired-her-mama-role-says-she-wants-to-be-a-bond-villain-20130119/ |title=Jessica Chastain Reveals How Crystal Castles Inspired Her 'Mama' Role, Says She Wants To Be A Bond Villain |publisher=IndieWire|date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224446/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/interview-mama-star-jessica-chastain-talks-the-appeal-of-horror-movies-how-crystal-castles-inspired-her-and-whether-ghosts-or-the-oscars-are-scarier-20130119 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> The critic [[Richard Roeper]] considered her performance to be proof of her being one of the finest actors of her generation.<ref name="mama">{{cite news|first=Richard| last=Roeper |author-link=Richard Roeper|title=Mama Movie Review |work=Roger Ebert|date=January 16, 2013 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mama-2013 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207163411/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130116%2FREVIEWS%2F130119994%2F1023 |archive-date=February 7, 2013 }}</ref> During the film's opening weekend in North America, Chastain became the first performer in fifteen years to have leading roles in the top two films (''Mama'' and ''Zero Dark Thirty'') at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|first=Richard|last=Corliss|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/21/the-chastain-perfecta-mama-and-zero-score-as-arnold-stands-down/ |title=The Chastain Perfecta: Mama and Zero Score While Arnold Stands Down |magazine=Time |date=January 21, 2013| access-date=February 17, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218043716/http://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/21/the-chastain-perfecta-mama-and-zero-score-as-arnold-stands-down/ |archive-date=February 18, 2015 }}</ref> She then starred as the titular character of a depressed woman who separates from her husband (played by [[James McAvoy]]) following a tragic incident in the drama ''[[The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby]]'' (2013), which she also produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-how-new-version-of-toronto-pic-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-founds-its-way-to-croisette-in-un-certain-regard-725576/ |title=Cannes: How New Version Of Toronto Pic 'Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby' Found Its Way To Croisette In Un Certain Regard |date=May 7, 2014 |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |access-date=September 13, 2014 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715142331/http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-how-new-version-of-toronto-pic-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-founds-its-way-to-croisette-in-un-certain-regard/ |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref> The writer-director [[Ned Benson]] initially wrote the story from the perspective of Rigby's husband, then wrote a separate version from Rigby's perspective at the insistence of Chastain.<ref name="rigby">{{cite web|first=Nigel M. |last=Smith |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/09/jessica-chastain-explains-how-she-helped-shape-tiff-wonder-the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-with-director-ned-benson-35000/ |title=Jessica Chastain Explains How She Helped Shape TIFF Wonder 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' With Director Ned Benson |work=IndieWire|date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506150640/http://www.indiewire.com/article/jessica-chastain-explains-how-she-helped-shape-tiff-wonder-the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-with-director-ned-benson?page=2 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 }}</ref> Three versions of the film&nbsp;— ''Him'', ''Her'', and ''Them''&nbsp;— were released.<ref name="rigby"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Andrew| last=O'Hehir |title="The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby": A mesmerizing marriage drama – in three different versions |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/09/10/the_disappearance_of_eleanor_rigby_a_mesmerizing_marriage_drama_in_three_different_versions/ |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723171319/http://www.salon.com/2014/09/10/the_disappearance_of_eleanor_rigby_a_mesmerizing_marriage_drama_in_three_different_versions/ |archive-date=July 23, 2015 }}</ref> It did not find a wide audience,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eleanorrigby.htm |title=The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506042452/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eleanorrigby.htm |archive-date=May 6, 2016 }}</ref> but the critic [[A.&nbsp;O. Scott]] praised Chastain for "short-circuit[ing] conventional distinctions between tough and vulnerable, showing exquisite control even when her character is losing it, and keeping her balance even when the movie pitches and rolls toward melodrama".<ref>{{cite news|first=A.&nbsp;O.|last=Scott|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/movies/the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-by-ned-benson.html|title=When Sorrow Is Deeper Than Love |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=May 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327150452/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/movies/the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-by-ned-benson.html |archive-date=March 27, 2015 }}</ref>

===2014–2020: Career fluctuations and expansion===
[[File:Miss Julie 19 (15290380116).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Chastain attending the premiere of ''[[Miss Julie (2014 film)|Miss Julie]]'' at the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]|alt=A shot of Jessica Chastain smiling away from the camera]]
Chastain appeared in three films in 2014. She played the titular character in ''[[Miss Julie (2014 film)|Miss Julie]]'', a film adaptation of [[August Strindberg]]'s 1888 [[Miss Julie|play of the same name]], from director [[Liv Ullmann]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Boehm |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-jessica-chastain-miss-julie-liv-ullman-20130131,0,5136174.story |title=Jessica Chastain to star in Liv Ullmann's film of 'Miss Julie' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=February 4, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203234822/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-jessica-chastain-miss-julie-liv-ullman-20130131%2C0%2C5136174.story |archive-date=February 3, 2013 }}</ref> It tells the tragic tale of a sexually repressed [[Anglo-Irish]] aristocrat who wishes to sleep with her father's valet ([[Colin Farrell]]).<ref>{{cite news|first=David |last=Rooney |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/miss-julie-toronto-review-730936/ |title='Miss Julie': Toronto Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122105903/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/miss-julie-toronto-review-730936 |archive-date=January 22, 2016 }}</ref> She was drawn to Ullmann's feminist take on the subject.<ref>{{cite web|first=Victoria| last=Ahearn |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-emotionally-draining-miss-julie-1.2276313 |title=Jessica Chastain talks emotionally draining 'Miss Julie' |publisher=[[CTV Television Network]] |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601114706/http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-emotionally-draining-miss-julie-1.2276313 |archive-date=June 1, 2016 }}</ref> The film only received a limited theatrical release.<ref>{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Lattanzio |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/jessica-chastain-deserves-awards-attention-for-the-unforgettable-miss-julie-190137/ |title=Jessica Chastain Deserves Awards Attention for the Unforgettable 'Miss Julie' |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |date=November 17, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506213101/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/jessica-chastain-deserves-awards-attention-for-the-unforgettable-miss-julie-20141117 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 }}</ref> While filming ''Miss Julie'' in Ireland, she received the script for [[Christopher Nolan]]'s science fiction film ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/mcconaughey-hathaway-and-chastain-on-interstellar.html |title=Flight Club: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain on 'Interstellar' |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 22, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024041145/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/mcconaughey-hathaway-and-chastain-on-interstellar.html |archive-date=October 24, 2014 }}</ref> With a budget of $165&nbsp;million, the high-profile production, co-starring [[Matthew McConaughey]] and [[Anne Hathaway]], was filmed mostly using [[IMAX]] cameras.<ref name="interstellar"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming |url=https://deadline.com/2013/08/christopher-nolan-starts-interstellar-563027/ |title=Christopher Nolan Starts 'Interstellar' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815193642/http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/christopher-nolan-starts-interstellar/ |archive-date=August 15, 2013 }}</ref> Chastain played the adult daughter of McConaughey's character; she was drawn to the project for the emotional heft she found in the father-daughter pair.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jane|last=Mulkerrins |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html |title=Jessica Chastain interview: on Interstellar, her rise to fame and being an outsider |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=November 2, 2014 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217232544/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html |archive-date=December 17, 2015 }}</ref> Drew McWeeny of [[HitFix]] took note of how much Chastain had stood out in her supporting role.<ref>{{cite web|last=McWeeny |first=Drew |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-mcconaughey-gives-heart-to-nolans-ambitious-and-amazing-interstellar/ |title=Review: McConaughey gives heart to Nolan's ambitious and amazing 'Interstellar' |website=[[Uproxx]] |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427053026/http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-mcconaughey-gives-heart-to-nolans-ambitious-and-amazing-interstellar |archive-date=April 27, 2016 }}</ref> ''Interstellar'' grossed over $701&nbsp;million worldwide to rank as her highest-grossing live-action film to date.<ref name="box-office"/><ref name="interstellar">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=interstellar.htm |title=Interstellar (2014) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 15, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316082328/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=interstellar.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2015 }}</ref>

