Chastain overtook a stacked category to win her first Oscar for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye.'
But it all came down to Chastain in the end, who won voters over with her prosthetic-laden portrayal of Bakker, overcoming the film’s uneven critical reviews. That changed over the course of the season, with Cruz quickly coming into play thanks to her stirring turn in Pedro Almodóvar’s latest work. “Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States,” Chastain continued.
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Born in Sacramento, California, Chastain graduated from the Juilliard School and worked on television and live theater before making her film debut in 2008 as a sexually abused teenager in “Jolene,” inspired by the Dolly Parton song of the same title. She was previously nominated for an Oscar for 2012 portrayal of a CIA analyst on the hunt of Osama Bin Laden in “Zero Dark Thirty” and her 2011 supporting role as a Southern socialite in the 1960s racial drama “The Help.” The Oscar triumph for Chastain, 45, virtually unrecognizable in heavy makeup as Tammy Faye Bakker, followed a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance and capped the third Academy Award nomination of her career.
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Known for her larger than life personality, hairstyles, and makeup choices, Tammy was taken by surprise when the life she and Jim built together was soon threatened by financial corruption and a scandal of Biblical proportions. Always stealing the show, Chastain’s big win was no shock to us. Up next, Chastain will be seen in Paramount+’s, George & Tammy. Also serving as executive producer, she’ll step into the role of the titular Tammy Wynette in the miniseries that sets out to tell the tumultuous relationship behind the legendary country couple.
Jessica Chastain won the best actress Oscar Sunday night for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" and used the moment to highlight an issue close to the heart of the ...
"I'm inspired by her passion. I see it as a guiding principle that leads us forward, and it connects us all in the desire that we want to be accepted for who we are, accepted for who we love, and to live a life without the fear of violence or terror." "In times like this, I think of Tammy and I'm inspired by her radical acts of love," Chastain said.
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Jessica Chastain won the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday for her performance in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
"Also it's very special to be part of a film that means something to me in that it rights an injustice and it reexamines a life," the actress continued. It's a beautiful, beautiful moment, and it means so much to me in terms of my profession, but also in terms of my life and what I'm putting out into the world." And to be here 10 years later with a film I bought the rights to, that I kind of willed into existence is incredibly meaningful." "It was 10 years ago that I got the rights to tell this story. "So this is the very first time I've even held it. "I still can't understand that I'm holding an Oscar," says Chastain, 45.
Sacramento-born movie star Jessica Chastain won for Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her portrayal of televangelist Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
He had expressed gratitude for the recognition “CODA” brought him after enduring years of financial struggles. He continued to charm Hollywood and by Oscar night Kotsur, who plays a randy father in the film about a deaf family with a hearing child, was a clear favorite. This is a new chapter,” Kotsur said. “This is our moment.” “I will absolutely be present when the Makeup and Hairstyle category is being called,” Chastain told The Next Best Picture podcast, as first reported by Town & Country. “If that means I’m not doing press on the red carpet or ABC, or whatever it is, then so be it. He joined “CODA” co-star Marlee Matlin as the only deaf Oscar winners. “And especially members of the LGBTQ community who oftentimes feel out of place with their peers. “And I’m inspired by her compassion, and I see it as a guiding principle that leads us forward. ... We’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us. There’s violence and hate crimes being perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world, and in times like this I think of Tammy and I’m inspired by her radical acts of love. “Right now, we are coming out of some difficult times, that have been filled with a lot of trauma and isolation,” Chastain said. Chastain, who turns 45 on Thursday, also was a producer on the film about the televangelist.