Jennifer Jason Leigh
Actor · Writer · Director · Story
Born Feb 5, 1962 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Active 1972–present · Awards: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, Genie Awards
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).
Filmography
Crime 101 (2026) — AngieSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen (2026) — VictoriaAll's Fair (2025) — Cheryl GoodfaderNight Always Comes (2025) — DoreenHigh Potential (2024) — Willa QuinnAnnihilation (2018) — Dr VentressGood Time (2017) — Corey EllmanAtypical (2017) — Elsa Gardner · ProducerThe Hateful Eight (2015) — Daisy DomergueAnomalisa (2015) — Lisa Hesselman (voice)Fargo (2014) — Lorraine LyonThe Spectacular Now (2013) — Sara KeelyKill Your Darlings (2013) — Naomi GinsbergRevenge (2011) — Kara Wallace ClarkeSynecdoche, New York (2008) — MariaWeeds (2005) — Jill Price-GreyThe Jacket (2005) — Dr. Beth LorensonThe Machinist (2004) — StevieRoad to Perdition (2002) — Annie SullivanThe Man Who Wasn't There (2001) — Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)eXistenZ (1999) — Allegra GellerThe Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — Amy ArcherFrasier (1993) — Estelle (voice)Twin Peaks (1990) — Chantal Hutchens