In her final release of 2014, Chastain starred in the [[J.&nbsp;C. Chandor]]-directed crime drama ''[[A Most Violent Year]]''. Set in New York City in 1981, the year in which the [[Crime in New York City|city had the highest crime rate]], the film tells the story of a heating-oil company owner ([[Oscar Isaac]]) and his ruthless wife (Chastain).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/film/a-most-violent-year-explores-ethics-ambition-and-love-in-1981-new-york |title=A Most Violent Year explores ethics, ambition and love in 1981 New York |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509040425/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/film/a-most-violent-year-explores-ethics-ambition-and-love-in-1981-new-york |archive-date=May 9, 2016 }}</ref> In preparation, she researched the period and worked with a dialect coach to speak in a Brooklyn accent.<ref name="violent">{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Arbeiter |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/interview-jessica-chastain-talks-a-most-violent-year-avoiding-brooklyn-cliches-an-unlikely-political-inspiration-269282/ |title=Interview: Jessica Chastain Talks 'A Most Violent Year', Avoiding Brooklyn Cliches, & An Unlikely Political Inspiration |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=December 11, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322171137/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/interview-jessica-chastain-talks-a-most-violent-year-avoiding-brooklyn-cliches-an-unlikely-political-inspiration-20141211?page=2 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 }}</ref> She collaborated with the film's costume designer to work on her character's wardrobe, and contacted [[Armani]] which provided her with clothing of the period.<ref name="violent"/> [[Mark Kermode]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' found Chastain to be "terrific" in a part inspired by [[Lady Macbeth]]'s character, and [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' described her portrayal as "the embodiment of a [[nouveau riche]] New York woman of the era".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kermode |first=Mark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/25/a-most-violent-year-review-jessica-chastain |title=A Most Violent Year review – 1980s New York comes to life in all its murky brilliance |work=The Observer |date=January 25, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413150643/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/25/a-most-violent-year-review-jessica-chastain |archive-date=April 13, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Mick|last=LaSalle |author-link=Mick LaSalle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Most-Violent-Year-review-most-satisfying-6016045.php |title='A Most Violent Year' review: Scary city, satisfying film |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144524/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Most-Violent-Year-review-most-satisfying-6016045.php |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}</ref> She received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress nomination for it.<ref name="gg14">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html#page=2 |title=Golden Globe Awards 2015: Complete list of nominees and winners |work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 11, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307022800/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}</ref> For her work in 2014, the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] honored Chastain with a special achievement award.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott |last=Feinberg| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/critics-choice-awards-jessica-chastain-757228/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards: Jessica Chastain Named 2014's MVP of Film |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 12, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111114601/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/critics-choice-awards-jessica-chastain-757228 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2015, Chastain took on the part of a [[Astronaut ranks and positions|commander]] in [[Ridley Scott]]'s science fiction film ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''. Starring [[Matt Damon]] as a botanist who is stranded on Mars by a team of astronauts commanded by Chastain's character, the film is based on [[Andy Weir]]'s novel of the [[The Martian (Weir novel)|same name]]. Chastain met with astronauts at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] and the [[Johnson Space Center]], and modeled her role on [[Tracy Caldwell Dyson]], with whom she spent time in Houston.<ref name="la15">{{cite news|first=Josh|last=Rottenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-jessica-chastain-20150906-story.html |title=Heady days for Jessica Chastain as 'The Martian' and 'Crimson Peak' loom |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003165400/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-jessica-chastain-20150906-story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> ''The Martian'' became her second film to gross over $600&nbsp;million in two consecutive years.<ref name="box-office"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scott2016.htm |title=The Martian (2015) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412041121/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scott2016.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2016 }}</ref> Chastain next starred as a woman who plots with her brother ([[Tom Hiddleston]]) to terrorize his new bride ([[Mia Wasikowska]]) in [[Guillermo del Toro]]'s [[gothic romance]] ''[[Crimson Peak]]''. She approached the villainous part with empathy, and in preparation read [[graveyard poets|graveyard poetry]] and watched the films ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'' (1940) and ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962).<ref name="la15"/> Del Toro cast Chastain to lend accessibility to a part he considered "[[psychopath]]ic", but Peter Debruge of ''Variety'' found her "alarmingly miscast" and criticized her for failing to effectively convey her character's insecurity and ruthlessness.<ref name="la15"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Debruge |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/crimson-peak-film-review-1201613988/ |title=Film Review: 'Crimson Peak' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 13, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416111542/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/crimson-peak-film-review-1201613988/ |archive-date=April 16, 2016 }}</ref> Conversely, David Sims of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' praised her for portraying her character's "jealous intensity to the hilt".<ref>{{cite news|first=David |last=Sims |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/crimson-peak-aims-for-the-jugular/410887/ |title=Crimson Peak: A Gothic Romance to Die For |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403093813/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/crimson-peak-aims-for-the-jugular/410887/ |archive-date=April 3, 2016 }}</ref>

After playing a series of intense roles, Chastain actively looked for a light-hearted part.<ref name="warrior">{{cite news|first=Alexandra|last=Wolfe |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jessica-chastain-hollywood-warrior-1461349839 |title=Jessica Chastain, Hollywood Warrior |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=April 22, 2016 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424015206/http://www.wsj.com/articles/jessica-chastain-hollywood-warrior-1461349839 |archive-date=April 24, 2016 }}</ref> She found it in the ensemble fantasy film ''[[The Huntsman: Winter's War]]'' (2016), which served as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2012 film ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]''. She was drawn to the idea of playing a warrior whose abilities were on par with those of the male lead, but the film flopped both critically and commercially.<ref name="warrior"/><ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_huntsman_winters_war/ |title=The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) |date=April 22, 2016 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424153048/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_huntsman_winters_war |archive-date=April 24, 2016 }}
*{{cite news|first=Pamela| last=McClintock |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-huntsman-flops-20m-887201/ |title=Box Office: 'Huntsman' Flops With $20M; 'Jungle Book' Roars to $61M |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 24, 2016 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427131931/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-huntsman-flops-20m-887201 |archive-date=April 27, 2016 }}</ref> Chastain next starred as the titular character, a lobbyist, in the political thriller ''[[Miss Sloane]]'', which reunited her with John Madden.<ref name="warrior"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Matt |last=Donnelly|title=Jessica Chastain Gun-Control Thriller 'Miss Sloane' Sells to EuropaCorp in Toronto |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/ |work=[[TheWrap]]|date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=January 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202184550/http://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/ |archive-date=February 2, 2016 }}</ref> She read the novel ''[[Capitol Punishment (book)|Capitol Punishment]]'' by disgraced former lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]] to research the practice of lobbying in America, and met with female lobbyists to study their mannerisms and sense of style.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessica Chastain made a depressing discovery while researching new film 'Miss Sloane' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/jessica-chastain-made-a-depressing-discovery-while-researching-new-film-miss-sloane/5111414.article|date=November 24, 2016 |first=Jermey |last=Kay |work=[[Screen International]] |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126134854/http://m.screendaily.com/5111414.article |archive-date=November 26, 2016 }}</ref> Hailing her as "one of the best actresses on the planet", Peter Travers commended Chastain for successfully drawing the audience into Sloane's life, and Justin Chang termed her performance "a tour de force of rhetorical precision and tightly coiled emotional intensity".<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter |last=Travers|title='Miss Sloane' Review: Jessica Chastain Goes Cutthroat in Political Thriller |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-miss-sloane-movie-review-w451911 |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=November 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124151050/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-miss-sloane-movie-review-w451911 |archive-date=November 24, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Justin |last=Chang |title=Jessica Chastain galvanizes in the timely political melodrama 'Miss Sloane' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-miss-sloane-review-20161119-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 24, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210180228/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-miss-sloane-review-20161119-story.html |archive-date=December 10, 2017 }}</ref> She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama.<ref name="gg16">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2017-nominees-winners-list-20161212-story.html |title=Golden Globes 2017: Complete list of nominees |date=December 12, 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213015925/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2017-nominees-winners-list-20161212-story.html |archive-date=December 13, 2016 }}</ref> Also in 2016, Chastain launched the production company [[Freckle Films]], headed by a team of female executives.<ref name="warrior"/><ref name="freckle">{{cite news|first=Dave |last=McNary |title=Jessica Chastain Launching Freckle Films Production Company |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-freckle-films-production-company-1201709557/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=March 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323212036/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-freckle-films-production-company-1201709557/ |archive-date=March 23, 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Jessica Chastain Cannes 2016 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Chastain at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

Chastain began 2017 by serving as the executive producer and providing the narration for ''[[I Am Jane Doe]]'', a documentary on [[sex trafficking]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ann |last=Hornaday |title='I Am Jane Doe': A disturbing look at Internet-enabled exploitation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/i-am-jane-doe-a-disturbing-look-at-internet-enabled-exploitation/2017/02/09/119f1a9a-ec89-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=February 9, 2017| access-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219023135/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/i-am-jane-doe-a-disturbing-look-at-internet-enabled-exploitation/2017/02/09/119f1a9a-ec89-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html |archive-date=February 19, 2017 }}</ref> In an effort to work with more female filmmakers, Chastain starred in two projects directed by women&nbsp;— [[Niki Caro]]'s ''[[The Zookeeper's Wife (film)|The Zookeeper's Wife]]'' and [[Susanna White]]'s ''[[Woman Walks Ahead]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Thelma | last=Adams|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/jessica-chastain-imprint-ceremony-1201907580/ |title=Jessica Chastain on Her Career Turning Points and Commitment to Female Filmmakers |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912233834/http://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/jessica-chastain-imprint-ceremony-1201907580/ |archive-date=September 12, 2017 }}</ref> In the former, an adaptation of [[Diane Ackerman]]'s non-fiction book of the [[The Zookeeper's Wife|same name]], she co-starred with [[Johan Heldenbergh]] as the real-life Polish zookeepers [[Jan Żabiński|Jan and Antonina Żabiński]] who saved many human and animal lives during [[World War II]].<ref name="freckle"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Borys |last=Kit |title=Jessica Chastain Attached to Star in 'The Zookeeper's Wife' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jessica-chastain-attached-star-zookeepers-449210/ |date=April 30, 2013 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004112725/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-attached-star-zookeepers-449210 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 }}</ref> The film received mixed reviews, but [[Stephen Holden]] took note of how Chastain's "watchful, layered performance" empowered the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_zookeepers_wife_2017 |title=The Zookeper's Wife (2017) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111437/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_zookeepers_wife_2017/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Stephen |last=Holden|authorlink=Stephen Holden|title=Review: In 'The Zookeeper's Wife', the Holocaust Seems Tame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/movies/the-zookeepers-wife-review-jessica-chastain.html |date=March 29, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330013302/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/movies/the-zookeepers-wife-review-jessica-chastain.html |archive-date=March 30, 2017 }}</ref> ''Woman Walks Ahead'' tells the story of the 19th-century activist [[Catherine Weldon]], who served as an adviser to the [[Sioux]] chieftain [[Sitting Bull]] prior to the [[Wounded Knee Massacre]]. She was interested in portraying a role that young girls could look up to for inspiration, and provided off-screen inputs to avoid a [[White savior narrative in film|white savior narrative]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Alastair |last=Sharp |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-tiff-womanwalksahead/chastains-sitting-bull-film-pays-heed-to-indigenous-voices-idUSKCN1BM2I0 |title=Chastain's Sitting Bull film pays heed to indigenous voices |date=September 12, 2017 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912005758/http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCAKCN1BM2I0-OCAEN |archive-date=September 12, 2017 }}</ref>

