[63] Chastain was reluctant to take the role, fearing the anxiety she had faced during her early stage performances. "It demolished me," he wrote in a Facebook post (via theDaily Mail), "I couldn't get outta bed for months, just went all over the country for years trying to figure out why." He really was," the actress . [7][17] She later remarked that her participation in a successful production of The Seagull during her second year helped build her confidence. [199][183] She considers herself to be a "shy" person, and in 2011 said that she enjoys domestic routines like dog-walking and playing ukulele, rather than partying. She played the titular character in Miss Julie, a film adaptation of August Strindberg's 1888 play of the same name, from director Liv Ullmann. Chastain was unable to meet the undercover agent on whom her character was based, so she relied on the research done by the film's screenwriter Mark Boal. [94] The Martian became her second film to gross over $600million in two consecutive years. Known for primarily starring in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. [24] 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. [4][9] She was a loner and considered herself a misfit in school, eventually finding an outlet in the performing arts. [7][183] On June 10, 2017, she married Preposulo at his family's estate in Carbonera, Italy. In a 2019 interview with the . Her younger sister, Juliet, died by suicide in 2003 following years of drug addiction. [102][103] She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama. [20] The critic Richard Roeper considered her performance to be proof of her being one of the finest actors of her generation. JESSICA CHASTAIN TALKS GENDER PAY GAP DISPARITY IN HOLLYWOOD: 'IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO'. And Ron is a proud father and grandfather. Through her father, Bryce is a granddaughter of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, as well as a niece of actor Clint Howard. Ullmann directed him and Jessica Chastain in "Miss Julie" and he says Ullmann "is an amazing human being; she has such heart and her emotions are so close to the surface." (Unlike most . The similarities even fooled someone in Dallas Howard's own family, as her father, famed director Ron Howard, was seemingly fooled by their similar features during a chance encounter. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. As the Interstellar actress told USA Today, "I didn't grow up with a lot of money, and we were evicted a couple times when I was a child." Jessica Chastain's look alike. [210][211] Among her stage roles, she has appeared in a Broadway revival of The Heiress in 2012. [17] She graduated from the school with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003. Jessica Chastain reveals fellow Hollywood star she is mistaken for. [133] 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). It's not very often that an Academy Award nominee can have such a secret life, but this actress has managed it. appreciated. [125], Under Freckle Films, Chastain produced and starred in the action film Ava (2020), written and initially set to be directed by Matthew Newton, who has been accused of domestic violence. 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[183] She was a pescatarian for much of her life; following health troubles she began practicing veganism. [43] 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". 2023 Cable News Network. Chastain's performance was praised by a reviewer for the New York Observer, who considered her as the only notable aspect of the production. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. According to Howard, even her father, The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard once thought the Zero Dark Thirty star was his . 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[7][49][50], Chastain's final two roles of the year were in Wilde Salom, a documentary based on her 2006 production of Salome,[51] and the critically panned crime-thriller Texas Killing Fields. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, was a 16-year-old high school student and her father, Michael Monasterio, was a 20-year-old aspiring rock musician, per the Daily Mail. [72] 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. "I was, like, walking by, I was like, 'Oh, that . All Times Eastern. [119][120] She reteamed with Andy Muschietti in It Chapter Two, the sequel to his 2017 horror film It, based on Stephen King's novel. Being raised by a young, single mother-of-two was difficult for Jessica and her younger sister. 'I was on the subway and these kids come over and said "I'm sorry but are you an actress?" Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California, performing at an early age in productions of Shakespeare's works like Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and . There were many nights when we had to go to sleep without eating. [15][16][17] 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. Ron Howard has built one of the most impressive careers in Hollywood. . 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 (2011), The Tree of Life (2011), The Help (2011), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Mama (2013), Interstellar (2014), A Most Violent Year (2014), The Martian (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017), and It Chapter Two (2019). After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. And we went to the mirror and looked at our faces and went, Yeah, we looks exactly alike. There are little things about us that are different, but we definitely look like kin. 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The "Jurassic World" actress confirmed the case of mistaken identity to . She plays Maya like a gathering storm in an indelible, implosive performance that cuts so deep we can feel her nerve endings. [149] Chastain executive produced the Showtime biographical miniseries George & Tammy, in which she played the country singer Tammy Wynette opposite Michael Shannon's George Jones. RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As Florida governor and Donald Trump rival Ron DeSantis steps up his bid to win the White House At last a true conservative who believes in Brexit, low taxes, strong borders - and is blisteringly anti-woke shame he's not British! The "Jurassic . . [54] In the former, which marked the third installment in the Madagascar series, she voiced Gia the Jaguar with an Italian accent. How remorseless Stephen Bear continued his arrogant antics up until AP Entertainment on Twitter: "MISTAKEN IDENTITY JESSICA CHASTAIN: #JessicaChastain (@jes_chastain) and #BryceDallasHoward look so similar they stood in front of a mirror together and compared features. I literally walked by and he was like, I think I saw Bryce. . 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[47][95] 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. [158] She will feature in Michel Franco's film Memory alongside Peter Sarsgaard, and produce and star alongside Anne Hathaway in Mothers Instinct, a remake of the Belgian psychological thriller of the same name. Things weren't easy for me growing up. And he was, like, shook," Howard recently told an "ET" reporter at the grand opening for "Jurassic World - The Ride." "At first he was like, 'You really look so much alike,'" she . Jessica Chastain never attempted to reconcile with her father before his death in 2013, but apparently her sister Juliet did, according to Facebook posts made by . She's a unique face among the blondes and brunettes of the Hollywood elite. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. Based on Howard, even her father, The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard as soon as thought the Zero Darkish Thirty star was his daughter. We did not have money. [19] In her television debut, The WB network's 2004 pilot remake of the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, she was cast as Carolyn Stoddard. [193] That same year, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and she endorsed an Yves Saint Laurent fragrance called Manifesto. He appeared like some of his other siblings on his dad's show Arrested Development in 2018. Legit. No one except for a few people even know who the real father of our actress is. "When we finally got to film The Help, the first time we met, we went to the table read and looked at each other, because we both get it all the time, and we grabbed each others hands and we said, 'Lets go to the mirror.' Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. [126][127] Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter bemoaned that Chastain's talents as an action star had been wasted in an underwhelming film. [24][25] Writing for 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". And he was, like, shook. Bryce Dallas Howard is reflecting on her filmmaker father, Ron Howard, mistaking Jessica Chastain for his own daughter. Chastain said her sibling struggled with drug abuse and "had a lot of attempted suicides," but she still never expected Juliet to die so young. While hoping to straighten out any confusion, Jessica did confess to using Bryce's name when first being recognised for her earlier work. Truth: When picking up awards for her role in Zero Dark Thirty, Chastain thanked her mother, Jerri Chastain, and her father, Michael Hastey.Mar 2, 2016 around $200 million Secondly, Are