Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

geb. 05.02.1962 (62 Jahre)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Biografie

Jennifer Jason Leigh came to prominence alongside Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates and Nicolas Cage in Amy Heckerling's FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. Six years later, she garnered the Best Supporting Actress Awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics for her portrayals in both Uli Edel's LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN and George Armitage's MIAMI BLUES.

Subsequently, Leigh starred in Robert Altman's films SHORT CUTS and KANSAS CITY, Joel and Ethan Coen's THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, Barbet Schroeder's SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ, Jane Campion's IN THE CUT, Agnieszka Holland's WASHINGTON SQUARE, Sam Mendes's ROAD TO PERDITION and Ulu Grosbard's GEORGIA which she also produced. Other films include Lili Fini Zanuck's RUSH, Ron Howard's BACKDRAFT, Chrisopher Guest's THE BIG PICTURE, Brad Anderson's THE MACHINIST, and Todd Solondz's PALINDROMES.

She more recently appeared in ANOMALISA, the groundbreaking stop-motion animated film written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and directed by Duke Johnson, which she stars opposite David Thewlis.

Other morerecent film work includes THE SPECTATCULAR NOW with Shailene Woodley, HATESHIP LOVESHIP with Kristen Wiig and Guy Pearce and KILL YOUR DARLINGS with Daniel Radcliffe.
Leigh made her writing and directorial debut in 2001 with THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY which she co-wrote, co-starred and co-directed with Alan Cumming.

Broadway credits include "Cabaret," directed by Sam Mendes, and David Auburn's "Proof." In 2006 she starred in the American premiere of Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party" for The New Group and in the radio play "Anomalisa" written and directed by Charlie Kaufman at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Leigh starred in Noah Baumbach's MARGOT AT THE WEDDING opposite Nicole Kidman and Jack Black, Charlie Kaufman's SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener and in GREENBERG, which Leigh also produced with Scott Rudin.

Her performance in Alan Rudolph's MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE won her a Golden Globe nomination, the Best Actress Awards from the National Society of Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics Association and her first Independent Spirit Award nomination.

The Weinstein Company

Schauspielerin

Filme
2023

Poolman

2022

Sharp Stick

2021

Awake

 

The Woman in the Window

2020

Possessor

2018

Auslöschung

 

White Boy Rick

2017

Amityville: The Awakening

 

Good Time

Werbung

Werbung

2016

Das Morgan Projekt

 

LBJ - John F. Kennedys Erbe

2015

Anomalisa

 

The Hateful Eight

2014

Alex of Venice

 

Me

 

Open (Fernsehfilm)

 

Welcome to Me

2013

Hateship, Loveship

 

Jake Squared

 

Kill Your Darlings - Junge Wilde

 

The Moment

 

The Spectacular Now - Perfekt ist Jetzt

2010

Greenberg

2008

Synecdoche, New York

2007

Margot at the Wedding

2005

Rag Tale

 

The Jacket

2004

Childstar

 

Palindrome

 

The Machinist

2003

In the Cut

2002

Crossed Over (Fernsehfilm)

 

Hey Arnold! The Movie

 

Road to Perdition

2001

Beziehungen und andere Katastrophen

 

The Man Who Wasn’t There – Der unauffällige Mr. Crane

 

The Quickie

2000

Skipped Parts

 

The King Is Alive

1999

Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle

 

eXistenZ

1998

Der Liebesbrief (Fernsehfilm)

 

Thanks of a Grateful Nation (Fernsehfilm)

1997

Tausend Morgen

 

Washington Square

1996

Ein Bastard aus Carolina

 

Kansas City

1995

Dolores

 

Georgia

1994

Hudsucker - Der Große Sprung

 

Mrs. Parker und ihr lasterhafter Kreis

1993

Short Cuts

1992

The Prom

 

Weiblich, ledig, jung sucht ...

1991

Backdraft - Männer, die durchs Feuer gehen

 

Crooked Hearts

 

Fieberhaft

1990

Buried Alive - Lebendig begraben (Fernsehfilm)

 

Miami Blues

 

Partners in Life (Fernsehfilm)

1989

Big Picture

 

Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn

1988

Im Herzen der Nacht

1987

Sister, Sister

 

Under Cover

1986

Hitcher, der Highway Killer

 

Picnic (Fernsehfilm)

 

The Men's Club

1985

Fleisch & Blut

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.