Chastain portrayed [[Molly Bloom (author)|Molly Bloom]], a former skier who ran a high-profile gambling operation that led to her arrest by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], in [[Aaron Sorkin]]'s directorial debut, ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017). She took the part due to her desire to work with Sorkin, whose writing she admired.<ref name="molly">{{cite magazine |first=Ray |last=Rahman |url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/jessica-chastain-mollys-game/ |title=Jessica Chastain shows her cards on Molly's Game, poker, and Idris Elba |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812171812/http://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/jessica-chastain-mollys-game/ |archive-date=August 12, 2017 }}</ref> Instead of relying on Bloom's public persona, she met Bloom personally to explore her character's flaws and vulnerabilities. She also researched the world of [[underground poker]] and interviewed some of Bloom's customers.<ref name="molly"/> Peter Debruge hailed her role as "one of the screen's great female parts", and credited its success to both Sorkin's script and Chastain's "stratospheric talent."<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter| last=Debruge |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/mollys-game-review-jessica-chastain-1202552430/ |title=Toronto Film Review: 'Molly's Game' |work=Variety| date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909083423/http://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/mollys-game-review-jessica-chastain-1202552430/ |archive-date=September 9, 2017 }}</ref> She received her fifth Golden Globe nomination for it.<ref name="gg17">{{cite news |last1=Merry|first1=Stephanie |last2=Yahr|first2=Emily |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/12/11/golden-globes-nominations-2018-complete-coverage/ |title=Golden Globes nominations 2018: Complete list of nominations |date=December 11, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211141750/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/12/11/golden-globes-nominations-2018-complete-coverage/ |archive-date=December 11, 2017 }}</ref> In 2018, she hosted an episode of the television sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and voiced the [[virtual reality]] production ''[[Spheres: Songs of Spacetime]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Samuel|last=Murrian |url=https://parade.com/639068/samuelmurrian/saturday-night-live-recap-trump-has-a-rockin-bod-jessica-chastain-is-one-of-the-best-hosts-in-years/ |title=Saturday Night Live Recap: Jessica Chastain Is One of the Best Hosts in Years |date=January 21, 2018 |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|access-date=January 22, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070910/https://parade.com/639068/samuelmurrian/saturday-night-live-recap-trump-has-a-rockin-bod-jessica-chastain-is-one-of-the-best-hosts-in-years/ |archive-date=January 24, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dino-Ray|last=Ramos|title='Spheres: Songs Of Spacetime' Trailer: Jessica Chastain Narrates VR Experience Exploring Sounds Of The Cosmos|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/spheres-songs-of-spacetime-trailer-eliza-mcnitt-darren-aronofsky-jessica-chastain-1202264629/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=January 22, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121011921/http://deadline.com/2018/01/spheres-songs-of-spacetime-trailer-eliza-mcnitt-darren-aronofsky-jessica-chastain-1202264629/|archive-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> She had filmed a part in [[Xavier Dolan]]'s ensemble drama ''[[The Death & Life of John F. Donovan]]'', but her scenes were deleted from the final cut as Dolan found her role incompatible to the story.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Nordine|title='The Death and Life of John F. Donovan': Jessica Chastain Cut From Xavier Dolan's Upcoming Film|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-death-and-life-of-john-f-donovan-jessica-chastain-xavier-dolan-1201924983/|work=[[IndieWire]]|date=February 4, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130200/http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-death-and-life-of-john-f-donovan-jessica-chastain-xavier-dolan-1201924983/|archive-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>

In the superhero film ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]'' (2019), which marked the twelfth installment in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' series]], Chastain took on the role of an evil alien due to its focus on female characters.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/11/dark-phoenix-x-women-tribute/|title=Dark Phoenix team says film is a tribute to the X-Women|last=Stack|first=Tim|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 11, 2017|access-date=January 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118020841/http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/11/dark-phoenix-x-women-tribute/|archive-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''The Guardian'' considered it to be "a waste of her talents", and the film registered poor box office returns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/05/x-men-dark-phoenix-review|title=X-Men: Dark Phoenix review – mutant franchise fizzles out forgettably|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Bradshaw|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 5, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829193727/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/05/x-men-dark-phoenix-review|archive-date=August 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/after-dark-phoenix-bombs-where-does-x-men-go-from-here-1203237107/|title=After 'Dark Phoenix' Bombs, Where Does 'X-Men' Go From Here?|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 10, 2019|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613003237/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/after-dark-phoenix-bombs-where-does-x-men-go-from-here-1203237107/|archive-date=June 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She reteamed with Andy Muschietti in ''[[It Chapter Two]]'', the sequel to his 2017 horror film ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'', based on [[Stephen King]]'s [[It (novel)|novel]]. She played the adult [[Beverly Marsh]] (a woman in an abusive marriage), sharing the role with [[Sophia Lillis]]. Filming proved challenging for Chastain, as Muschietti preferred the usage of practical effects to [[computer-generated imagery]]; one particular scene required her to be covered in {{convert|4500|gal|L|abbr=off}} of fake blood.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Malkin|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/|title=Jessica Chastain on Making 'It: Chapter Two,' Singing in Upcoming Tammy Faye Bakker Biopic|work=Variety|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831030406/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/|archive-date=August 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Chi|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/it-chapter-2-movie-premiere-jessica-chastain-bill-hader|title=It: Chapter Two: Why Jessica Chastain Was Covered in 4,500 Gallons of Fake Blood|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=August 27, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828023825/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/it-chapter-2-movie-premiere-jessica-chastain-bill-hader|archive-date=August 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received favorable reviews, with Charlotte O'Sullivan of the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' finding Chastain to be "suitably sad and sepulchral" in her role.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_chapter_two/ |title=It Chapter Two |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904012312/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_chapter_two |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Charlotte|last=O'Sullivan|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/it-chapter-two-film-review-a4228136.html|title=It Chapter Two review: A shocking, surprisingly touching return to a grown-up Derry|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909021333/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/it-chapter-two-film-review-a4228136.html|archive-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It grossed over $470 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=it2.htm |title=It Chapter Two (2019) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=October 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004190804/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=it2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under Freckle Films, Chastain produced and starred in the action film ''[[Ava (2020 film)|Ava]]'' (2020), written and initially set to be directed by [[Matthew Newton]], who has been accused of domestic violence. Following backlash against her for agreeing to work with him, Newton was replaced with [[Tate Taylor (filmmaker)|Tate Taylor]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Harmon |first=Steph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/07/jessica-chastain-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-working-with-matthew-newton |title=Jessica Chastain accused of hypocrisy for working with Matthew Newton |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829162658/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/07/jessica-chastain-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-working-with-matthew-newton |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tate-taylor-eve-matthew-newton-jessica-chastain-1202918443/ |title=Tate Taylor Replaces Matthew Newton as Director of Jessica Chastain's 'Eve' |work=Variety |date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829110101/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tate-taylor-eve-matthew-newton-jessica-chastain-1202918443/ |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Boyd van Hoeij of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' bemoaned that Chastain's talents as an action star had been wasted in an underwhelming film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoeij |first=Boyd Van |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ava-film-review |title='Ava': Film Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 23, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026121714/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ava-film-review |url-status=live }}</ref> Released theatrically during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], it performed poorly at the box office but gained success on [[video on demand]].<ref>{{cite news |date= October 5, 2020 |last= Brueggemann |first= Tom |title= 'Ava' Takes Over as the Top VOD Choice, with Thriller 'Alone' Still Strong |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/ava-top-vod-thriller-alone-1234590623/ |website= [[IndieWire]] |access-date= October 6, 2020 |archive-date= October 18, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201018131752/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/ava-top-vod-thriller-alone-1234590623/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===2021–present: Awards success and television===
[[Andrew Garfield]] and Chastain starred as the televangelists [[Jim Bakker|Jim]] and [[Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker]] in the biopic ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)|The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021). She acquired the rights to Faye's life in 2012, and produced the film under her company Freckle Films.<ref name="tammy"/> To look like Bakker, Chastain wore prosthetic makeup which took 4–7 hours to apply.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-chastain-the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-makeup-skin-damage-1235002192/ |title=Jessica Chastain Says Makeup for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' Has Done "Permanent Damage to My Skin" |first=Abbey |last=White |date=August 24, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212052120/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-chastain-the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-makeup-skin-damage-1235002192/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The role also required her to sing, which she has said made her nervous.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jessica-chastain-prepared-singing-tammy-faye/ |title=How Jessica Chastain prepared for singing as Tammy Faye: 'Bourbon' |first=Nick |last=Romano |date=December 6, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314122001/https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jessica-chastain-prepared-singing-tammy-faye/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She worked with the music producer [[Dave Cobb]] to record seven songs for the film's soundtrack.<ref name="tammy">{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/ |title=Jessica Chastain on Making 'It: Chapter Two,' Singing in Upcoming Tammy Faye Bakker Biopic |first=Marc |last=Malkin |date=August 29, 2019 |work=Variety |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831030406/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/ |url-status=live }}</ref> David Fear of ''Rolling Stone'' found Chastain to be the "only reason to see this curiously tepid biopic" and praised her for rising above the script to humanize Bakker.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fear|first=David|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/eyes-of-tammy-faye-jessica-chastain-review-1224525/|title='The Eyes of Tammy Faye': Jessica Chastain Will Have You Crying 'Holy Sh-t'|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 11, 2022|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111075924/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/eyes-of-tammy-faye-jessica-chastain-review-1224525/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kevin Maher (writer)|Kevin Maher]] of ''[[The Times]]'' considered it to be a "riveting, unleashed and award-worthy performance" and compared it to [[Joaquin Phoenix]]'s performance in ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (2019).<ref>{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Kevin|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-review-it-will-restore-your-faith-in-the-biopic-9bkz2kkdw|title=The Eyes of Tammy Faye review — it will restore your faith in biopics|work=The Times|date=February 3, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314122819/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-review-it-will-restore-your-faith-in-the-biopic-9bkz2kkdw|url-status=live}}</ref> She won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress|Critics Choice Award]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture|SAG Award]], in addition to a Golden Globe nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |date=March 27, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain wins best actress Oscar for The Eyes of Tammy Faye |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/28/jessica-chastain-wins-best-actress-oscar-for-the-eyes-of-tammy-faye |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331050755/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/28/jessica-chastain-wins-best-actress-oscar-for-the-eyes-of-tammy-faye |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite web |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |last2=Cordero |first2=Rosy |last3=Topel |first3=Fred |title=Critics Choice Awards: ''The Power Of The Dog'' Wins Best Picture & Jane Campion Is Best Director; ''Ted Lasso'' & ''Succession'' Top TV – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/critics-choice-awards-2022-winners-list-1234977395/ |website=Deadline |access-date=March 14, 2022 |date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313235043/https://deadline.com/2022/03/critics-choice-awards-2022-winners-list-1234977395/ |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite news |last1=Earl |first1=William |last2=Chapman |first2=Wilson |title=SAG Awards 2022: The Complete Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-sag-awards-winners-list-1235186124/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |work=Variety |date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228002710/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-sag-awards-winners-list-1235186124/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gg22">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1235129390/|title=Golden Globes 2022: The Complete Nominations List|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Moreau|last=Jordan|date=December 13, 2021|accessdate=December 13, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213173919/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-1235129390/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Jessica Chastain.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Chastain at the [[75th Tony Awards]] in 2022]]

