Jennifer Jason Leigh

Acting · Born 1962-02-05 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Short Cuts as Lois Kaiser
• Road to Perdition as Annie Sullivan
• The Machinist as Stevie
• Synecdoche, New York as Maria
• Dolores Claiborne as Selena St. George
• The Hudsucker Proxy as Amy Archer
• The Hitcher as Nash
• The Man Who Wasn't There as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
• Kill Your Darlings as Naomi Ginsberg
• The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue

TV

• Superman: The Animated Series as Cetea (voice)
• Spawn
• Fargo as Lorraine Lyon
• Frasier as Estelle (voice)
• Atypical as Elsa Gardner
• Twin Peaks as Chantal Hutchens
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Mission Hill as Eunice 'Weirdie' Eulmeyer (voice)
• King of the Hill as Amy (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark