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Jessica Chastain

Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American theater, film and television actress. Chastain played guest roles in several television shows before making her feature film debut and the 2008 independent film, Jolene. In 2011, she gained wide public recognition for her starring roles in seven film releases. Her performance in The Help received rave reviews and earned her several accolades, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In the military thriller film Zero Dark Thirty, she won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and received her second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
In 2012, Time magazine featured her as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". Chastain's performances in Zero Dark Thirty and in the 2013 horror film Mama led film critic Richard Roeper to describe her as "one of the finest actors of her generation".

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Jessica Chastain is preparing for

  • The Visit – Karl

    19:45, Wed 23rd – Mon 28th December 2026 at Adelphi Theatre

    The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Lighting Designer

    19:15, Tue 5th – Fri 8th January 2027 at Crucible Theatre

    The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his…

  • Medea – Production Manager

    20:00, Wed 20th – Sat 23rd January 2027 at Liverpool Empire Theatre

    Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in…

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor – Writer

    20:00, Wed 10th – Mon 15th February 2027 at The Old Vic

    The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff. Though nominally…

  • Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Reeds

    20:15, Sun 18th April 2027 at Noël Coward Theatre

    Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The…

  • Jersey Boys – Publicity Designer

    20:45, Tue 1st June 2027 at Random Venue 50

    Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation,…

  • Sunset Boulevard – Norma Desmond

    21:00, Sat 3rd – Thu 8th July 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

    Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond…

  • The Sound of Music – Marta von Trapp

    15:00, Wed 29th September 2027 at Crucible Theatre

    The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of…

  • The Full Monty – Producer

    19:45, Sun 7th November 2027 at Random Venue 77

    The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek.
    In this Americanized musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buff…

  • Blood Brothers – Choreographer

    19:30, Thu 16th – Mon 20th December 2027 at Random Venue 88

    Blood Brothers is a musical with musics, lyrics and a book by Willy Russell, based loosely on the 1844 novella The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas. The story is a contemporary nature vs. nurture…

  • Coriolanus – Volumnia

    19:30, Tue 1st – Mon 7th February 2028 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

    Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.

  • My Fair Lady – Composer

    20:30, Thu 6th – Sun 9th April 2028 at Random Venue 32

    My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl…

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