She was interested in portraying a role that young girls could look up to for inspiration, and provided off-screen inputs to avoid a white savior narrative. Premiere, Bryce Dallas Howard Celebrates Daughter Beatrice's 10th Birthday: 'Welcome to the Double Digits! Despite their dppelgnger . [7][170] She spoke out in support of actress Michelle Williams, who was paid less than her co-star Mark Wahlberg for the 2017 film All the Money in the World; a gesture which Williams said led to greater awareness of the issue and a donation worth $2 million to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Chastain told the Associated Press earlier this month about a run-in she had with Howard's father, acclaimed director Ron Howard, at the Apple Store, when he mistook her for his own daughter. "Legit. All Times Eastern. Victor Chavez/Getty Images. [79] It tells the tragic tale of a sexually repressed Anglo-Irish aristocrat who wishes to sleep with her father's valet (Colin Farrell). [75][76] It did not find a wide audience,[77] but the critic A.O. Scott praised Chastain for "short-circuit[ing] conventional distinctions between tough and vulnerable, showing exquisite control even when her character is losing it, and keeping her balance even when the movie pitches and rolls toward melodrama". Born on March 24, 1977 in Sacramento, California, the actress developed an interest in acting . After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. Parents aren't excluded from the confusion either, Chastain said, as she recounted a mix up with Howard's father, director Ron Howard, at the Apple Store. Actors Jessica Chastain and Oscar Issac showed off their undeniable chemistry on the red carpet over the weekend, prompting lots of chatter. Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California, performing at an early age in productions of Shakespeare's works like Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and . The two got steamy at the Venice Film Festival premiere of their HBO miniseries, "Scenes From A Marriage," which debuts Sept. 12. July 24, 2019, 7:56 AM. Chastain had a falling out with him years ago, and they don't speak now. Her father is director Ron Howard. [26] It follows the life of a sexually abused teenager over the course of a decade. [34] William Thomas of Empire termed the film a "smart, tense, well-acted thriller", and noted that Chastain "pulses with strength and vulnerability" in her part. She played Maya Harris, a CIA intelligence analyst who helps kill bin Laden. [175] The new team has since been named Angel City FC. [93], In 2015, Chastain took on the part of a commander in Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian. [177] Teased as a child for having red hair and freckles, she takes a stand against body-shaming and bullying. And Jessica Chastain has revealed the resemblance between she and Bryce Dallas Howard is so strong that her doppelganger's own father, Ron Howard, once mistook her for his daughter. [75] Three versions of the film Him, Her, and Them were released. Of their striking similarities, Bryce told host Graham: 'It's very flattering for me! Starring Matt Damon as a botanist who is stranded on Mars by a team of astronauts commanded by Chastain's character, the film is based on Andy Weir's novel of the same name. Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard are used to people telling them they look alike but it seems even the latter's famous dad Ron Howard can't tell . [18] The play tells the tragic story of its titular character's sexual exploration. [66] Zero Dark Thirty was critically acclaimed, albeit controversial for its scenes of torture that were shown providing useful intelligence in the search for bin Laden. She approached the villainous part with empathy, and in preparation read graveyard poetry and watched the films Rebecca (1940) and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [101] Hailing her as "one of the best actresses on the planet", Peter Travers commended Chastain for successfully drawing the audience into Sloane's life, and Justin Chang termed her performance "a tour de force of rhetorical precision and tightly coiled emotional intensity". Ron's youngest child and only son Reed was born on April 12, 1987. [196][197] For the latter, she led an initiative called Lead Like A Woman, and featured in a short film named Leading with Intensity (2019) made by an all-female cast and crew. [17] She graduated from the school with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003. In a new video interview, Jessica Chastain revealed the one other actress who she most often gets confused with --Bryce Dallas Howard. [9] She later attended Sacramento City College from 1996 to 1997, during which she was a member of the institution's debate team. JESSICA CHASTAIN TALKS GENDER PAY GAP DISPARITY IN HOLLYWOOD: 'IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO'. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. 