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Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Birthday: 1962-02-05 | Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress and producer. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough as Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She later received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and Short Cuts (1993). Leigh was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). She starred in a 1995 film written by her mother, screenwriter Barbara Turner, titled Georgia. In 2001, she co-wrote and co-directed a film with Alan Cumming titled The Anniversary Party. In 2002, Leigh appeared in the neo-noir crime drama film Road to Perdition. In 2007, she starred in the family drama film Margot at the Wedding. She had a recurring role on the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds as Jill Price-Gray. In 2015, she received critical acclaim for her voice work as Lisa in Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa, and for her role as Daisy Domergue in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2017 to 2021, she starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical. Leigh starred in the science-fiction horror films, Annihilation (2018) and Possessor (2020). For her stage work, Leigh was nominated for a Drama Desk award for her off-Broadway performance as Beverly Moss in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party. Her Broadway debut occurred in 1998, when she became the replacement for the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Jason Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Sharp Stick

as    Marilyn

2021
Lisey's Story

as    Darla Debusher

2021
Awake

as    Dr. Murphy

2021
The Woman in the Window

as    Jane Russell 2

2020
Possessor

as    Girder

2019
Sid & Judy

as    Judy Garland (voice)

2019
QT8: The First Eight

as    Self

2018
White Boy Rick

as    Alex Snyder

2018
Annihilation

as    Dr. Ventress

2018
Patrick Melrose

as    Eleanor Melrose

2017
Good Time

as    Corey Ellman

2017
Atypical

as    Elsa Gardner

2017
Amityville: The Awakening

as    Joan Walker

2017
LBJ

as    Lady Bird Johnson

2016
Morgan

as    Dr. Kathy Grieff

2015
The Hateful Eight

as    Daisy Domergue

2015
Welcome to Me

as    Deb Moseley

2015
Anomalisa

as    Lisa Hesselman (voice)

2014
Hateship Loveship

as    Chloe

2014
Me

as    Kelly

2014
Jake Squared

as    Sheryl

2013
The Moment

as    Lee

2013
Kill Your Darlings

as    Naomi Ginsberg

2013
The Spectacular Now

as    Sara Keely

2010
Greenberg

as    Beth (Beller's Party)

2007
Margot at the Wedding

as    Pauline

2005
The Jacket

as    Dr. Beth Lorenson

2005
Weeds

as    Jill Price-Grey

2004
The Machinist

as    Stevie