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Jessica Lange

Acting

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange is an actress born on April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA. She is known for Big Fish, The Vow and Cape Fear. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of her movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
April 20, 1949
Place of birth
Cloquet, Minnesota, USA
Also known as
Jessica Phyllis Lange

Biography

Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and five Golden Globe Awards. Lange made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis's 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. In 1979, she starred in the acclaimed musical film All That Jazz. In 1983, she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie (1982) and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982). Lange received three more nominations for Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985) and Music Box (1989), before winning her third Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a bipolar housewife in Blue Sky (1994). In 2010, Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's aunt Big Edie in HBO's Grey Gardens (2009). Between 2011 and 2014, she won her first Screen Actors Guild Award, first Critics Choice Award, fifth Golden Globe Award, three Dorian Awards and her second and third Emmy Awards for her performances in the first, second and third seasons of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story (2011–2015, 2018). In 2016, Lange won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also had a supporting role in Louis C.K.'s Peabody Award-winning web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, for her portrayal of actress Joan Crawford in the miniseries Feud, Lange received her eighth Emmy, 16th Golden Globe, sixth Screen Actors Guild Award and second TCA Award nominations. In 2019, she received a tenth Emmy nomination for her performance in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Lange is also a photographer with four published books of photography. She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia.

Filmography

  1. 2024The Great Lillian Hallas Lillian Hall · Executive producer
  2. 2023Marloweas Dorothy Quincannon
  3. 2019The Politicianas Dusty Jackson · 8 episodes
  4. 2018Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Discoas Self
  5. 2017FEUDas Joan Crawford · 16 episodes · Producer
  6. 2016Wild Oatsas Maddie
  7. 2016Horace and Peteas Marsha · 10 episodes
  8. 2014The Gambleras Roberta
  9. 2014In Secretas Madame Raquin
  10. 2012Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Storyas Self
  11. 2012Shepard & Darkas Self (archive footage)
  12. 2012The Vowas Rita Thornton
  13. 2011American Horror Storyas Fiona Goode · 14 episodes
  14. 2009Grey Gardensas Big Edie
  15. 2008A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'as Self
  16. 2007Sybilas Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
  17. 2006Bonnevilleas Arvilla Holden
  18. 2005The Peace!as Self
  19. 2005Neverwasas Katherine Pierson
  20. 2005Don't Come Knockingas Doreen
  21. 2005Broken Flowersas Carmen
  22. 2003Big Fishas Sandra Bloom (senior)
  23. 2003Masked and Anonymousas Nina Veronica
  24. 2003Prozac Nationas Mrs. Wurtzel
  25. 2003Normalas Irma Applewood
  26. 2001The Making of 'Cape Fear'as Self
  27. 1999Titusas Tamora
  28. 1998Cousin Betteas Cousin Bette
  29. 1998Hushas Martha Baring
  30. 1997A Thousand Acresas Ginny Cook Smith
  31. 1995A Streetcar Named Desireas Blanche DuBois
  32. 1995Rob Royas Mary MacGregor
  33. 1995Losing Isaiahas Margaret Lewin
  34. 1994Blue Skyas Carly Marshall
  35. 1993Intimate Portraitas Self · 1 episode
  36. 1992Night and the Cityas Helen Nasseros
  37. 1992O Pioneers!as Alexandra Bergson
  38. 1991Cape Fearas Leigh Bowden
  39. 1990Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyondas Self - Host
  40. 1990Men Don't Leaveas Beth Macauley
  41. 1989Music Boxas Ann Talbot
  42. 1988Far Northas Kate
  43. 1988Everybody's All-Americanas Babs Rogers Grey
  44. 1986King Kong Livesas Dwan (archive footage)
  45. 1986Crimes of the Heartas Meg Magrath
  46. 1985Sweet Dreamsas Patsy Cline
  47. 1984Countryas Jewell Ivy · Producer
  48. 1984Cat on a Hot Tin Roofas Maggie Pollitt
  49. 1983Notre Dame de la Croisetteas Self (uncredited)
  50. 1982Tootsieas Julie Nichols
  51. 1982Francesas Frances Farmer
  52. 1982American Playhouseas Maggie Pollitt · 1 episode
  53. 1981The Postman Always Rings Twiceas Cora Papadakis
  54. 1980How to Beat the High Cost of Livingas Louise
  55. 1979All That Jazzas Angelique
  56. 1976King Kongas Dwan
  57. 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...as Self · 1 episode
  58. 1971Film '72as Self · 2 episodes
  59. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 3 episodes
  60. 1951Hallmark Hall of Fameas Alexandra Bergson · 1 episode