Jessica Chastain: 5 Hot Instagram Pics You Need To See

Jessica Chastain is an American movie actress and film producer. Jessica was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California. Her parents are Jerri Renee Hastey and the rock musician Michael Monasterio. They had Jessica at a young age, as they were both teenagers when she was born. Jessica Chastain has been estranged from her father and does not like to discuss the details of their relationship. Jessica Chastain was raised in Sacramento by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, who is a firefighter. From him and her mother, she also has two sisters and two brothers. Tragically, one of her sisters whose name was Juliet died by committing suicide in 2003 following years of drug addiction and abuse. Jessica Chastain is very close with her stepfather and has said that her he was the first person to make her feel secure. She is also very close with her maternal grandmother, named Marilyn, stating that she has always been her biggest supporter and has always believed in her. Jessica studied acting at The Juilliard School in New York City. She first became interested in acting at the young age of seven, after watching a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with her grandmother. She began regularly putting on amateur shows with other children and considered herself to be their artistic director. Jessica Chastain attended the El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento, where she struggled socially and academically. She was not able to graduate because she missed too many days in her senior year, but she did later obtain an adult diploma. After high school, Jessica would attend Sacramento City College from 1996 to 1997. Jessica's childhood was good but hard, as until her stepfather came along, she had a single mother who had to work very hard to put food on the table. It is because of this humble beginning that Jessica has stayed so down to earth and true to herself today with all of her success. In 1998, Jessica Chastain starred as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet put on by TheaterWorks, a company in the San Francisco Bay Area. This was her first theatrical debut and it ultimately led to her auditioning for the Juilliard School in New York City. Jessica was accepted and was even granted a scholarship funded by the actor Robin Williams to attend. Jessica Chastain suffered from anxiety during her first year of school at Julliard, and was worried about not being able to complete the program, however her participation in a successful production of The Seagull during her second year helped give her the confidence she needed to stay and she graduated from Julliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003. Jessica currently still lives in New York and is married to fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo. The wedding took place in the northern Italian city of Treviso at the Passi de Preposulo family estate. The wedding was held after five years of the couple dating.

Jessica Chastain and husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo on Halloween.

Jessica Chastain has had a successful career, appearing in close to 50 films and TV Series over the years. She is most well known for her work in Zero Dark Thirty, Molly's Game, Interstellar, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Jessica Chastain is also the founder of the production company Freckle Films, which she founded to promote diversity in film. Jessica is an advocate for mental health issues and gender and racial equality. In 2012, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Jessica Chastain rose to fame between the years of 2012 and 2013. During that time, she was featured in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty, which tells a partly fictionalized account of the decade-long manhunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In the movie, Jessica Chastain played the role of character Maya, an emotionally hardened CIA intelligence analyst. Although Jessica had trouble with the work due to the nature of the story and suffered depression while filming, her performance was spectacular and earned her much critical acclaim including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and nominations for Academy, BAFTA, and SAG Awards for Best Actress. In 2014, Jessica was cast for the role of adult daughter to Matthew McConaughey's character in the live action scientific thriller Interstellar. She had only a supporting role but earned recognition for how much she stood out in the film. Interstellar earned over $675 million worldwide. One of Jessica's more recent roles has been as the real-life character of Molly Bloom in the movie Molly's Game which is about a disgruntled skier who ran a high-profile gambling operation that led to her arrest by the FBI. Jessica Chastain received her fifth Golden Globe nomination for her performance in this movie. Jessica Chastain has five upcoming projects, including X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, George and Tammy, Plus One, and Painkiller Jane.

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Jessica Chastain is not only talented but beautiful and an activist for some commendable causes. She is a role model for women all over the world. Keep up the great work Jessica, we love you!