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[112] Peter Debruge hailed her role as "one of the screen's great female parts", and credited its success to both Sorkin's script and Chastain's "stratospheric talent. Jessica Michelle Chastain was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California,[1][2][3] to Jerri Renee Hastey (ne Chastain) and rock musician Michael Monasterio. [92] For her work in 2014, the Broadcast Film Critics Association honored Chastain with a special achievement award. In a recent video interview with the Associate Press, Chastain quickly identified Dallas Howard as the person shes mistaken for the most, admitting that she even got confused once looking at pictures of the Jurassic World actress. Even Ron Howard isnt sure. 'The same person': After being mistaken for Bryce during the promotional tour for Jurassic World, Jessica shared a photo of the actresses chatting, with the caption: 'True story'. Speaking to Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon at the time, she explained: 'Right out of college, I was doing an off-Broadway play and I was like "I'm a working actress" and then The Village had just come out - that was [Bryce's] big break. "Another time I was at the Apple store and Ron Howard was there,"she shares. A new report in Star Magazine alleges that the 35-year-old actress 'refuses to acknowledge her biological father Michael Monasterio' and 'wants nothing to do with him.' [183][202] She is an investor in Beyond Meat, a meat substitutes company. A serious case of mistaken identity! [87] Interstellar grossed over $701million worldwide to rank as her highest-grossing live-action film to date. Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain have all the time been regarded as twins. During a July 2019 interview, Jessica Chastain said that she often gets mistaken for fellow actress Bryce Dallas Howard. & 2023 CBS Studios Inc. and CBS Interactive Inc., Paramount companies. "Legit. [154] She won the SAG Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for it. [164][165] She has complained about a lack of female film critics, which she believes hinders a gender-neutral perspective on film. [41] Evgenia Peretz, an editor at Vanity Fair, finds Chastain "the most sensitive and empathetic actor" she has interviewed. [35] She also appeared as Mary Debenham in an episode of the British television series Agatha Christie's Poirot, based on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express. [183] She was a pescatarian for much of her life; following health troubles she began practicing veganism. [32] Writing for The New Yorker, Hilton Als commended Chastain for finding "a beautiful maternal depth" in her role. He really was," the actress . [179] In 2022, Chastain traveled to Kyiv in Ukraine during Russia's invasion of the country. [24][25] Writing for Variety, the critic Steven Oxman criticized her portrayal in the play: "Chastain is so ill-at-ease with Salome, not quite certain whether she's a capable seductress or a whiny, wealthy brat; she doesn't flesh out either choice". She took the part due to her desire to work with Sorkin, whose writing she admired. For Howard, his daughter Jessica Chastain Bryce Dallas Howard . Chastain was unable to meet the undercover agent on whom her character was based, so she relied on the research done by the film's screenwriter Mark Boal. Bryce Dallas Howard has opened up about tasting alcohol for the first time. [10] Chastain has campaigned for access to affordable reproductive health care for women, and in 2017, Variety honored her for her work with Planned Parenthood. In a 2019 interview with the . [150][151] In preparation, Chastain and Shannon trained with a vocal coach to sing several of their character's songs. Lookalikes Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard are not related (Credit: FayesVision / WENN) Jessica Chastain said that she was at an Apple Store when the director passed by. We did not have money. [132] She worked with the music producer Dave Cobb to record seven songs for the film's soundtrack. [184] Lea Goldman of Marie Claire has compared her craft to that of Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett, and writes that she values her craft over her looks. 'I went to NYU and she was at Julliard and there were many times in the likes of Starbucks and other places that people were certain we were one and the same person.'. 