Jennifer Jason Leigh
Acting
Born February 5, 1962 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Directed (1)
Acting (97)
Crime 101
2026
Night Always Comes
2025
Poolman
2024
Sharp Stick
2022
Awake
2021
The Woman in the Window
2021
Possessor
2020
QT8: The First Eight
2019
Sid & Judy
2019
White Boy Rick
2018
Annihilation
2018
LBJ
2017
Good Time
2017
Amityville: The Awakening
2017
Morgan
2016
None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016
Anomalisa
2015
The Hateful Eight
2015
Welcome to Me
2015
Alex of Venice
2015
Me
2014
Jake Squared
2014
Hateship Loveship
2014
Open
2014
Kill Your Darlings
2013
The Spectacular Now
2013
The Moment
2013
Greenberg
2010
Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion
2009
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Margot at the Wedding
2007
The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
2006
Rag Tale
2005
Easter Sunday
2005
Palindromes
2005
The Jacket
2005
The Machinist
2004
Childstar
2004
In the Cut
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
Road to Perdition
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie
2002
Crossed Over
2002
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
The Quickie
2001
The Anniversary Party
2001
Skipped Parts
2000
The King Is Alive
2000
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000
eXistenZ
1999
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
The Love Letter
1998
Washington Square
1997
A Thousand Acres
1997
Cinema Cinema
1997
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
Kansas City
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Georgia
1995
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Short Cuts
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
Single White Female
1992
The Prom
1992
Rush
1991
Crooked Hearts
1991
Backdraft
1991
Partners in Life
1990
Buried Alive
1990
Miami Blues
1990
The Big Picture
1989
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Heart of Midnight
1988
Under Cover
1987
Sister, Sister
1987
Picnic
1986
The Men's Club
1986
The Hitcher
1986
Flesh + Blood
1985
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
Easy Money
1983
Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
1983
The First Time
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
Wrong Is Right
1982
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
I Think I'm Having A Baby
1981
Eyes of a Stranger
1981
Angel City
1980
The Young Runaways
1978
The Spy Who Never Was
1976