Also in 2021, Chastain agreed to ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (American miniseries)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'', a gender-switched remake of [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s 1973 Swedish [[Scenes from a Marriage|miniseries of the same name]] for [[HBO]], for its subversion of stereotypical portrayal of women.<ref name="times22"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac-hbo-scenes-from-a-marriage-michelle-williams-exit-1234602718/|title=Jessica Chastain Re-Teams With Oscar Isaac In HBO Series 'Scenes From A Marriage' After Michelle Williams Exit|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=October 23, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2021|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710095818/https://deadline.com/2020/10/jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac-hbo-scenes-from-a-marriage-michelle-williams-exit-1234602718/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lucy Mangan of ''The Guardian'' took note of the chemistry between Chastain and her co-star Oscar Isaac, as did Carol Midgley of ''The Times'' who praised them for "delivering crackling, wounding dialogue faultlessly".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac|title=Scenes from a Marriage review – Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac's uncoupling is all killer, no filler|date=October 11, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2022|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Mangan|first=Lucy|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111075938/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Midgley |first1=Carol |title=Scenes from a Marriage review — a relationship breakdown I couldn't turn away from |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-a-relationship-breakdown-i-couldnt-turn-away-from-l2v759w5f |access-date=May 21, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=October 12, 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205120618/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-a-relationship-breakdown-i-couldnt-turn-away-from-l2v759w5f |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=August 2, 2023 |title=Jessica Chastain Says Oscar Isaac Friendship 'Has Never Been Quite the Same' After Playing a Divorced Couple on HBO's 'Scenes': I Needed 'A Breather' After |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jessica-chastian-oscar-isaac-friendship-changed-scenes-from-a-marriage-1235686016/ |access-date=March 16, 2024 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316093921/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jessica-chastian-oscar-isaac-friendship-changed-scenes-from-a-marriage-1235686016/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She received a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries]]; her second nomination at that year's ceremony.<ref name="gg22"/> She also reteamed with Ralph Fiennes in ''[[The Forgiven (2021 film)|The Forgiven]]'', an adaptation of the [[The Forgiven (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Lawrence Osborne]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-andrew-garfield-tammy-faye-fox-searchlight-1203210367/|title=Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield to Star in Tammy Faye Pic for Fox Searchlight|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=May 9, 2019|magazine=Variety|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625001627/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-andrew-garfield-tammy-faye-fox-searchlight-1203210367/|archive-date=June 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-ralph-fiennes-caleb-landry-jones-the-forgiven-1203424121/|title=Jessica Chastain in Talks to Join Ralph Fiennes in 'The Forgiven'|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|date=December 4, 2019|magazine=Variety|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902065718/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-ralph-fiennes-caleb-landry-jones-the-forgiven-1203424121/|url-status=live}}</ref>

