Jennifer Jason Leigh
Born 05/02/1962
(62 years old)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2019 |
QT8: The First Eight |
Sid & Judy |
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2008 |
Speechless (TV movie) |
2005 |
The Machinist: Breaking the Rules |
2002 |
Searching for Debra Winger |
The Making of 'Road to Perdition' (TV movie) |
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2001 |
Anatomy of a Scene (series) |
1999 |
VH-1 Where Are They Now? (series) |
1997 |
Cinema Cinema |
On the Set of 'Washington Square' (TV movie) |
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The Directors (series) |
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1994 |
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker (TV movie) |
1993 |
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country |
1990 |
Moving Pictures (series) |
1983 |
The Making of 'Easy Money' (TV movie) |
Music videos | |
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1999 |
Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos |
1997 |
Faith No More - Last Cup of Sorrow |
Short | |
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1997 |
Agnieszka Holland On the Set (TV movie) |
Producer
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2010 |
Greenberg |
2001 |
The Anniversary Party |
1995 |
Georgia |
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2019 |
Atypical |
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Best Laid Plans (S03E01) |
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2018 |
Atypical |
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Ernest Shackleton's Rules for Survival (S02E10) |
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Ritual-licious (S02E09) |
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Living at an Angle (S02E08) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2017 |
Atypical |
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The Silencing Properties of Snow (S01E08) |
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I Lost My Poor Meatball (S01E07) |
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The D-Train to Bone Town (S01E06) |
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more episodes (5) |
Director
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2001 |
The Anniversary Party |
Screenwriter
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2001 |
The Anniversary Party |
Performer
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