Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Jennifer Jason Leigh

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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.

Films Featuring Jennifer Jason Leigh

Short Cuts

19937.2

The King Is Alive

20005.5

eXistenZ

19996.8

Road to Perdition

20027.4

Backdraft

19916.7

The Machinist

20047.5

In the Cut

20035.1

Rush

19916.6

Synecdoche, New York

20087.5

Kansas City

19966.1

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

19945.9

Dolores Claiborne

19957.3

The Hudsucker Proxy

19947.1

Wrong Is Right

19825.6

Last Exit to Brooklyn

19896.4

Flesh + Blood

19856.6

The Anniversary Party

20015.6

The Hitcher

19866.9

Single White Female

19926.3

Greenberg

20105.9

The Jacket

20056.9

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

19826.8

Skipped Parts

20006.1

Margot at the Wedding

20075.8

The Man Who Wasn't There

20017.5

Childstar

20045.2

Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion

Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion

2009

Miami Blues

19906.0

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.4

Buried Alive

19906.7

The Big Picture

19895.9

Washington Square

19976.2

Heart of Midnight

19885.7

A Thousand Acres

19975.7

The Quickie

20014.7

Easy Money

19836.0

Sharp Stick

20224.9

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

19984.8

Grandview, U.S.A.

19845.8

Crooked Hearts

19915.6

The Men's Club

19864.0

The Love Letter

19986.6

Rag Tale

20053.3

Under Cover

19874.6

Eyes of a Stranger

19815.9

Georgia

19955.7

Sister, Sister

19874.7

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

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

19946.5

Girls of the White Orchid

19835.0

The Killing of Randy Webster

19816.0

The Best Little Girl in the World

19815.6

Kill Your Darlings

20137.0

The Spectacular Now

20136.7

Crossed Over

20025.2

The Prom

19927.5

The Moment

20134.5

Hateship Loveship

20145.8

Poolman

20244.3

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

The First Time

19824.0

Jake Squared

20143.9

Welcome to Me

20155.9

Amityville: The Awakening

20175.3

Me

20142.5

Palindromes

20056.2

The Hateful Eight

20157.8

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

19838.0

Partners in Life

199010.0

LBJ

20176.4

Night Always Comes

20256.1

Annihilation

20186.4

Angel City

19806.0

Morgan

20165.8

Good Time

20177.2

White Boy Rick

20186.3

Hey Arnold! The Movie

20026.5

Open

20144.2

I Think I'm Having A Baby

19816.0

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

19938.0

Possessor

20206.4

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'

2006

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

2000

Easter Sunday

20058.0

Sid & Judy

20197.4

The Woman in the Window

20216.0

Awake

20215.9

Alex of Venice

20155.9

The Young Runaways

19787.0

Picnic

19864.0

The Spy Who Never Was

19768.0

Anomalisa

20157.1

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

2016

QT8: The First Eight

20197.2

Bastard Out of Carolina

19967.1

Cinema Cinema

19978.0

Crime 101

20267.0

Celebrity Naked Ambition

20035.3

New England Toys

New England Toys

Deep Cuts