For ''[[The 355]]'' (2022), a female-led spy film, Chastain and her team of female co-stars pitched the idea to prospective buyers at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was picked up by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/female-spy-film-355-jessica-chastain-marion-cotillard-penelope-cruz-fan-bingbing-lupita-nyongo-simon-kinberg-cannes-market-1202380078/ |title=Hot Cannes Package '355': Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Lupita Nyong'o Form Spy Sisterhood |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=May 1, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140223/http://deadline.com/2018/05/female-spy-film-355-jessica-chastain-marion-cotillard-penelope-cruz-fan-bingbing-lupita-nyongo-simon-kinberg-cannes-market-1202380078/ |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics dismissed the film as generic and unremarkable, and it failed commercially.<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=The 355|id=the_355|type=m|access-date=January 11, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |title=Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Rules Again, 'The 355' Misfires |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-spiderman-no-way-home-the-355-flops-1235149739/ |date=January 9, 2022 |work=Variety |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213052151/https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-spiderman-no-way-home-the-355-flops-1235149739/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Chastain then took on a brief role as [[Maryanne Trump]] in [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]]'s period film ''[[Armageddon Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |last2=Vary |first2=Adam B. |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain Plays Surprise Role as Maryanne Trump, Donald Trump's Sister, in ''Armageddon Time'' |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jessica-chastain-maryanne-trump-armageddon-time-cannes-1235272251/ |access-date=May 20, 2022 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717013943/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jessica-chastain-maryanne-trump-armageddon-time-cannes-1235272251/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[The Good Nurse]]'', she played night nurse [[Amy Loughren]] who discovers that her co-worker [[Charles Cullen]] (played by [[Eddie Redmayne]]) is a serial killer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=September 12, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain on Why She Feels "Dirty" Viewing Serial Killer Dramas: "I Don't Want the Media to Glorify What Happened" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-1235217811/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913182138/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-1235217811/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She worked closely with Loughren and attended nursing school to prepare for the part.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hastings|first=Christobel|date=October 2022|accessdate=November 30, 2022|title="Life is stranger than fiction": Jessica Chastain on her chilling new Netflix drama The Good Nurse Move|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-interview/723161|magazine=Stylist|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130065239/https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-interview/723161|url-status=live}}</ref> Kate Erbland of [[IndieWire]] found hers to be "an effective performance in a very quiet package".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=September 11, 2022 |title='The Good Nurse' Review: Jessica Chastain Takes Down Eddie Redmayne in Chilly True-Life Drama |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/the-good-nurse-review-jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-1234756767/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914074520/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/the-good-nurse-review-jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-1234756767/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chastain executive produced the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] biographical miniseries ''[[George & Tammy]]'', in which she played the country singer [[Tammy Wynette]] opposite Michael Shannon's [[George Jones]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Johanna |last=Scheneller |title=The many defiant women of Jessica Chastain |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/the-many-defiant-women-of-jessica-chastain/article34490312/ |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]| date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011080442/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/the-many-defiant-women-of-jessica-chastain/article34490312/ |archive-date=October 11, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=November 3, 2022|accessdate=November 30, 2022|title=Showtime Picks Up 'George & Tammy' Limited Series Starring Jessica Chastain & Michael Shannon In First Chris McCarthy Move|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/showtime-picks-up-george-amp-tammy-limited-series-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-watch-trailer-1235163135/|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204163117/https://deadline.com/2022/11/showtime-picks-up-george-amp-tammy-limited-series-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-watch-trailer-1235163135/|url-status=live}}</ref> In preparation, Chastain and Shannon trained with a vocal coach to sing several of their character's songs. She also lost weight to play Wynette toward the end of her life.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|date=October 6, 2022|accessdate=November 30, 2022|title=See Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon as Country Music's King and Queen in George & Tammy|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/jessica-chastain-and-michael-shannon-george-and-tammy-first-look|magazine=Vanity Fair|archive-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027031053/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/jessica-chastain-and-michael-shannon-george-and-tammy-first-look|url-status=live}}</ref> Emma Fraser of ''The Playlist'' was appreciate of the chemistry between the actors, and took note of the "fragility and toughness" in Chastain's portrayal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Emma |date=November 29, 2022 |accessdate=November 30, 2022 |title='George & Tammy' Review: Jessica Chastain & Michael Shannon Are Electrifying As The Country Music Power Couple |url=https://theplaylist.net/george-tammy-review-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-are-electrifying-as-the-country-music-power-couple-20221129/ |website=The Playlist |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130001640/https://theplaylist.net/george-tammy-review-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-are-electrifying-as-the-country-music-power-couple-20221129/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |url-status=live }}</ref> She won a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|SAG Award]], received another Golden Globe nomination, and earned her first nomination for a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series]].<ref name="gg23">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2-1235455667/|title=Golden Globes 2023: Nominations List|magazine=Variety|date=December 12, 2022|accessdate=December 12, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219231723/https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2-1235455667/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sag-awards-2023-nominations-list-nominees-1235296640/ |title=SAG Awards: 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Lead Nominations |first=Hilary |last=Lewis |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111152244/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sag-awards-2023-nominations-list-nominees-1235296640/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-emmy-nominations-list-1235666521/ |title=Emmys 2023: The Complete Nominations List |work=Variety |date=July 12, 2023 |access-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717073813/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-emmy-nominations-list-1235666521/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chastain returned to Broadway theater, playing Nora Helmer, an unhappy housewife, in [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]'s 2023 revival of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s play ''[[A Doll's House]]'', which ran for 16 weeks at the [[Hudson Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=November 29, 2022|accessdate=December 7, 2022|title=Broadway's 'A Doll's House' With Jessica Chastain Sets Opening Night, Venue|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/jessica-chastain-broadway-dolls-house-opening-night-1235183684/|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=December 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207073433/https://deadline.com/2022/11/jessica-chastain-broadway-dolls-house-opening-night-1235183684/|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially set for [[West End theater]] in 2020, the production was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and later relocated to New York on Chastain's insistence.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|date=January 24, 2023|accessdate=January 28, 2023|title=Jessica Chastain & Jamie Lloyd on Seeing A Doll's House in a New Light|url=https://broadwaydirect.com/jessica-chastain-jamie-lloyd-on-seeing-a-dolls-house-in-a-new-light/|website=Broadway Direct|archive-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128070355/https://broadwaydirect.com/jessica-chastain-jamie-lloyd-on-seeing-a-dolls-house-in-a-new-light/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |title=Jessica Chastain to Star in 'A Doll's House' on Broadway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/theater/jessica-chastain-dolls-house-broadway.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 22, 2023 |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228224133/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/theater/jessica-chastain-dolls-house-broadway.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The production was extended one week due to the strong box office sales of the preview performances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=March 8, 2023 |accessdate=March 8, 2023 |title='A Doll's House' Starring Jessica Chastain Extends Broadway Run Ahead Of Opening |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/dolls-house-broadway-jessica-chastain-closing-date-1235282569/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308171729/https://deadline.com/2023/03/dolls-house-broadway-jessica-chastain-closing-date-1235282569/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gloria Oladipo of ''The Guardian'' deemed Chastain's performance "enthralling" and "captivating", adding that "a fuller, infinite portrait is painted of the long-time heroine through Chastain’s work".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oladipo |first=Gloria |date=March 9, 2023 |accessdate=March 10, 2023 |title=A Doll's House review – Jessica Chastain captivates in minimalist revival |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/09/a-dolls-house-review-jessica-chastain-broadway?CMP=share_btn_tw |website=The Guardian |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310164023/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/09/a-dolls-house-review-jessica-chastain-broadway?CMP=share_btn_tw |url-status=live }}</ref> She won the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play]] and received a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |url=https://playbill.com/article/some-like-it-hot-dominates-2023-drama-desk-awards-see-the-full-list-of-winners |title=Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners |work=Playbill |date=May 31, 2023 |accessdate=May 31, 2023 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601110334/https://playbill.com/article/some-like-it-hot-dominates-2023-drama-desk-awards-see-the-full-list-of-winners |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tony">{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/tony-award-nominations-2023-1235352038/ |title=Tony Award Nominations: Jessica Chastain, Sean Hayes, Corey Hawkins Among Nominees |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 2, 2023 |accessdate=May 2, 2023 |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502130627/https://deadline.com/2023/05/tony-award-nominations-2023-1235352038/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Chastain played a recovering alcoholic in [[Michel Franco]]'s independent drama film ''[[Memory (2023 film)|Memory]]'', co-starring [[Peter Sarsgaard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-miche-franco-memory-mubi-match-factory-1235030356/|title=Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard Wrap On Under-The-Radar Film 'Memory' From Cannes Regular Michel Franco|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=May 23, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014112736/https://deadline.com/2022/05/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-miche-franco-memory-mubi-match-factory-1235030356/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was pleased to take on the low-profile project and shopped at [[Target Corporation|Target]] herself for her character's clothes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-michel-franco-memory-venice-interim-agreement-sag-strike-1235541594/|title='Memory': Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard & Michel Franco On Their Venice Title And Why Interim Agreements Are An Important Strategy To Aid Strikes|last=Ntim|first=Zac|date=September 9, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 10, 2023|archive-date=September 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910014520/https://deadline.com/2023/09/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-michel-franco-memory-venice-interim-agreement-sag-strike-1235541594/|url-status=live}}</ref> Debruge noted that Chastain's "never appeared more vulnerable on-screen" playing a morally divisive character.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/memory-review-jessica-chastain-peter-sargaard-1235715838/|title='Memory' Review: Michel Franco Gets Unforgettable Performances From Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=September 8, 2023|work=Variety|access-date=September 8, 2023|archive-date=September 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908193020/https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/memory-review-jessica-chastain-peter-sargaard-1235715838/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chastain and Hathaway reunited in ''[[Mothers' Instinct (2024 film)|Mothers' Instinct]]'' (2024), a remake of the Belgian psychological thriller of the [[Mothers' Instinct (2018 film)|same name]], which Chastain also produced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Neon Takes U.S. On Jessica Chastain & Anne Hathaway Thriller ''Mothers' Instinct'' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/anne-hathaway-jessica-chastain-mothers-instinct-movie-neon-1235021062/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 11, 2022 |date=May 11, 2022 |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511160158/https://deadline.com/2022/05/anne-hathaway-jessica-chastain-mothers-instinct-movie-neon-1235021062/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As a close friend of Hathaway, she found it challenging to play a character that's antagonistic towards Hathaway's.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/anne-hathway-jessica-chastain-mothers-instinct-b2518569.html|title=Jessica Chastain reveals why it was 'difficult' working with Anne Hathaway on Mother's Instinct|last=Butt|first=Maira|date=March 26, 2024|work=The Independent|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326052649/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/anne-hathway-jessica-chastain-mothers-instinct-b2518569.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She reteamed with Michel Franco in ''[[Dreams (2025 film)|Dreams]]'', a drama about a rich American woman's relationship with an undocumented Mexican immigrant, which premiered at the [[2025 Berlinale]]. Chastain said that she had to distance herself from her personal politics to play the part.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Lily |title=Jessica Chastain Had to Remove Her Personal Politics to Lead Michel Franco's 'Dreams' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jessica-chastain-michel-franco-dreams-immigrants-trump-berlin-interview-1236129490/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 13, 2025 |date=February 13, 2025 }}</ref> IndieWire's Ryan Lattanzio was appreciative of her playing an against-type, largely unsympathetic role.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lattanzio|first=Ryan|title='Dreams' Review: Jessica Chastain Gives a Daring Performance in Michel Franco's Most Powerful Film Yet|date=February 15, 2025|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/dreams-review-jessica-chastain-michel-franco-1235092639/|accessdate=February 16, 2025}}</ref>

Chastain will next executive produce and star in the [[Apple TV+]] miniseries ''[[The Savant]]'', based on the true story of an investigator who infiltrates online hate groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/jessica-chastain-to-star-in-limited-series-the-savant-for-apple-1235309961/|title=Jessica Chastain To Star In Limited Series 'The Savant' For Apple|last=White|first=Peter|date=March 27, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 23, 2023|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412050747/https://deadline.com/2023/03/jessica-chastain-to-star-in-limited-series-the-savant-for-apple-1235309961/|url-status=live}}</ref> She will also reunite with Pacino in ''[[Lear Rex]]'', an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'', playing [[Goneril]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/star-cast-aligns-around-al-pacino-jessica-chastain-for-bernard-roses-lear-rex-lakeith-stanfield-ariana-debose-peter-dinklage-1236029062/|title=Star Cast Aligns Around Al Pacino & Jessica Chastain For Bernard Rose's 'Lear Rex'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=August 1, 2024|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=August 2, 2024|archive-date=August 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801235829/https://deadline.com/2024/08/star-cast-aligns-around-al-pacino-jessica-chastain-for-bernard-roses-lear-rex-lakeith-stanfield-ariana-debose-peter-dinklage-1236029062/|url-status=live}}</ref> She will also star in the upcoming [[supernatural horror film]] ''[[Incidents Around the House]]''  directed by [[Rob Savage]], based on the 2024 novel by [[Josh Malerman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/jessica-chastain-rob-saveage-atomic-monster-1236369117/ |title=Jessica Chastain To Star In Rob Savage Horror Film From Atomic Monster & Universal Based On Josh Malerman Novel 'Incidents Around The House' |first=Justin |last=Kroll |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=April 15, 2025 |access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref> 

