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 (2011–2015, 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.
Filmography
Long Day's Journey into Night
as Mary Tyrone
Long Day's Journey into Night
as Mary Tyrone
The Great Lillian Hall
as Lillian Hall
The Great Lillian Hall
as Lillian Hall
Marlowe
as Dorothy Quincannon
Marlowe
as Dorothy Quincannon
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
as Self
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
as Self
Wild Oats
as Maddie
Wild Oats
as Maddie
The Gambler
as Roberta
The Gambler
as Roberta
Scorsese's Women
as Star
Scorsese's Women
as Star
In Secret
as Madame Raquin
In Secret
as Madame Raquin
Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
as Self
Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
as Self
Shepard & Dark
as Self (archive footage)
Shepard & Dark
as Self (archive footage)
The Vow
as Rita Thornton
The Vow
as Rita Thornton
Grey Gardens
as Big Edie
Grey Gardens
as Big Edie
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
Sybil
as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
Sybil
as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur
Bonneville
as Arvilla Holden
Bonneville
as Arvilla Holden
The Peace!
as Self
The Peace!
as Self
Neverwas
as Katherine Pierson
Neverwas
as Katherine Pierson
Broken Flowers
as Carmen
Broken Flowers
as Carmen
Big Fish
as Sandra Bloom (senior)
Big Fish
as Sandra Bloom (senior)
Masked and Anonymous
as Nina Veronica
Masked and Anonymous
as Nina Veronica
Prozac Nation
as Mrs. Wurtzel
Prozac Nation
as Mrs. Wurtzel
Normal
as Irma Applewood
Normal
as Irma Applewood
A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances
as Herself
A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances
as Herself
Titus
as Tamora
Titus
as Tamora
Cousin Bette
as Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette
as Cousin Bette
Hush
as Martha Baring
Hush
as Martha Baring
Night and the City
as Helen Nasseros
Night and the City
as Helen Nasseros
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self - Host
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self - Host
Men Don't Leave
as Beth Macauley
Men Don't Leave
as Beth Macauley
King Kong Lives
as Dwan (archive footage)
King Kong Lives
as Dwan (archive footage)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Cora Papadakis
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Cora Papadakis
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
as Louise
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
as Louise
All That Jazz
as Angelique
All That Jazz
as Angelique
King Kong
as Dwan
King Kong
as Dwan
The Year of Magical Thinking
as Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking
as Joan Didion