1983

Girls of the White Orchid (Fernsehfilm)

 

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? (Fernsehfilm)

 

Monty, der Millionenerbe

1982

Flammen am Horizont

 

Ich glaub ich steh im Wald

 

The First Time (Fernsehfilm)

1981

Die Augen eines Fremden

 

I Think I'm Having a Baby (Fernsehfilm)

 

The Best Little Girl in the World (Fernsehfilm)

 

The Killing of Randy Webster (Fernsehfilm)

1980

Angel City (Fernsehfilm)

1978

The Young Runaways (Fernsehfilm)

1976

Tod eines Fremden

Serien
2024

Fargo

 

Bisquik (S05E10)

 

The Useless Hand (S05E09)

 

Blanket (S05E08)

2023

Fargo

 

The Tender Trap (S05E06)

 

The Tiger (S05E05)

 

Insolubilia (S05E04)

  mehrere Folgen (3)
 

Hunters

 

The Trial of Adolf Hitler (S02E08)

 

Only the Dead (S02E06)

 

Blutsbande (S02E05)

  mehrere Folgen (3)
2021

Atypical

 

Dessert im Olive Garden (S04E10)

 

Der Ball des Spielers (S04E09)

 

Magischer Vogel Nr. 2 (S04E08)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
 

Lisey's Story

 

Lisey’s Story (E08)

 

No Light, No Spark (E07)

 

Now You Must Be Still (E06)

  mehrere Folgen (5)
2019

Atypical

 

@GrasTittenDrachen (S03E10)

 

Sam geht spazieren (S03E09)

 

Der rasende Rowdy (S03E08)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
2018

Atypical

 

Ernest Shackletons Überlebensregeln (S02E10)

 

Ritual-löstlich (S02E09)

 

Schräges Wohnen (S02E08)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
 

Patrick Melrose

 

Zu guter Letzt (E05)

 

Muttermilch (E04)

 

Nette Aussichten (E03)

  mehrere Folgen (2)
2017

Atypical

 

Die schalldämpfende Wirkung des Schnees (S01E08)

 

I Lost My Poor Meatball (S01E07)

 

Das Schlachtschiff in den Hafen bringen (S01E06)

  mehrere Folgen (5)
 

Twin Peaks

 

Episode 16 (S03E16)

 

Episode 15 (S03E15)

 

Episode 13 (S03E13)

  mehrere Folgen (3)
2012

Revenge

 

Sühne (S02E07)

 

Illusionen (S02E06)

 

Vergebung (S02E05)

  mehrere Folgen (3)
 

Weeds

 

Five Miles From Yetzer Hara (S08E08)

 

Unfreeze (S08E07)

 

Allosaurus Crush Castle (S08E06)

  mehrere Folgen (5)
2011

Weeds

 

Do Her/Don't Do Her (S07E13)

 

Qualitative Spatial Reasoning (S07E12)

 

Fingers-Only Meat Banquet (S07E05)

  mehrere Folgen (2)
2010

Weeds

 

To Moscow, and Quickly (S06E09)

2009

Weeds

 

Su-Su-Sucio (S05E03)

 

Machetes Up Top (S05E02)

2001

Frasier

 

Besessen (S09E08)

1999

Spawn

 

Hunter's Moon (S03E04)

 

Seed of the Hellspawn (S03E03)

 

Superman: The Animated Series

 

Absolute Macht (S03E06)

1998

Hercules

 

King of the Hill

 

Küss mich! (S02E14)

1978

CBS Afternoon Playhouse

Dokumentationen
2019

Sid & Judy

 

Tarantino - The Bloody Genius

2008

Speechless (Fernsehfilm)

2005

The Machinist: Breaking the Rules

2002

Searching for Debra Winger

 

The Making of 'Road to Perdition' (Fernsehfilm)

2001

Anatomy of a Scene (Serie)

1999

VH-1 Where Are They Now? (Serie)

1997

Cinema Cinema

 

On the Set of 'Washington Square' (Fernsehfilm)

 

The Directors (Serie)

1994

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

1993

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country

1990

Moving Pictures (Serie)

1983

The Making of 'Easy Money' (Fernsehfilm)

Musikvideos
1999

Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos

1997

Faith No More - Last Cup of Sorrow

Kurzfilme
1997

Agnieszka Holland On the Set (Fernsehfilm)

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