
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Born February 5, 1962 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Movies

Crime 101

The Hateful Eight

Annihilation

Road to Perdition

The Machinist

The Hitcher

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Good Time

The Spectacular Now

Night Always Comes

Backdraft

The Man Who Wasn't There

White Boy Rick

Synecdoche, New York

The Jacket

eXistenZ

The Woman in the Window

Morgan

QT8: The First Eight

Sharp Stick

Bastard Out of Carolina

The Hudsucker Proxy

Amityville: The Awakening

In the Cut

Flesh + Blood

Dolores Claiborne

Kill Your Darlings

Hey Arnold! The Movie

Single White Female
TV Shows

King of the Hill

Fargo

High Potential

Weeds

The Waltons

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Revenge

Superman: The Animated Series

Hercules

The Affair

Trapper John, M.D.

Baretta

Family

Hunters

Atypical

All's Fair

Tracey Takes On...

HBO First Look

Lisey's Story

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

Patrick Melrose

The Wonderful World of Disney

Spawn

Mission Hill

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Twitch City

The Hateful Eight

Far Cry

Inside the Actors Studio
More Movies

Short Cuts

Possessor

Grandview, U.S.A.

Awake

Anomalisa

Last Exit to Brooklyn

The Big Picture

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Girls of the White Orchid

Hateship Loveship

Greenberg

Margot at the Wedding

Rush

A Thousand Acres

Confession

Washington Square

Easy Money

Buried Alive

LBJ

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

Poolman

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Alex of Venice

The Men's Club

Eyes of a Stranger

The Love Letter

Welcome to Me

Wrong Is Right

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Miami Blues

Palindromes

Skipped Parts

The Killing of Randy Webster

Heart of Midnight

Me

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country

Kansas City

Crooked Hearts

The Best Little Girl in the World

The King Is Alive

Jake Squared

Sister, Sister

Childstar

Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

Cinema Cinema

Sid & Judy

I Think I'm Having A Baby

The Quickie

Georgia

Searching for Debra Winger

Easter Sunday

Under Cover

The Anniversary Party

The Young Runaways

Crossed Over

Rag Tale

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa

The Moment

The First Time

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier

Deep Cuts

Open

Partners in Life

Angel City

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'

The Spy Who Never Was

Picnic