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==Advocacy==
[[File:Jessica chastain Cannes 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Chastain at the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]], where she served as a jury member]]
Chastain identifies as a [[feminist]], and has often spoken out against the discrimination faced by women and minorities in Hollywood.<ref name="guardian"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Nigel M. |last=Smith|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/jessica-chastain-on-a-most-violent-year-and-hollywoods-woman-problem-20141216 |title=Jessica Chastain on 'A Most Violent Year' and Hollywood's Woman Problem |publisher=IndieWire |date=December 16, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217004057/http://www.indiewire.com/article/jessica-chastain-on-a-most-violent-year-and-hollywoods-woman-problem-20141216 |archive-date=December 17, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Tim |last=Masters|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/30898437 |title=Jessica Chastain: Hollywood has a diversity problem |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=January 23, 2015 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202113841/http://www.bbc.com/news/30898437 |archive-date=February 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sachdeva |first=Maanya |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain mourns loss of reproductive rights in scathing 4 July post |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jessica-chastain-instagram-roe-v-wade-b2115802.html |access-date=December 25, 2023 |newspaper=The Independent |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225002659/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jessica-chastain-instagram-roe-v-wade-b2115802.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She penned an essay on gender imbalance in the industry for a December 2015 issue of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jessica |last=Chastain |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jessica-chastain-pens-essay-female-845818/ |title=Jessica Chastain Pens Essay From Female-Helmed Movie Set: No One Feels "Left Out or Bullied" |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter| date=December 9, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421152026/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/jessica-chastain-pens-essay-female-845818 |archive-date=April 21, 2016 }}</ref> At the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]], where she served as a jury member, Chastain bemoaned the passive portrayal of women in most films.<ref>{{cite web|first=Diana| last=Lodderhouse |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/jessica-chastain-cannes-film-festival-jury-member-pedro-almodovar-theirry-fremaux-1202070059/ |title=Jessica Chastain To Join Cannes Film Festival Jury |website=Deadline Hollywood| date=April 14, 2017 |access-date=April 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415202309/http://deadline.com/2017/04/jessica-chastain-cannes-film-festival-jury-member-pedro-almodovar-theirry-fremaux-1202070059/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="womeninfilm">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/30/jessica-chastain-women-cannes-disturbing-palme-dor |title=Jessica Chastain: the portrayal of women in films is disturbing |newspaper=The Guardian |date=May 30, 2017 |first=Gwilym |last=Mumford |access-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135236/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/30/jessica-chastain-women-cannes-disturbing-palme-dor |archive-date=September 13, 2017 }}</ref> She has complained about a lack of female film critics, which she believes hinders a gender-neutral perspective on film.<ref name="womeninfilm"/> She advocates for greater [[Gender equality|gender balance]] on sets, including more representation of women on film crews and in positions of power.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jessica-chastain-holly-hunter-female-directors-1202626236/|title=Jessica Chastain Advocates for More Gender Balance on Sets|magazine=Variety|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201185055/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/jessica-chastain-holly-hunter-female-directors-1202626236/|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref> On social media, Chastain aims to "amplify the voices" of victims of [[sexual harassment]] in the industry.<ref>{{cite news|first=Amy|last=Kaufman|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-jessica-chastain-mollys-game-20171222-story.html|title=Jessica Chastain is leading the charge for a new kind of Hollywood, both on-screen and off|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 24, 2017|access-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222200229/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-jessica-chastain-mollys-game-20171222-story.html|archive-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up the [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up]] initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/times-up-sexual-harassment-shonda-rhimes-reese-witherspoon-1202650552/|title=Hollywood A-Listers Launch Time's Up Initiative to Fight Sexual Harassment Across the U.S. Workforce|magazine=Variety|date=January 1, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104013740/http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/times-up-sexual-harassment-shonda-rhimes-reese-witherspoon-1202650552/|archive-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref> In the same year, she appeared alongside several actresses in ''[[This Changes Everything (2018 film)|This Changes Everything]]'', a documentary about the poor representation of women in Hollywood films.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Erbland|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/this-changes-everything-trailer-meryl-streep-jessica-chastain-hollywood-gender-discrimination-doc-1202150318/|title='This Changes Everything' Trailer: Meryl Streep and Jessica Chastain in Hollywood Gender Discrimination Doc|publisher=IndieWire|date=June 15, 2019|access-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922001146/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/this-changes-everything-trailer-meryl-streep-jessica-chastain-hollywood-gender-discrimination-doc-1202150318/|archive-date=September 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also a [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights activist]]. Most notably, when she had won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in 2022, she voiced her support for the community she loved, and called out bigoted legislation against them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain Called Out Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation in Her Oscars Speech |url=https://www.them.us/story/jessica-chastain-called-out-anti-lgbtq-legislation-in-her-oscars-speech |access-date=December 25, 2023 |website=Them |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225002659/https://www.them.us/story/jessica-chastain-called-out-anti-lgbtq-legislation-in-her-oscars-speech |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khosla |first=Proma |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress Oscar, spotlights LGBTQ rights in speech |url=https://mashable.com/article/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech-2022 |access-date=December 25, 2023 |publisher=Mashable |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225002700/https://mashable.com/article/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Jessica Chastain used her Oscars speech to support the LGBTQ+ community |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/entertainment/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech/index.html |access-date=December 25, 2023 |agency=CNN |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225002659/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/entertainment/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chastain is a vocal advocate for [[Equal pay for equal work|equal pay]] in the workplace, and turns down offers of work whose salaries she finds unfair.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="standard">{{cite news|first=Sanjiv|last=Bhattacharya|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/jessica-chastain-harvey-weinstein-proper-roles-for-women-and-not-feeling-beholden-to-stardom-a3703021.html|title=Jessica Chastain on post-Weinstein Hollywood and why she won't be paid less than men|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130082654/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/jessica-chastain-harvey-weinstein-proper-roles-for-women-and-not-feeling-beholden-to-stardom-a3703021.html|archive-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> She spoke out in support of actress [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]], who was paid less than her co-star [[Mark Wahlberg]] for the 2017 film ''[[All the Money in the World]]'', a gesture which Williams said led to greater awareness of the issue and a donation worth $2 million to the [[Time's Up Legal Defense Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Devon|last=Ivie|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/michelle-williams-paralyzed-pay-gap-scandal.html|title=Michelle Williams Recalls How Helpless She Felt During Pay-Gap Scandal: 'No One Cared'|website=Vulture|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403233548/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/michelle-williams-paralyzed-pay-gap-scandal.html|archive-date=April 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, Chastain lent her support to the Got Your 6 campaign, to help empower veterans of the United States Army, and in 2016, she became an advisory-board member to the organization We Do It Together, which produces films and television shows to promote women empowerment.<ref>{{cite news|first=Raphael| last=Chestang |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/136905_Stars_to_Veterans_We_Got_Your_Back/ |title=Stars to Veterans: We Got Your Back |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507060432/http://www.etonline.com/news/136905_Stars_to_Veterans_We_Got_Your_Back/ |archive-date=May 7, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=McNary|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-queen-latifah-female-empowerment-production-company-1201714218/ |title=Jessica Chastain, Queen Latifah and More Launch Female-Empowerment Production Company |magazine=Variety| date=February 24, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425031802/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-queen-latifah-female-empowerment-production-company-1201714218/ |archive-date=April 25, 2016 }}</ref> In 2017, she featured alongside several Hollywood celebrities in a theatrical production of ''[[The Children's Monologues]]'', in which she performed a monolog as a thirteen-year-old girl who is raped by her uncle. The event raised funds for [[Dramatic Need]], a charity that helps African children pursue a career in the arts.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Frank|last=Scheck|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993/|title=Critic's Notebook: An All-Star Cast Performs 'The Children's Monologues' at Carnegie Hall|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2017|access-date=February 27, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115011429/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993|archive-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> In 2020, Chastain became an investor in a Los Angeles-based franchise for the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles |title=National Women's Soccer League awards expansion team rights to Los Angeles |publisher=National Women's Soccer League |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721191247/https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles |url-status=live }}</ref> The new team has since been named [[Angel City FC]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/angel-city-confirms-name-as-angel-city-football-club-and-officially-joins-national-womens-soccer-league |title=Angel City Confirms Name as Angel City Football Club and Officially Joins National Women's Soccer League |publisher=National Women's Soccer League |date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026083002/https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/angel-city-confirms-name-as-angel-city-football-club-and-officially-joins-national-womens-soccer-league |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chastain supports charitable organizations that promote mental health, and is involved with the nonprofit organization [[To Write Love on Her Arms]].<ref name="painful">{{cite web|first=Thelma |last=Adams |title=Jessica Chastain Talks About Getting Through a Painful Year – and How 'Interstellar' Made Matthew McConaughey Cry |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/jessica-chastain-talks-about-getting-through-a-painful-97747957237.html |access-date=September 30, 2014 |date=September 17, 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930035828/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/jessica-chastain-talks-about-getting-through-a-painful-97747957237.html |archive-date=September 30, 2014 }}</ref> Teased as a child for having red hair and freckles, she takes a stand against body-shaming and bullying.<ref name="glamour"/> Chastain has campaigned for access to affordable [[reproductive health]] care for women, and in 2017, ''Variety'' honored her for her work with [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|url=https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/power-of-women-new-york-chelsea-clinton-jessica-chastain-1202392512/ |title=Power of Women New York Honorees Dig Deep for Worthy Causes |magazine=Variety|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062311/http://variety.com/2017/scene/news/power-of-women-new-york-chelsea-clinton-jessica-chastain-1202392512/ |archive-date=April 23, 2017 }}</ref> In response to [[Abortion in the United States by state|abortion bans in certain American states]], she joined several actors in refusing to work in those regions.<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Mercer|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jessica-chastain-and-sophie-turner-vow-to-boycott-us-states-with-strict-abortion-laws-11728080|title=Jessica Chastain and Sophie Turner vow to boycott US states with strict abortion laws|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=May 29, 2019|access-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224333/https://news.sky.com/story/jessica-chastain-and-sophie-turner-vow-to-boycott-us-states-with-strict-abortion-laws-11728080|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, Chastain traveled to [[Kyiv]] in Ukraine during [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of the country]]. She visited a children's hospital and met with President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] and head of the [[Office of the President of Ukraine|Presidential Administration]] [[Andrii Yermak]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|url=https://variety.com/2022/politics/global/jessica-chastain-zelensky-ukraine-1235335662/|title=Jessica Chastain Visits President Zelenskyy in Ukraine, 'Important Humanitarian Event' Being Planned|work=Variety|date=August 8, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130070203/https://variety.com/2022/politics/global/jessica-chastain-zelensky-ukraine-1235335662/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Abbey|last=White|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jessica-chastain-childrens-hospital-ukraine-russia-war-1235210674/|title=Jessica Chastain Details Trip to Ukraine Amid War: "I Needed a Few Weeks to Process Everything I Saw"|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 1, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130070155/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jessica-chastain-childrens-hospital-ukraine-russia-war-1235210674/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chastain has lent her support to the [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike]]. After receiving an interim-agreement waiver from the organization, she attended the premiere of her film ''Memory'' at the [[2023 Venice International Film Festival]] wearing a t-shirt affirming her support.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Savannah|last=Walsh|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/09/jessica-chastain-was-incredibly-nervous-to-attend-the-venice-film-festival-amid-sag-strike|title=Jessica Chastain Was "Incredibly Nervous" to Attend the Venice Film Festival Amid SAG Strike|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=September 8, 2023|access-date=September 10, 2023|archive-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116220540/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/09/jessica-chastain-was-incredibly-nervous-to-attend-the-venice-film-festival-amid-sag-strike|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception and acting style==
Describing Chastain's off-screen persona, Roy Porter of ''[[InStyle]]'' magazine wrote in 2015 that "she's an adult, which isn't always a given in Hollywood. Unconsciously candid with her answers, she retains a sense of perspective uncommon among her peers, and has real opinions"; Porter also credited her for being the rare actress who is "all about the craft".<ref name="instyle"/> Evgenia Peretz, an editor at ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', finds Chastain "the most sensitive and empathetic actor" she has interviewed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2012/09/jessica-chastain-behind-the-scenes |title=Portraits of the Ladies |magazine=Vanity Fair| date=September 2012 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413101130/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2012/09/jessica-chastain-behind-the-scenes |archive-date=April 13, 2016 }}</ref>

