
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Acting
- Lahir:
- 1962-02-05
- Tempat lahir:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biografi
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). Leigh starred in a 1995 film written by her mother, screenwriter Barbara Turner, titled Georgia. She co-wrote and co-directed a film with Alan Cumming titled The Anniversary Party (2001). Leigh starred in the crime drama Road to Perdition (2002) and the family drama Margot at the Wedding (2007). She had a recurring role on the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds (2009–2012). She received critical acclaim for her voice work in Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa (2015). For her role as fugitive Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight (2015), 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 while featuring in the science fiction films Annihilation (2018) and Possessor (2020). She has since starred in the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023). 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.
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Filmografi

Confession

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

Crime 101

All's Fair

Night Always Comes

High Potential

Poolman

Sharp Stick

Awake

Lisey's Story

The Woman in the Window

Possessor

Hunters

QT8: The First Eight

Sid & Judy

The Hateful Eight

White Boy Rick

Patrick Melrose

Annihilation

LBJ

Good Time

Atypical

Amityville: The Awakening

Morgan

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

Anomalisa

The Hateful Eight

Welcome to Me

Alex of Venice

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Me

The Affair

Jake Squared

Fargo

Hateship Loveship

Open

Kill Your Darlings

The Spectacular Now

The Moment

Revenge

Greenberg

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion

Synecdoche, New York

Margot at the Wedding

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'

Rag Tale

Weeds

Easter Sunday

Palindromes

The Jacket

The Machinist

Childstar

In the Cut

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Searching for Debra Winger

Road to Perdition

Hey Arnold! The Movie

Crossed Over

The Man Who Wasn't There

The Quickie

The Anniversary Party

Skipped Parts

The King Is Alive

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

Mission Hill
Where Are They Now?

eXistenZ

Hercules

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

The Love Letter

Twitch City

Washington Square

A Thousand Acres

Spawn

King of the Hill

Cinema Cinema

Bastard Out of Carolina

Superman: The Animated Series

Kansas City

Tracey Takes On...

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Georgia

Dolores Claiborne
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Inside the Actors Studio

The Hudsucker Proxy

Short Cuts

Frasier

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Single White Female

HBO First Look

The Prom

Rush

Crooked Hearts

Backdraft

Partners in Life

Buried Alive

Miami Blues

Twin Peaks

The Big Picture

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Heart of Midnight

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Under Cover

Sister, Sister

Picnic

The Men's Club

The Hitcher

Flesh + Blood

Grandview, U.S.A.

Girls of the White Orchid

Easy Money

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

The First Time

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Wrong Is Right

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Killing of Randy Webster

I Think I'm Having A Baby

Eyes of a Stranger

Angel City

Trapper John, M.D.

The Young Runaways

Tod eines Fremden

Family

Baretta

The Waltons
Film '72

The Wonderful World of Disney

Hallmark Hall of Fame
New England Toys

Deep Cuts
Bishop

Far Cry