Jennifer Jason Leigh

Acting · 5.1 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: February 5, 1962
From: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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.

Works

99 films

Crime 101

20267.0

The Hateful Eight

20157.8

Annihilation

20186.4

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

19826.8

Road to Perdition

20027.4

Good Time

20177.2

The Machinist

20047.5

The Hitcher

19867.0

Backdraft

19916.7

The Jacket

20056.9

The Spectacular Now

20136.7

eXistenZ

19996.8

Synecdoche, New York

20087.5

The Woman in the Window

20216.0

In the Cut

20035.1

The Man Who Wasn't There

20017.5

White Boy Rick

20186.3

Night Always Comes

20256.1

Sharp Stick

20224.9

Possessor

20206.4

Amityville: The Awakening

20175.3

Morgan

20165.8

Flesh + Blood

19856.6

Celebrity Naked Ambition

20035.0

Dolores Claiborne

19957.3

The Hudsucker Proxy

19947.1

Single White Female

19926.3

Short Cuts

19937.2

Kill Your Darlings

20137.0

Anomalisa

20157.1

Buried Alive

19906.7

Awake

20215.8

Bastard Out of Carolina

19967.1

LBJ

20176.4

Hey Arnold! The Movie

20026.5

Greenberg

20105.9

Rush

19916.6

Easy Money

19836.0

Poolman

20244.3

Welcome to Me

20155.9

Margot at the Wedding

20075.8

The Love Letter

19986.6

Hateship Loveship

20145.8

Last Exit to Brooklyn

19896.4

The Big Picture

19895.9

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

19945.9

QT8: The First Eight

20197.2

Skipped Parts

20006.1

Girls of the White Orchid

19835.0

Miami Blues

19906.0

A Thousand Acres

19975.7

Wrong Is Right

19825.6

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.4

Cinema Cinema

19978.0

Washington Square

19976.2

The Best Little Girl in the World

19815.6

Sid & Judy

20197.4

Alex of Venice

20155.9

The Anniversary Party

20015.6

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Childstar

20045.2

Grandview, U.S.A.

19845.8

Kansas City

19966.1

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

19984.8

The Quickie

20014.7

The Moment

20134.5

Palindromes

20056.2

The Young Runaways

19787.0

Crooked Hearts

19915.6

Sister, Sister

19874.7

20142.5

The Men's Club

19864.0

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'

2006

New England Toys

2026

Eyes of a Stranger

19816.0

Rag Tale

20053.3

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

19938.0

I Think I'm Having A Baby

19816.0

Georgia

19955.7

Open

20144.2

Heart of Midnight

19885.7

Crossed Over

20025.2

The Killing of Randy Webster

19816.0

Easter Sunday

20058.0

Under Cover

19874.6

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

19946.5

The King Is Alive

20005.5

Deep Cuts

2026

The First Time

19824.0

The Prom

19927.5

Jake Squared

20143.9

Partners in Life

199010.0

Angel City

19806.0

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

2016

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

19838.0

Picnic

19864.0

Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion

2009

The Spy Who Never Was

19768.0

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

2000