What is Jessica Chastain's Net Worth and Salary?
Jessica Chastain is a renowned American actress and producer with a net worth of $50 million. With over 50 acting credits, her notable films include The Help (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Mama (2013), Interstellar (2014), Crimson Peak (2015), It Chapter Two (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2022). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Early Life
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California. Her parents, Jerri Renee Hastey and musician Michael Monasterio, were teenagers at the time of her birth. She was raised by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, a firefighter, along with her siblings. She developed a passion for acting at the age of 7 after attending a theater production with her grandmother.
Jessica attended El Camino Fundamental High School and later earned an adult diploma due to excessive absences. She joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as a teenager and later attended Sacramento City College. Chastain's breakthrough came with a scholarship to the Juilliard School, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003, thanks to a scholarship funded by Robin Williams.
Career
Before graduating from Juilliard, TV producer John Wells signed Chastain to a talent holding deal. She made her TV debut in the 2004 pilot of a Dark Shadows remake. She followed up with guest roles on shows like ER, Veronica Mars, and Law & Order. She starred in and co-produced the 2010 short film The Westerner and appeared in the 2010 thriller The Debt alongside Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington. Her role in The Help (2011) earned her numerous awards and the film grossed $216.6 million.
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In 2012, she voiced Gia the jaguar in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and starred in Zero Dark Thirty, earning her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. Her 2014 role in Interstellar grossed $701.8 million worldwide. Chastain's hit films include Crimson Peak, The Martian, Miss Sloane, Molly's Game, Dark Phoenix, and It Chapter Two.
She starred in the 2020 action film Ava and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for her role in George & Tammy in 2022. That same year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Business Ventures
Jessica, a passionate animal lover, transitioned from being a pescatarian to a vegan. This lifestyle change led her to invest early in Beyond Meat, a company that achieved one of the most successful IPOs of 2019. She has also endorsed products like Ralph Lauren's Woman perfume and Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto perfume. In 2020, she invested in the Angel City Football Club of the National Women's Soccer League.
Personal Life
Jessica dated writer-director Ned Benson for four years before beginning a relationship with Italian count Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo in 2012. They married on June 10, 2017, and welcomed two children through surrogacy in 2018 and 2020. Chastain is an advocate for gender equality and a co-founder of the Time's Up initiative. She supports several causes, including Got Your 6, Planned Parenthood, and We Do It Together, an organization promoting women's empowerment in film and television.
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Awards and Nominations
Jessica has received more than 80 awards and numerous nominations throughout her career. Highlights include Academy Award nominations for The Help and Zero Dark Thirty, winning a Saturn Award for Crimson Peak, and the Golden Globe for Zero Dark Thirty. She was also named Female Star of the Year at CinemaCon in 2017. In 2022, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Real Estate
Jessica purchased a New York City apartment from composer Leonard Bernstein for $5.1 million in 2015 and listed it for $7.45 million in 2024. In 2019, she acquired a $8.875 million townhouse in New York City and also owns a house in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades.