'I was on the subway and these kids come over and said "I'm sorry but are you an actress?" "When we finally got to film The Help, the first time we met, we went to the table read and looked at each other, because we both get it all the time, and we grabbed each others hands and we said, 'Lets go to the mirror.' [89] She collaborated with the film's costume designer to work on her character's wardrobe, and contacted Armani which provided her with clothing of the period. The tragic death had a profound impact on Monasterio, who claimed to have built a close relationship with his youngest daughter. She was drawn to the idea of playing a warrior whose abilities were on par with those of the male lead, but the film flopped both critically and commercially. She also lost weight to play Wynette toward the end of her life. [56][47] In Lawless, based on Matt Bondurant's Prohibition-era novel The Wettest County in the World, she played a dancer who becomes embroiled in a conflict between three bootlegging brothers (played by Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jason Clarke). She has two younger sisters; twins Jocelyn and Paige, and a younger brother named Reed. And Jessica Chastain has revealed the resemblance between she and Bryce Dallas Howard is so strong that her doppelganger's own father, Ron Howard, once mistook her for his daughter. [198], Despite significant media attention, Chastain remains guarded about her personal life, and chooses not to attend red carpet events with a partner. "I don't think she ever gave Michael any money and no one has asked her for money," she explained. [111], Chastain portrayed Molly Bloom, a former skier who ran a high-profile gambling operation that led to her arrest by the FBI, in Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut, Molly's Game (2017). [131] The role also required her to sing, which she has said made her nervous. [90][91] She received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress nomination for it. . The similarities even fooled someone in Dallas Howard's own family, as her father, famed director . Advertisement. Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas A Most Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017), and the television miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021). Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Watch more of The Graham Norton Show. [53] Two of Chastain's films in 2012 premiered at the 65th Cannes Film Festival the animated comedy Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and the crime drama Lawless. Reed Howard. Legit. [42] The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to a polarized reception from the audience, though it was praised by critics and won the Palme d'Or. #BryceDallasHoward is in #JurassicWorld.'. [136] She also reteamed with Ralph Fiennes in The Forgiven, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. The "Eyes of Tammy Faye" star spoke candidly to The Sunday Times about how she "struggled as a kid" while being raised by a single mom who gave birth to her as a teenager. Chastain met with astronauts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Johnson Space Center, and modeled her role on Tracy Caldwell Dyson, with whom she spent time in Houston. Sprawling home where JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in 1996 is listed for sale for $7 MILLION by current Royal Mail increase price of first class stamp by 15p to 1.10 in record-breaking hike. Chastain was born to teen parents and raised by her mother, a vegan chef, and, later, her stepfather, a firefighter. [63] Her television roles include the miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy (2022). Chastain was drawn to Foote's antiracist stand, and connected with her energy and enthusiasm; in preparation, she watched the films of Marilyn Monroe and researched the history of Tunica, Mississippi, where her character was raised. [39] Her next role was opposite Brad Pitt, as the loving mother of three children in Terrence Malick's experimental drama The Tree of Life, which she had filmed in 2008. [4][5] She has two sisters and two brothers. So did her father Ron, who was cast in his first movie when he was just 18 months old. [2][7] She says her stepfather was the first person to make her feel secure. In fact, Bryce Dallas Howard's own father, the acclaimed director Ron Howard, has accidentally confused the two! [125], Under Freckle Films, Chastain produced and starred in the action film Ava (2020), written and initially set to be directed by Matthew Newton, who has been accused of domestic violence. Even Howard's father, famed actor-director Ron Howard has reportedly mistaken Jessica Chastain for his daughter. [130] David Fear of Rolling Stone found Chastain to be the "only reason to see this curiously tepid biopic" and praised her for rising above the script to humanize Bakker. While hoping to straighten out any confusion, Jessica did confess to using Bryce's name when first being recognised for her earlier work. #MistakenIdentity https://t. [7][71], Chastain took on the lead role of a musician who is forced to care for her boyfriend's troubled nieces in the horror film Mama (2013), directed by Andy Muschietti. [20] The critic Richard Roeper considered her performance to be proof of her being one of the finest actors of her generation. ", and then they said "Yes, The Village was such a great movie". The 'Jurassic World' star was born on March 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California.