Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain is an American actress and film producer. Born in a small town near Sonoma, California and raised in Sacramento, Chastain is reticent to publicly discuss aspects of her troubled childhood. She developed an interest in acting from a young age, and as a teenager, she made her professional stage debut as Juliet in a 1998 production of Romeo and Juliet. She went on to study acting at the Juilliard School, after which she was signed on for a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was a guest star in several television shows, including ER and Law amp Order Trial by Jury, for much of the 2000s. She also took on roles in the stage productions of The Cherry Orchard in 2004 and Salome in 2006.

Chastain was born on March 24, 1977, in a small town near Sonoma, California. Her father, Michael Monasterio , was a rock musician, and her mother Jerri Hastey , is a vegan chef. Her parents were both teenagers when they gave birth to her, and Chastain, while reticent to publicly discuss this aspect of her childhood, was estranged from Monasterio and has claimed that no father is listed on her birth certificate. She had a younger sister, Juliet, from her mothers relationship with Monasterio, but following years of drug abuse, Juliet committed suicide in 2003. Chastain has a halfbrother from her mothers side and two halfsisters from her fathers side. Chastain was raised in Sacramento, California, by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, a fireman. She considers her stepfather to be one of the greatest people she knows and has said that he was the first person to make her feel secure. She shares a close bond with her maternal grandmother, Marilyn, whom she credits as someone who alw

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