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{{Kotak info tokoh
| name = Jessica Chastain
| image =
| alt = Seorang wanita berambut merah tersenyum ke arah kamera, hanya pundak dan kepalanya yang tampak dalam gambar
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| birth_name = Jessica Michelle Chastain
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|
| birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]],
| education = {{Plainlist| * [[
* [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts|Akademi Seni Drama Amerika Serikat]]
* [[Sekolah Juilliard]] ([[Sarjana Seni|BFA]])}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Aktris|produser}}
| years_active =
| notable_works = {{Cslist| ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011)
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012)
| ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]''{{Nbsp}}(2021)
| ''[[Jessica Chastain di layar dan panggung|selengkapnya...]]''}}
| organization = [[Freckle Films]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo|2017}}
| children = 2
| awards = {{Cslist| [[Aktris Terbaik (Golden Globe) - Drama|Penghargaan Golden Globe untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Film{{Snd}} Drama]] (2012)
| [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik|Penghargaan Academy untuk Aktris Terbaik]] (2021)
| ''[[Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Jessica Chastain|selengkapnya...]]''}}
}}
'''Jessica Michelle Chastain''' (lahir 24 Maret 1977) adalah seorang aktris dan produser Amerika Serikat. Dikenal atas membintangi proyek-proyek bertemakan [[feminisme]], ia telah menerima [[Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Jessica Chastain|berbagai penghargaan]], termasuk sebuah [[Penghargaan Academy]] dan [[Penghargaan Golden Globe|Golden Globe]], serta nominasi untuk dua [[Penghargaan Tony]] dan satu [[Primetime Emmy Award|Penghargaan Primetime Emmy]]. Majalah ''[[Time]]'' menamainya sebagai salah satu dari [[Time 100|100 orang paling berpengaruh di dunia]] pada tahun 2012.
Chastain telah mengembangkan minat terhadap akting sejak kecil. Ia menampilkan debut panggungnya pada tahun 1998 sebagai [[Juliet]] dari ''[[Romeo dan Julia|Romeo and Juliet]]''. Setelah belajar akting di [[Sekolah Juilliard]], ia menandatangani persetujuan bakat bersama produser televisi [[John Wells (pembuat film)|John Wells]]. Ia menjadi bintang tamu pendukung dalam beberapa seri televisi, dan mengambil peran dalam sejumlah produksi panggung. Setelah tampil dalam film perdananya, ''[[Jolene (film)|Jolene]]'' (2008), pada usia 31 tahun, Chastain naik daun pada tahun 2011 dengan enam perilisan film, termasuk drama ''[[Take Shelter]]'' dan ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''. Ia menerima nominasi Penghargaan Academy atas memerankan seorang sosialita beraspirasi dalam drama sejarah ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011) dan seorang analis [[CIA]] dalam cerita seru ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012).
Ia meraih kesuksesan komersial yang kian meluas dengan film-film fiksi ilmiah ''[[Interstellar]]'' (2014) dan ''[[The Martian]]'' (2015), serta film horor ''[[It Chapter Two]]'' (2019). Chastain terus meraih pujian atas memainkan wanita berkemauan teguh dalam drama-drama ''[[A Most Violent Year]]'' (2014), ''[[Miss Sloane]]'' (2016), dan ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017), serta miniseri televisi ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (miniseri Amerika)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'' (2021). Ia kemudian memerankan [[Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker]] dalam film biografi ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021), memenangkan [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik|Penghargaan Academy untuk Aktris Terbaik]], dan [[Tammy Wynette]] dalam miniseri ''[[George & Tammy]]'' (2022).
Di [[Teater Broadway|Broadway]], Chastain telah membintangi revival drama ''[[The Heiress (permainan panggung 1947)|The Heiress]]'' (2012) dan ''[[Rumah Boneka|A Doll's House]]'' (2023). Penampilannya dalam ''A Doll's House'' memberikannya nominasi [[Penghargaan Tony|Penghargaan Tony untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Drama]]. Ia merupakan pendiri perusahaan produksi [[Freckle Films]], yang dibuat untuk menganjurkan keberagaman dalam film, dan ia juga merupakan seorang investor klub sepak bola [[Angel City FC]]. Chastain telah bersuara mengenai isu kesehatan mental, serta kesetaraan gender dan ras. Ia menikah dengan eksekutif mode Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, dan memiliki dua anak bersamanya.
== Awal kehidupan dan pendidikan ==
Jessica Michelle Chastain lahir pada 24 Maret 1977 di [[Sacramento, California]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-chastain|website=Biography.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913084744/https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-chastain|archive-date=13 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomson|first=David|date=2014|title=The New Biographical Dictionary of Film|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]]|isbn=978-0-375-71184-8|edition=6|page=[https://archive.org/details/newbiographicald0000thom_z2s8/page/180/mode/1up 180]|language=en}}</ref> dari pasangan Jerri Hastey (''[[née]]'' Chastain) dan pemusik rok Michael Monasterio. Kedua orang tuanya masih remaja ketika ia lahir. Chastain enggan membicarakan latar belakang keluarganya di muka umum; ia terasing dari Monasterio, yang meninggal dunia pada tahun 2013, dan telah menyatakan bahwa akta kelahirannya tidak mencantumkan nama seorang ayah.<ref name="Shone 2013">{{Cite magazine|last=Shone|first=Tom|date=Desember 2013|title=Work of Art|magazine=[[Vogue (majalah)|Vogue]]|language=en|volume=203|issue=12|id={{ProQuest|1477283101}}}}</ref><ref name="Heawood 2016">{{Cite news|last=Heawood|first=Sophie|date=9 April 2016|title=Jessica Chastain: 'It's a Myth That Women Don't Get Along'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/09/jessica-chastain-myth-women-dont-get-along-jennifer-lawrence-fight|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010185801/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/09/jessica-chastain-myth-women-dont-get-along-jennifer-lawrence-fight|archive-date=10 Oktober 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia memiliki dua saudari dan dua saudara. Saudari kecilnya, Juliet, meninggal akibat bunuh diri pada tahun 2003 setelah lama berjuang dengan kecanduan narkoba.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bietette|first=Nicole|date=5 Mei 2016|title=Jessica Chastain Opens About Her Sister's 2003 Suicide|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/05/05/jessica-chastain-opens-about-her-sisters-2003-suicide/|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229133853/https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/05/05/jessica-chastain-opens-about-her-sisters-2003-suicide/|archive-date=29 Desember 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain dibesarkan di Sacramento oleh ibunya dan ayah tiri, Michael Hastey, seorang pemadam kebakaran.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref name="Mulkerrins 2014">{{Cite news|last=Mulkerrins|first=Jane|date=2 November 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Interview: On ''Interstellar'', Her Rise to Fame and Being an Outsider|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122121403/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/11189916/Jessica-Chastain-interview-on-Interstellar-her-rise-to-fame-and-being-an-outsider.html|archive-date=22 November 2022|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Keluarganya mengalami kesulitan keuangan selama masa kecilnya.<ref name="White 2022">{{Cite news|last=White|first=Terri|date=16 Januari 2022|title=Jessica Chastain: 'I Have a Rebellious Streak'|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jessica-chastain-i-have-a-rebellious-streak-6d9zxz87t|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Britania Raya)|The Sunday Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/2023.07.31-171155/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jessica-chastain-i-have-a-rebellious-streak-6d9zxz87t|archive-date=31 Juli 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia telah mengatakan bahwa ayah tirinyalah orang pertama yang membuatnya merasa aman.<ref name="Shone 2013" /> Ia berhubungan dekat dengan neneknya dari pihak ibu, Marilyn, yang ia sebut sebagai seseorang yang "selalu mempercayai[nya]".<ref name="Shone 2013" /><ref name="Hirschberg 2015">{{Cite magazine|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|date=12 Oktober 2015|title=Jessica Chastain: Transformer|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jessica-chastain-november-cover|magazine=W|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jessica-chastain-november-cover|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Oktober 2023}}</ref>
[[Berkas:Juilliard School - Alice Tully Hall.jpg|thumb|alt=Gambar menunjukkan gedung sekolah bergaya minmalis futuristis di tengah jalan perkotaan|[[Sekolah Juilliard]] di Kota New York, tempat Chastain belajar akting]]
