Name
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-02-05 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1993 Short Cuts as Lois Kaiser
- 2000 The King Is Alive as Gina
- 1999 eXistenZ as Allegra Geller
- 2002 Road to Perdition as Annie Sullivan
- 1991 Backdraft as Jennifer Vaitkus
- 2004 The Machinist as Stevie
- 2003 In the Cut as Pauline
- 1991 Rush as Kristen Cates
- 2008 Synecdoche, New York as Maria
- 1996 Kansas City as Blondie O'Hara
- 1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Dorothy Parker
- 1995 Dolores Claiborne as Selena St. George
- 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy as Amy Archer
- 1982 Wrong Is Right as Young Girl
- 1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn as Tralala
- 1985 Flesh + Blood as Agnes
- 2001 The Anniversary Party as Sally Nash Therrian
- 1986 The Hitcher as Nash
- 1992 Single White Female as Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
- 2010 Greenberg as Beth (Beller's Party)
- 2005 The Jacket as Dr. Beth Lorenson
- 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Stacy Hamilton
- 2000 Skipped Parts as Lydia Callahan
- 2007 Margot at the Wedding as Pauline
- 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004 Childstar as Suzanne
- 2009 Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion as Self
- 1990 Miami Blues as Susie Waggoner
- 2002 Searching for Debra Winger as Self (uncredited)
- 1990 Buried Alive as Joanna Goodman
- 1989 The Big Picture as Lydia Johnson
- 1997 Washington Square as Catherine Sloper
- 1988 Heart of Midnight as Carol
- 1997 A Thousand Acres as Caroline Cook
- 2001 The Quickie as Lisa
- 1983 Easy Money as Allison Capuletti
- 2022 Sharp Stick as Marilyn
- 1998 Thanks of a Grateful Nation as Teri Small
- 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. as Candy Webster
- 1991 Crooked Hearts as Marriet Hoffman
- 1986 The Men's Club as Teensy
- 1998 The Love Letter as Lizzie Whitcomb
- 2005 Rag Tale as Mary Josephine 'MJ' Morton
- 1987 Under Cover as Tanille Laroux
- 1981 Eyes of a Stranger as Tracy Harris
- 1995 Georgia as Sadie Flood
- 1987 Sister, Sister as Lucy Bonnard
- 1994 Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker as Self
- 1983 Girls of the White Orchid as Carol Heath
- 1981 The Killing of Randy Webster as Amy Wheeler
- 1981 The Best Little Girl in the World as Casey Powell
- 2013 Kill Your Darlings as Naomi Ginsberg
- 2013 The Spectacular Now as Sara Keely
- 2002 Crossed Over as Karla Faye Tucker
- 1992 The Prom as Lana
- 2013 The Moment as Lee
- 2014 Hateship Loveship as Chloe
- 2024 Poolman as Susan Kerkovish
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1982 The First Time as Bonnie Dillon
- 2014 Jake Squared as Sheryl
- 2015 Welcome to Me as Deb Moseley
- 2017 Amityville: The Awakening as Joan Walker
- 2014 Me as Kelly
- 2005 Palindromes as 'Mark' Aviva
- 2015 The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
- 1983 Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? as Andrea Fairchild
- 1990 Partners in Life as Blossom
- 2017 LBJ as Lady Bird Johnson
- 2025 Night Always Comes as Doreen
- 2018 Annihilation as Dr Ventress
- 1980 Angel City as Kristy Teeter
- 2016 Morgan as Dr. Kathy Grieff
- 2017 Good Time as Corey Ellman
- 2018 White Boy Rick as Alex Snyder
- 2002 Hey Arnold! The Movie as Bridget (voice)
- 2014 Open as Holly
- 1981 I Think I'm Having A Baby as Laurie Mcintyre
- 1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country as Self
- 2020 Possessor as Girder
- 2006 The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
- 2000 Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier as Self
- 2005 Easter Sunday as Mother
- 2019 Sid & Judy as Judy Garland (voice)
- 2021 The Woman in the Window as Jane Russell 2
- 2021 Awake as Dr. Murphy
- 2015 Alex of Venice as Maureen
- 1978 The Young Runaways as Heather
- 1986 Picnic as Madge Owens
- 1976 The Spy Who Never Was as Girl Playing with Ball (uncredited)
- 2015 Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman (voice)
- 2016 None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa as Self
- 2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self
- 1996 Bastard Out of Carolina as Anney Boatwright
- 1997 Cinema Cinema as Herself
- 2026 Crime 101 as Angie
- 2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
- Soon New England Toys
- Soon Deep Cuts
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Mission Hill ( 1 episode ) as Eunice 'Weirdie' Eulmeyer (voice)
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Amy (voice)
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode ) as Marcie (as Jennifer Leigh)
- 1998 Hercules ( 0 episode ) as Tempest (voice)
- 1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Cetea (voice)
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Whitcomb
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode ) as Kathy Seals
- 1997 Spawn ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Where Are They Now? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Weeds ( 52 episodes ) as Jill Price-Grey
- 2011 Revenge ( 7 episodes ) as Kara Wallace Clarke
- 1996 Tracey Takes On... ( 1 episode ) as Paige Garland
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Heather
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Karen McCall
- 1976 Family ( 1 episode ) as Jenny Blair
- 2014 Fargo ( 10 episodes ) as Lorraine Lyon
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Estelle (voice)
- 2017 Atypical ( 38 episodes ) as Elsa Gardner
- 2020 Hunters ( 8 episodes ) as Chava Apfelbaum
- 2018 Patrick Melrose ( 5 episodes ) as Eleanor Melrose
- 1998 Twitch City ( 1 episode ) as Faith
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1990 Twin Peaks ( 6 episodes ) as Chantal Hutchens
- 2021 Lisey's Story ( 8 episodes ) as Darla Debusher
- 1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 All's Fair ( 1 episode ) as Cheryl Goodfader
- 2026 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen ( 8 episodes ) as Victoria
- 2014 The Affair ( 2 episodes ) as Adeline
- Soon Bishop ( 1 episode ) as Jillian Graves
- 2024 High Potential ( 3 episodes ) as Willa Quinn
- 2019 The Hateful Eight ( 4 episodes ) as Daisy Domergue
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
