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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Highest Rated: 100% Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Moment (2013)
Birthday: Feb 5, 1962
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Movie critic Rex Reed acerbically described the characters in Jennifer Jason Leigh's gallery as a collection of "sluts and nuts." The soft-spoken actress affectionately referred to the hookers, drug addicts and head cases she often played as a group of vulnerable, injured women she was thrilled to get to know on-screen, but grateful she didn't encounter in real life. From her breakthrough role in the early '80s teen comedy-drama "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) through career highlights including the gritty "Last Exit to Brooklyn" (1990), period drama "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (1994), Jane Campion's dark thriller "In the Cut" (2003) and Quentin Tarantino's gory western "The Hateful Eight" (2015), Leigh matured from a versatile ingénue into an actress of subtlety and range. Leigh's intelligence and candor made her one of the leading talents of her generation.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23% | No Score Yet | Poolman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 49% | 39% | Sharp Stick | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 24% | 26% | Awake | Dr. Murphy (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 25% | 33% | The Woman in the Window | Jane Russell 2 (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 94% | 59% | Possessor: Uncut | Girder (Character) | $745.8K | 2020 |
| 92% | 91% | QT8: The First Eight | Self | - | 2019 |
| 100% | 92% | Sid & Judy | Judy Garland (Voice) | - | 2019 |
| 57% | 50% | White Boy Rick | FBI Agent Snyder (Character) | $24.0M | 2018 |
| 88% | 67% | Annihilation | Dr. Ventress (Character) | $32.7M | 2018 |
| 29% | 32% | Amityville: The Awakening | Joan (Character) | $742 | 2017 |
| 91% | 82% | Good Time | Corey (Character) | $2.0M | 2017 |
| 56% | 54% | LBJ | Lady Bird Johnson (Character) | $2.5M | 2016 |
| 37% | 30% | Morgan | Dr. Kathy Grieff (Character) | $3.9M | 2016 |
| 91% | 71% | Anomalisa | Lisa (Voice) | $3.4M | 2015 |
| 75% | 77% | The Hateful Eight | Daisy Domergue (Character) | $54.1M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Me | Jennifer (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 73% | 46% | Welcome to Me | Deb Moseley (Character) | $625.7K | 2014 |
| 74% | 43% | Alex of Venice | Maureen (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 22% | 36% | Jake Squared | Sheryl (Character) | $1.7K | 2013 |
| 11% | 14% | The Moment | Lee (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 53% | 36% | Hateship Loveship | Ken's Girlfriend (Character) | $50.6K | 2013 |
| 76% | 60% | Kill Your Darlings | Naomi Ginsberg (Character) | $1.0M | 2013 |
| 91% | 76% | The Spectacular Now | Sara (Character) | $6.9M | 2013 |
| 77% | 42% | Greenberg |
Beth (Character), Producer |
$4.2M | 2010 |
| 69% | 71% | Synecdoche, New York | Maria (Character) | $3.1M | 2008 |
| 51% | 40% | Margot at the Wedding | Pauline (Character) | $2.0M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rag Tale | Mary Josephine 'MJ' Morton (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 44% | 73% | The Jacket | Dr. Lorenson (Character) | $6.3M | 2005 |
| 29% | 45% | Rag Tale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 78% | 42% | Childstar | Suzanne (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 43% | 69% | Palindromes | 'Mark' Aviva (Character) | $553.4K | 2004 |
| 77% | 83% | The Machinist | Stevie (Character) | $1.1M | 2004 |
| 34% | 34% | In the Cut | Pauline (Character) | $4.7M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Crossed Over | Karla Faye Tucker (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 81% | 86% | Road to Perdition | Jennifer Sullivan (Character) | $104.1M | 2002 |
| 29% | 37% | Hey Arnold! The Movie | Bridget (Voice) | $13.7M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Quickie | Lisa (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 61% | 57% | The Anniversary Party |
Sally Therrian (Character), Director, Writer, Producer |
$4.1M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Skipped Parts | Lydia Callahan (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 60% | 58% | The King Is Alive | Gina (Character) | $103.5K | 2000 |
| 75% | 69% | eXistenZ | Allegra Geller (Character) | $2.8M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Love Letter | Elizabeth Whitcomb (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Teri Small (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 81% | 69% | Washington Square | Catherine Sloper (Character) | $1.8M | 1997 |
| 24% | 42% | A Thousand Acres | Caroline Cook (Character) | $7.9M | 1997 |
| 60% | 44% | Kansas City | Blondie O'Hara (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 100% | 84% | Bastard Out of Carolina | Anney Boatwright (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 85% | 82% | Dolores Claiborne | Selena St. George (Character) | $22.8M | 1995 |
| 81% | 65% | Georgia |
Sadie Flood (Character), Producer |
$215.0K | 1995 |
| 76% | 61% | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Dorothy Parker (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
| 63% | 79% | The Hudsucker Proxy | Amy Archer (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
| 95% | 88% | Short Cuts | Lois Kaiser (Character) | $6.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 53% | 44% | Single White Female | Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson (Character) | $46.2M | 1992 |
| 73% | 75% | Backdraft | Jennifer Vaitkus (Character) | $75.7M | 1991 |
| 71% | 71% | Rush | Kristen Cates (Character) | $6.6M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Crooked Hearts | Marriet Hoffman (Character) | $21.6K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Buried Alive | Joanna Goodman (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 85% | 62% | Miami Blues | Susie Waggoner (Character) | $8.8M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Heart of Midnight | Carol (Character) | $71.1K | 1989 |
| 67% | 74% | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Tralala (Character) | $1.2M | 1989 |
| 88% | 45% | The Big Picture | Lydia Johnson (Character) | $33.1K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister, Sister | Lucy Bonnard (Character) | $316.4K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 7% | Under Cover | Tanille Laroux (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 64% | 74% | The Hitcher | Nash (Character) | $2.1M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | The Men's Club | Teensy (Character) | $1.9M | 1986 |
| 86% | 63% | Flesh & Blood | Agnes (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | Grandview, U.S.A. | Candy Webster (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Death Ride to Osaka | Carol Heath (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 60% | 58% | Easy Money | Allison Capuletti (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Time | Bonnie Dillon (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 27% | 38% | Wrong Is Right | Young Girl (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 78% | 80% | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Stacy Hamilton (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 43% | 37% | Eyes of a Stranger | Tracy Harris (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Killing of Randy Webster | Amy Wheeler (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | The Best Little Girl in the World | Casey Powell (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Angel City | Kristy Teeter (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93% | 85% | Fargo | Lorraine Lyon (Character) | 2023-2024 |
| 90% | 92% | Atypical |
Elsa (Character), Producer |
2017-2019 2021 2023 |
| 53% | 48% | Lisey's Story | Darla Debusher (Character) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2018 |
| 90% | 45% | Patrick Melrose | Eleanor Melrose (Character) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
| 94% | 83% | Twin Peaks: The Return | Chantal Hutchens (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2015 |
| 69% | 78% | Revenge | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 70% | 80% | Weeds |
Jill Price-Gray (Guest Voice), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2009-2012 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Estelle (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Amy (Guest Voice) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hateful Eight: Extended Version | Daisy Domergue (Character) |