Chastain specializes in portraying emotionally grueling roles and is drawn to parts of strong but flawed women.<ref name="glamour"/><ref name="alist"/><ref name="bazaar"/> The journalist [[Sanjiv Bhattacharya]] has identified a theme of characters who "subvert gender expectations in some way".<ref name="standard"/> David Ehrlich of [[IndieWire]] credits her for being the sole American actress to consistently play roles that "champion feminist ideals".<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Ehrlich |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/woman-walks-ahead-jessica-chastain-tiff-2017-1201876791/ |title='Woman Walks Ahead' Review: Jessica Chastain Stars in a Paint-By-Numbers Biopic&nbsp;— TIFF |work=IndieWire|date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919000654/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/woman-walks-ahead-jessica-chastain-tiff-2017-1201876791/ |archive-date=September 19, 2017 }}</ref> She believes in extensive preparations for a role: "[I] fill myself up with as much history of the character as I can."<ref>{{cite news|first=Mindy|last=Kaling |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jessica-chastain-2#page3 |title=Jessica Chastain |work=Interview|date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408044641/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jessica-chastain-2/ |archive-date=April 8, 2016 }}</ref> The film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have praised Chastain's versatility,<ref name="zero2"/><ref name="mama"/> and ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'' magazine credits her for avoiding [[typecasting]].<ref name="wmag"/>

[[File:Jessica Chastain at 2015 Empire Awards.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Chastain at the [[20th Empire Awards|2015 Empire Awards]]]]
Guillermo del Toro, who directed Chastain in ''Crimson Peak'', believes that she is "interested in being chameleonic", and that she brings authenticity even to bizarre situations.<ref name="clock">{{cite news|first=Andrea |last=Mandell |title=Jessica Chastain is on the clock |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/17/jessica-chastain-cover-story-zero-dark-thirty-meets-mama/1840375/ |work=USA Today|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720004008/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/17/jessica-chastain-cover-story-zero-dark-thirty-meets-mama/1840375/ |archive-date=July 20, 2016 }}</ref> Sophie Heawood of ''The Guardian'' believes that Chastain's ability to bring very little ego to her roles renders her unrecognisable to the audience.<ref name="guardian"/> Sarah Karmali of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' opines that "she goes for total immersion, sinking so deep into character that her face seems to change shape with each one".<ref name="bazaar">{{cite magazine|first=Sarah| last=Karmali |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a32042/jessica-chastain-is-bazaars-november-cover-star/ |title=Jessica Chastain is Bazaar's November Cover Star |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|date=October 2, 2014 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330193217/http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a32042/jessica-chastain-is-bazaars-november-cover-star/ |archive-date=March 30, 2016 }}</ref> Lea Goldman of ''[[Marie Claire]]'' has compared her craft to that of Meryl Streep and [[Cate Blanchett]], and writes that she values her craft over her looks.<ref name="supernova"/> Michel Franco, who directed her in ''Memory'', called Chastain "the best actress in the world".<ref>{{cite news |first=Naman |last=Ramachandran |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jessica-chastain-michel-franco-peter-sarsgaard-venice-memory-1235712218/ |title=Michel Franco on Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard Venice Competition Film 'Memory': 'I've Always Been Interested in Broken People' |magazine=Variety |date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907184948/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jessica-chastain-michel-franco-peter-sarsgaard-venice-memory-1235712218/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Describing her film career in 2017, Ben Dickinson of ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' wrote:{{blockquote|With her often haunted-looking eyes, pale complexion, and gorgeous red mane [...] she can project everything from icy hauteur (''The Martian'', ''Miss Sloane'') to loving warmth (''The Tree of Life'', ''The Zookeeper's Wife'') or an unstable equilibrium and high intelligence in between (''Zero Dark Thirty'' and ''A Most Violent Year'').<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Dickinson|title=Jessica Chastain Is Using Her Versatility to Get Woman's Stories Told|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13793658/jessica-chastain-women-in-hollywood-november-2017/|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=November 26, 2017|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126185728/http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13793658/jessica-chastain-women-in-hollywood-november-2017/|archive-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref>}}

The journalist [[Tom Shone]] describes Chastain as being "excessively luscious [with] pale [[Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli]] features wrapped around a bone structure that has a touch of the masculine, right down to the cleft in her chin."<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Shone|url=http://www.vogue.com/865189/jessica-chastain-hollywoods-most-versatile-star/ |title=Jessica Chastain: Hollywood's Most Versatile Star |work=Vogue|date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605085201/http://www.vogue.com/865189/jessica-chastain-hollywoods-most-versatile-star/ |archive-date=June 5, 2016 }}</ref> She was named the sexiest vegetarian actress in a poll conducted by [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly |first=Tara |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peta-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012_n_1638049 |title=PETA Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities 2012: Jessica Chastain And Woody Harrelson Win Celebrity Contest |work=HuffPost|date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422011335/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/peta-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012_n_1638049.html |archive-date=April 22, 2016 }}</ref> From 2012 to 2014, she was featured in [[AskMen]]'s listing of the most desirable women,<ref>{{cite web |title=AskMen's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2014: One Million Votes Name Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke the World's Most Desirable Woman |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSnGNX7kyHxq+1c4+GNW20140211 |date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |work=Reuters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514010922/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSnGNX7kyHxq%201c4%20GNW20140211 |archive-date=May 14, 2016 }}<br />{{cite web |first=David |last=Eckstein |title=Sofia Vergara, Kate Upton and Rooney Mara top AskMen's '99 Most Desirable Women' |url=http://zap2it.com/2012/01/sofia-vergara-kate-upton-and-rooney-mara-top-askmens-99-most-desirable-women/ |publisher=[[Screener (website)|Screener]] |date=January 31, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601232313/http://zap2it.com/2012/01/sofia-vergara-kate-upton-and-rooney-mara-top-askmens-99-most-desirable-women/ |archive-date=June 1, 2016 }}<br />{{cite web |title=Jessica Chastain AskMen Top 99 2013 Video |url=http://www.askmen.com/video/entertainment-and-celebrities/jessica-chastain-askmen-top-99-2013-video.html |access-date=April 28, 2016 |publisher=[[AskMen]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513130533/http://www.askmen.com/video/entertainment-and-celebrities/jessica-chastain-askmen-top-99-2013-video.html |archive-date=May 13, 2016 }}</ref> and in 2015, ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine ranked her as one of the best-dressed women.<ref>{{cite news |title=30 Best Dressed Women of 2015 |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/fashion/celebrity-fashion/2015/09/best-dressed-women-2015/viewgallery/1456229 |work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428151934/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/fashion/celebrity-fashion/2015/09/best-dressed-women-2015/viewgallery/1456229 |archive-date=April 28, 2016 }}</ref>

