Jennifer Jason Leigh

Known for ActingBorn 1962-02-05 (age 64)Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Partners in Life

Twitch City

High Potential

Fargo

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Twin Peaks

Atypical

Tracey Takes On...

Easter Sunday

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Cinema Cinema

Spawn

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

The Hateful Eight

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

The Spy Who Never Was

Patrick Melrose

Revenge

Superman: The Animated Series

Synecdoche, New York

Frasier

Sid & Judy

The Machinist

Inside the Actors Studio

Weeds

The Man Who Wasn't There

Mission Hill

Where Are They Now?

The Wonderful World of Disney

QT8: The First Eight

The Prom

Road to Perdition

Good Time

King of the Hill

Hunters

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Crime 101

Anomalisa

Dolores Claiborne

The Hateful Eight

Short Cuts

Kill Your Darlings

Bastard Out of Carolina

The Hudsucker Proxy

Family

The Jacket

The Waltons