Jessica Chastain is a 30 year-old from California and may be the most prolific actress you never heard about.
Together with a third brother, they grew up in Texas, raised by a fierce father (Brad Pitt) and a beatific mother (Jessica Chastain).
Aside from Riva and Wallis, the best actress category is completed by Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Naomi Watts in The Impossible and Jessica Chastain, who plays a CIA agent hunting Osama Bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty.
Best Actress is also a two woman race between Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook.
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On Sunday, Jessica Chastain was named best actress in a drama at the Golden Globes for her portrayal of the CIA agent orchestrating the manhunt.
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Jessica Chastain of Zero Dark Thirty added a jolt of exciting color on the red carpet in a crimson Alexander McQueen which hugged the actress in all the right places.
As in the film, the real Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, "really did feel a religious sense of being spared" that day to carry on the hunt, he says.
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And as I said, Jessica Chastain has to be the leading contender for a Best Actress nomination.
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Budget constraints probably account for Rome's surprisingly meager population and a Volsci army that seems to number about two dozen, but you can't argue with the talent in the foreground: Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and Gerard Butler don't misplace a single syllable between them.
Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens will make his Broadway debut this autumn, playing a suspected fortune hunter opposite The Help's Jessica Chastain.
Armani Prive, like Dior, scored a major sartorial coup by dressing two Best Actress nominees: Jessica Chastain of Zero Dark Thirty and Naomi Watts of The Impossible.
The color blue, which was a hit at the Golden Globes, spilled over to the SAG Awards with Jessica Chastain in Calvin Klein and Diane Lane rocking the color.
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Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain is flying high - her new film Zero Dark Thirty has just landed her a second Oscar nomination and she is enjoying a successful run as the lead in The Heiress on Broadway.
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