Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and five Golden Globe Awards. Lange made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis's 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. In 1979, she starred in the acclaimed musical film All That Jazz. In 1983, she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie (1982) and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982). Lange received three more nominations for Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985) and Music Box (1989), before winning her third Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a bipolar housewife in Blue Sky (1994). In 2010, Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's aunt Big Edie in HBO's Grey Gardens (2009). Between 2011 and 2014, she won her first Screen Actors Guild Award, first Critics Choice Award, fifth Golden Globe Award, three Dorian Awards and her second and third Emmy Awards for her performances in the first, second and third seasons of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story (2011โ2015, 2018). In 2016, Lange won her first Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also had a supporting role in Louis C.K.'s Peabody Award-winning web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, for her portrayal of actress Joan Crawford in the miniseries Feud, Lange received her eighth Emmy, 16th Golden Globe, sixth Screen Actors Guild Award and second TCA Award nominations. In 2019, she received a tenth Emmy nomination for her performance in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Lange is also a photographer with four published books of photography. She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Lange, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 ยทThe Great Lillian Hallas Lillian Hall
- 2023 ยทMarloweas Dorothy Quincannon
- 2019 ยทThe Politicianas Dusty Jackson
- 2018 ยทAntonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Discoas Self
- 2017 ยทFEUDas Joan Crawford
- 2017 ยทFEUDas Lillie Mae Faulk
- 2016 ยทWild Oatsas Maddie
- 2016 ยทHorace and Peteas Marsha
- 2015 ยทClose Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
- 2014 ยทThe Gambleras Roberta
- 2014 ยทVariety Studio: Actors on Actorsas Self
- 2014 ยทScorsese's Womenas Star
- 2014 ยทLate Night with Seth Meyersas Self
- 2013 ยทIn Secretas Madame Raquin
- 2012 ยทBehind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Storyas Self
- 2012 ยทShepard & Darkas Self (archive footage)
- 2012 ยทThe Vowas Rita Thornton
- 2011 ยทAmerican Horror Storyas Fiona Goode
- 2011 ยทAmerican Horror Storyas Constance Langdon
- 2011 ยทAmerican Horror Storyas Sister Jude Martin
- 2011 ยทAmerican Horror Storyas Elsa Mars
- 2009 ยทGrey Gardensas Big Edie
- 2008 ยทA Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'as Self
- 2007 ยทSybilas Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
- 2006 ยทBonnevilleas Arvilla Holden
- 2005 ยทThe Peace!as Self
- 2005 ยทNeverwasas Katherine Pierson
- 2005 ยทDon't Come Knockingas Doreen
- 2005 ยทBroken Flowersas Carmen
- 2003 ยทBig Fishas Sandra Bloom (senior)
- 2003 ยทMasked and Anonymousas Nina Veronica
- 2003 ยทNormalas Irma Applewood
- 2001 ยทThe Making of 'Cape Fear'as Self
- 2001 ยทProzac Nationas Mrs. Wurtzel
- 2001 ยทA Hollywood Life: Remembering Francesas Herself
- 1999 ยทTitusas Tamora
- 1998 ยทCousin Betteas Cousin Bette
- 1998 ยทHushas Martha Baring
- 1997 ยทA Thousand Acresas Ginny Cook Smith
- 1997 ยทThe Viewas Self
- 1995 ยทA Streetcar Named Desireas Blanche DuBois
- 1995 ยทRob Royas Mary MacGregor
- 1995 ยทLosing Isaiahas Margaret Lewin
- 1994 ยทBlue Skyas Carly Marshall
- 1994 ยทInside the Actors Studioas Self
- 1993 ยทIntimate Portraitas Self
- 1992 ยทNight and the Cityas Helen Nasseros
- 1992 ยทO Pioneers!as Alexandra Bergson
- 1991 ยทCape Fearas Leigh Bowden
- 1990 ยทVivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyondas Self - Host
- 1990 ยทMen Don't Leaveas Beth Macauley
- 1989 ยทMusic Boxas Ann Talbot
- 1988 ยทFar Northas Kate
- 1988 ยทEverybody's All-Americanas Babs Rogers Grey
- 1986 ยทKing Kong Livesas Dwan (archive footage)
- 1986 ยทCrimes of the Heartas Meg Magrath
- 1985 ยทSweet Dreamsas Patsy Cline
- 1984 ยทCountryas Jewell Ivy
- 1984 ยทCat on a Hot Tin Roofas Maggie
- 1983 ยทNotre Dame de la Croisetteas Self (uncredited)
- 1982 ยทTootsieas Julie Nichols
- 1982 ยทFrancesas Frances Farmer
- 1981 ยทThe Postman Always Rings Twiceas Cora Papadakis
- 1980 ยทHow to Beat the High Cost of Livingas Louise
- 1979 ยทAll That Jazzas Angelique
- 1976 ยทKing Kongas Dwan
- 1973 ยทThe American Film Institute Salute to ...as Self
- 1953 ยทThe Oscarsas Self
- 1952 ยทTodayas Self
- 1951 ยทHallmark Hall of Fameas Alexandra Bergson
- 1948 ยทBambi Awardsas Self
- Future ยทLong Day's Journey Into Nightas Mary Tyrone
- Future ยทThe Year of Magical Thinkingas Joan Didion