Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in projects with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golde
Chastain in 2025
The Juilliard School in New York City, where Chastain studied acting
Chastain at the 2010 Mill Valley Film Festival
Chastain attending the premiere of Coriolanus at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival
Interstellar (film)
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Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaug
Jessica Chastain
…period drama The Help (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015), and the horror film It Chapter Two (2019). Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the…
Theatrical release poster
The Dust Bowl phenomenon of the 1930s, as documented by Ken Burns in The Dust Bowl (2012), served as inspiration for the blight.
The Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland was used as a filming location for Interstellar, doubling for Mann's planet.
Kip Thorne, theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, conceived and executive produced the film and served as scientific consultant.