Jennifer Jason Leigh 1962 63
Jennifer Jason Leigh 1962 63
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow) 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.
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2026 Crime 101 as Lou's wife
2025 Night Always Comes as Doreen
2024 Poolman as Susan Kerkovish
2022 Sharp Stick as Marilyn
2021 Awake as Dr. Murphy
2021 The Woman in the Window as Jane Russell 2
2020 Possessor as Girder
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self
2019 Sid & Judy as Judy Garland (voice)
2018 White Boy Rick as Alex Snyder
2018 Annihilation as Dr Ventress
2017 LBJ as Lady Bird Johnson
2017 Good Time as Corey Ellman
2017 Amityville: The Awakening as Joan Walker
2016 Morgan as Dr. Kathy Grieff
2016 None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa as Self
2015 Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman (voice)
2015 The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
2015 Alex of Venice as Maureen
2014 Me as Kelly
2014 Welcome to Me as Deb Moseley
2014 Jake Squared as Sheryl
2014 Fargo as Lorraine Lyon
2014 Hateship Loveship as Chloe
2014 Open as Holly
2013 Kill Your Darlings as Naomi Ginsberg
2013 The Spectacular Now as Sara Keely
2013 The Moment as Lee
2010 Greenberg as Beth (Beller's Party) Story, Producer
2009 Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion as Self
2008 Synecdoche, New York as Maria
2007 Margot at the Wedding as Pauline
2006 The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
2005 Rag Tale as Mary Josephine 'MJ' Morton
2005 Easter Sunday as Mother
2005 Palindromes as 'Mark' Aviva
2005 The Jacket as Dr. Beth Lorenson
2004 The Machinist as Stevie
2004 Childstar as Suzanne
2003 In the Cut as Pauline
2002 Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
2002 Road to Perdition as Annie Sullivan
2002 Hey Arnold! The Movie as Bridget (voice)
2002 Crossed Over as Karla Faye Tucker
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
2001 The Quickie as Lisa
2001 The Anniversary Party as Sally Nash Therrian Director, Writer, Producer
2000 Skipped Parts as Lydia Callahan Co-Producer
2000 The King Is Alive as Gina
2000 Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
1999 eXistenZ as Allegra Geller
1998 Thanks of a Grateful Nation as Teri Small
1998 The Love Letter as Lizzie Whitcomb
1997 Washington Square as Catherine Sloper
1997 A Thousand Acres as Caroline Cook
1997 Cinema Cinema as Herself
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina as Anney Boatwright
1996 Kansas City as Blondie O'Hara
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1995 Georgia as Sadie Flood Producer
1995 Dolores Claiborne as Selena St. George
1994 Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker as Self
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Dorothy Parker
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy as Amy Archer
1993 Short Cuts as Lois Kaiser
1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
1992 Single White Female as Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
1992 The Prom as Lana
1991 Rush as Kristen Cates
1991 Crooked Hearts as Marriet Hoffman
1991 Backdraft as Jennifer Vaitkus
1990 Partners in Life as Blossom
1990 Buried Alive as Joanna Goodman
1990 Miami Blues as Susie Waggoner
1989 The Big Picture as Lydia Johnson
1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn as Tralala
1988 Heart of Midnight as Carol
1987 Under Cover as Tanille Laroux
1987 Sister, Sister as Lucy Bonnard
1986 Picnic as Madge Owens
1986 The Men's Club as Teensy
1986 The Hitcher as Nash
1985 Flesh + Blood as Agnes
1984 Grandview, U.S.A. as Candy Webster
1983 Girls of the White Orchid as Carol Heath
1983 Easy Money as Allison Capuletti
1983 Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents? as Andrea Fairchild
1982 The First Time as Bonnie Dillon
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Stacy Hamilton
1982 Wrong Is Right as Young Girl
1981 The Best Little Girl in the World as Casey Powell
1981 The Killing of Randy Webster as Amy Wheeler
1981 I Think I'm Having A Baby as Laurie Mcintyre
1981 Eyes of a Stranger as Tracy Harris
1980 Angel City as Kristy Teeter
1978 The Young Runaways as Heather
1976 The Spy Who Never Was as Girl Playing with Ball (uncredited)