''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named Chastain one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2012.<ref name="Time100">{{cite news|first=Gary|last=Oldman |title=Jessica Chastain&nbsp;– 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112107,00.html |magazine=Time|date=April 18, 2012| access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120110939/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C2111975_2111976_2112107%2C00.html |archive-date=January 20, 2013 }}</ref> That same year, she was invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], and she endorsed an [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]] fragrance called Manifesto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120629a.html |title=Academy Invites 176 to Membership |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702000236/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120629a.html |archive-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jennifer| last=Weil |url=http://www.wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/people/jessica-chastain-named-ysl-fragrance-face-5949800 |title=Jessica Chastain Named YSL Fragrance Face |work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826091102/http://www.wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/people/jessica-chastain-named-ysl-fragrance-face-5949800 |archive-date=August 26, 2012 }}</ref> In 2015, she became the global ambassador for the Swiss jewelry and watchmaking company [[Piaget SA|Piaget]], and in 2017, she was made the face of [[Ralph Lauren Corporation|Ralph Lauren]]'s fragrance campaign, named Woman.<ref>{{cite news|first=Leslie|last=McKenzie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jessica-chastain-is-piagets-new-765297/ |title=Jessica Chastain is Piaget's new brand ambassador |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512093708/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-is-piagets-new-765297 |archive-date=May 12, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Sunhee |last=Grinnell |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/vf-exclusive-an-interview-with-jessica-chastain-face-of-the-new-ralph-lauren-fragrance-woman |title=An Interview with Jessica Chastain, Face of the New Ralph Lauren Fragrance, Woman |magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July 24, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107085211/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/vf-exclusive-an-interview-with-jessica-chastain-face-of-the-new-ralph-lauren-fragrance-woman |archive-date=November 7, 2017 }}</ref> For the latter, she led an initiative called Lead Like A Woman, and featured in a short film named ''Leading with Intensity'' (2019) made by an all-female cast and crew.<ref>{{cite news |first=Celia |last=Shatzman |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/celiashatzman/2019/04/17/exclusive-jessica-chastain-on-her-new-ralph-lauren-fragrances-campaign-and-leading-like-a-woman/#3881dde17063 |title=Exclusive: Jessica Chastain On Her New Ralph Lauren Fragrances Campaign And Leading Like a Woman |work=Forbes |date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417141934/https://www.forbes.com/sites/celiashatzman/2019/04/17/exclusive-jessica-chastain-on-her-new-ralph-lauren-fragrances-campaign-and-leading-like-a-woman/#3881dde17063 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, she became the global ambassador for [[Damiani]], an Italian luxury [[jewelry]] [[corporate group]] that designs, manufactures, distributes and sells jewelry and luxury [[watches]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Martino |last=Carrera|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/jessica-chastain-named-damiani-global-brand-ambassador-1236300395/|title=Exclusive: Jessica Chastain Is the New Global Brand Ambassador of Damiani| work=Women's Wear Daily |date=April 8, 2024| access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Despite significant media attention, Chastain remains guarded about her personal life, and chooses not to attend red carpet events with a partner.<ref>{{cite news|first=Andrea|last=Mandell| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/04/20/jessica-chastain-does-fame-her-own-terms/83236254/ |title=Jessica Chastain does fame on her own terms |newspaper=[[USA Today]]| date=April 20, 2016 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425202528/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/04/20/jessica-chastain-does-fame-her-own-terms/83236254/ |archive-date=April 25, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="alist">{{cite news|first=Michele |last=Manelis |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/actress-jessica-chastain-earns-her-place-in-hollywoods-celebrity-alist/news-story/23a55f65518dbb7b4f275db38715f88b |title=Actress Jessica Chastain earns her place in Hollywood's celebrity A-list |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| date=October 23, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816122036/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/actress-jessica-chastain-earns-her-place-in-hollywoods-celebrity-alist/news-story/23a55f65518dbb7b4f275db38715f88b |archive-date=August 16, 2016 }}</ref> She considers herself to be a "shy" person, and in 2011 expressed a preference for domestic routines like dog-walking and playing [[ukulele]] over partying.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jessica-chastain-1 |title=Interview: Jessica Chastain |magazine=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |date=April 9, 2016 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409123644/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-jessica-chastain |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chastain has cited the actress [[Isabelle Huppert]] as an influence, for managing a family, while also playing "out-there roles" on screen.<ref name="stylist">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-jessica-chastain |title=Interview: Jessica Chastain |magazine=[[Stylist (magazine)|Stylist]] |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409123644/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-jessica-chastain |archive-date=April 9, 2016 }}</ref>

She is an animal lover, and has adopted a [[rescue dog]].<ref name="alist"/> Raised by a vegan chef mother,<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Jessica Chastain Talks Mom Vegan Food Truck; Ellen Degeneres Show |url=https://people.com/food/jessica-chastain-mom-vegan-food-truck/ |access-date=November 11, 2023 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111044950/https://people.com/food/jessica-chastain-mom-vegan-food-truck/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Chastain was a [[pescatarian]] for much of her life before health troubles prompted her to begin practicing [[veganism]].<ref name="alist"/> She is an investor in [[Beyond Meat]], a [[meat substitutes]] company.<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Deena|last1=Shanker|first2=Lydia|last2=Mulvany|first3=Michael|last3=Hytha|url=https://time.com/5582512/beyond-meat-best-ipo-2019/|title=Vegan-Friendly, Celeb-Backed Beyond Meat Has 2019's Best U.S. IPO|magazine=Time|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502235149/http://time.com/5582512/beyond-meat-best-ipo-2019/|archive-date=May 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2000s, Chastain was in a long-term relationship with writer-director [[Ned Benson]] that ended in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jada |last=Yuan|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/05/jessica-chastain-on-cannes-and-interstellar-secrets.html |title=Jessica Chastain on Cannes, Her Wonderful Facebook Page, and Having to Keep Interstellar Secrets |website=Vulture|date=May 22, 2014 |access-date=September 14, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/jessica-chastain-on-cannes-and-interstellar-secrets.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> In 2012, she began dating [[Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo]], an Italian count of the Passi de Preposulo noble family, who is an executive for the fashion brand [[Moncler]].<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="alist"/> On June 10, 2017, Chastain married Preposulo at his family's estate in [[Carbonera, Veneto|Carbonera]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news|first=Meg|last=Swertlow|title=Jessica Chastain Marries Fashion Exec Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo in Italy|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/857980/jessica-chastain-marries-fashion-exec-gian-luca-passi-de-preposulo-in-italy|agency=[[E!]]|date=June 11, 2017|access-date=June 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610224512/http://www.eonline.com/news/857980/jessica-chastain-marries-fashion-exec-gian-luca-passi-de-preposulo-in-italy|archive-date=June 10, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, the couple had a daughter through surrogacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.etonline.com/jessica-chastain-welcomes-first-baby-with-husband-gian-luca-passi-de-preposulo-114080|title=Jessica Chastain Welcomes First Baby With Husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo|last=Calvario|first=Liz|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=November 17, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118050647/https://www.etonline.com/jessica-chastain-welcomes-first-baby-with-husband-gian-luca-passi-de-preposulo-114080|archive-date=November 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/jessica-chastain-baby-photo-first|title=Jessica Chastain Just Shared the First Photo of Her Baby Girl|last=Luu|first=Christopher|magazine=InStyle|date=January 6, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108145531/https://www.instyle.com/news/jessica-chastain-baby-photo-first|archive-date=January 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> They later had a son.<ref name="times22">{{cite news|last=White|first=Terri|date=January 16, 2022|title=Jessica Chastain: 'I have a rebellious streak'|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/jessica-chastain-i-have-a-rebellious-streak-6d9zxz87t|url-status=live|newspaper=The Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116004703/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jessica-chastain-i-have-a-rebellious-streak-6d9zxz87t|archive-date=January 16, 2022|access-date=January 22, 2022|url-access=limited|quote=She is deeply private about her own family life — her husband, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, an Italian count who works as a fashion executive, and their two young daughters.}}</ref> They reside in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Richard|last=Lawson|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/jessica-chastain-manhattan-apartment |title=Jessica Chastain Buys the Perfect Apartment |magazine=Vanity Fair|date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422124542/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/jessica-chastain-manhattan-apartment |archive-date=April 22, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rothman |first=Michael |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jessica-chastain-opens-love-life/story?id=25632919 |title=Jessica Chastain Opens Up About the 'Love of My Life' |publisher=ABC News|date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426114647/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jessica-chastain-opens-love-life/story?id=25632919 |archive-date=April 26, 2016 }}</ref>

==Acting credits and awards==
{{Main|List of Jessica Chastain performances|List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Chastain}}
According to the review aggregator site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and the box-office site [[Box Office Mojo]], Chastain's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are ''[[Take Shelter]]'' (2011), ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'' (2011), ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011), ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011), ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' (2012), ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012), ''[[Mama (2013 film)|Mama]]'' (2013), ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' (2014), ''[[A Most Violent Year]]'' (2014), ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' (2015), ''[[Miss Sloane]]'' (2016), ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017), and ''[[It Chapter Two]]'' (2019).<ref>{{cite web|title=Jessica Chastain |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jessica_chastain/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421211815/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jessica_chastain |archive-date=April 21, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jessica Chastain Movie Box Office Results |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=jessicachastain.htm |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=October 22, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509201811/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=jessicachastain.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2016 }}</ref> Among her stage roles, she has appeared in a Broadway revivals of ''[[The Heiress (1947 play)|The Heiress]]'' in 2012 and ''[[A Doll's House]]'' in 2023.<ref name="vanity"/> Her television roles include the miniseries ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (American miniseries)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'' (2021) and ''[[George & Tammy]]'' (2022).

Chastain won an [[Academy Award]] in the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] category for ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)|The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021), and has been nominated two more times: [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''The Help'' and Best Actress for ''Zero Dark Thirty''. She won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] for ''Zero Dark Thirty'', and has been nominated seven more times: Best Actress in a Drama for ''Miss Sloane'', ''Molly's Game'', and ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye''; [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''The Help'' and ''A Most Violent Year''; and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actress for a Miniseries or Television Film]] for ''Scenes from a Marriage'' and ''George & Tammy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain |title=Winners & Nominees: Jessica Chastain |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |accessdate=December 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212140852/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain |url-status=live }}</ref> Chastain was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] for ''A Doll's House''.<ref name="tony"/>  Chastain earned her first nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]] for ''George & Tammy''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=75th Emmy Nominations Announcement |url=https://www.emmys.com/events/75th-emmy-nominations-announcement |access-date=July 12, 2023 |publisher=Television Academy |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712170229/https://www.emmys.com/events/75th-emmy-nominations-announcement |url-status=live }}</ref>

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