Chastain mengembangkan minat berakting pada usia tujuh tahun, ketika sang nenek mengajaknya menonton pementasan ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''.<ref name="Mulkerrins 2014" /> Ia kerap membawakan pertunjukan amatir bersama anak-anak lainnya, dan menganggap dirinya selaku pengarah seni mereka.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /> Sebagai pelajar di [[El Camino Fundamental High School|Sekolah Menengah Atas Fundamental El Camino]], Chastain kesulitan secara akademik.<ref name="Walker 2012">{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|date=28 Desember 2012|title=Jessica Chastain: The Slow Road to Overnight Success|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jessica-chastain-the-slow-road-to-overnight-success-8432762.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222130048/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jessica-chastain-the-slow-road-to-overnight-success-8432762.html|archive-date=22 Februari 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref name="McGovern 2015">{{Cite magazine|last=McGovern|first=Joe|date=8 Januari 2015|title=Jessica Chastain on Her Early Life: 'Nobody Knows This About Me'|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/08/jessica-chastain-dropped-out-high-school/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908053017/https://ew.com/article/2015/01/08/jessica-chastain-dropped-out-high-school/|archive-date=8 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia dahulu memencil dan menganggap dirinya seorang yang asing di sekolah, sebelum akhirnya menemukan jalan keluar melalui seni pertunjukan.<ref name="Hill 2014">{{Cite magazine|last=Hill|first=Logan|date=7 Oktober 2014|title=''Glamour'' Cover Star Jessica Chastain on the Benefits of Being a Late Bloomer and How Robin Williams Changed Her Life|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/cover-star-jessica-chastain|magazine=Glamour|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412085940/https://www.glamour.com/story/cover-star-jessica-chastain|archive-date=12 April 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia telah menggambarkan bagaimana ia membolos sekolah untuk membaca karya [[William Shakespeare]];<ref name="Goldman 2012">{{Cite magazine|last=Goldman|first=Lea|date=15 November 2012|title=Jessica Chastain: Supernova|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a7379/jessica-chastain-interview/|magazine=[[Marie Claire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921101537/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a7379/jessica-chastain-interview/|archive-date=21 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> ia mulai menyukai drama Shakespeare setelah menghadiri [[Festival Shakespeare Oregon]] bersama kawan sekelas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mottram|first=James|date=12 Februari 2017|title=Jessica Chastain: I Was a Shakespeare Geek Who Hated High School|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/jessica-chastain-i-was-a-shakespeare-geek-who-hated-high-school/news-story/d0a13abbb5a9c634aaf5696d7c6cc597|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/jessica-chastain-i-was-a-shakespeare-geek-who-hated-high-school/news-story/d0a13abbb5a9c634aaf5696d7c6cc597|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Karena terlalu banyak absen selama tahun terakhir di SMA, Chastain tidak terkualifikasi untuk kelulusan, tetapi ia kemudian memperoleh diploma dewasa.<ref name="McGovern 2015" /> Berikutnya ia menghadiri [[Sacramento City College|Kolese Kota Sacramento]] mulai tahun 1995 hingga 1997, dan bergabung bersama tim debat di sana.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hall|first=Joseph|date=26 Oktober 2011|title=Debating Greatness|url=https://saccityexpress.com/debating-greatness/|newspaper=Sac City Express|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123155632/https://saccityexpress.com/debating-greatness/|archive-date=23 Januari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Tentang masa kecilnya, Chastain bercerita:
{{Blockquote|Saya [tumbuh] bersama seorang ibu tunggal yang bekerja amat keras demi mencari nafkah. Kami tidak mempunyai uang. Berlalu malam-malam ketika kami harus tidur tanpa makan. Tumbuh kembang saya sungguh sulit. Keadaan tidak mudah bagi saya saat tumbuh.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brady|first=Tara|date=13 Mei 2017|title=Jessica Chastain: 'It Was a Very Difficult Upbringing'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jessica-chastain-it-was-a-very-difficult-upbringing-1.3076563|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215173535/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/jessica-chastain-it-was-a-very-difficult-upbringing-1.3076563|archive-date=15 Desember 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref>}}
Pada tahun 1998, Chastain menyelesaikan pendidikannya di [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts|Akademi Seni Drama Amerika Serikat]] dan membawakan debut panggung profesionalnya sebagai [[Juliet]] dalam sebuah produksi ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' yang dipanggungkan oleh [[TheatreWorks (Lembah Silikon)|TheatreWorks]], salah satu perusahaan di [[Wilayah Teluk San Francisco]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable Past Students: Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni|publisher=Akademi Seni Drama Amerika Serikat|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/2023.12.29-145020/https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni%23decade:all/orderby:all/display:panel|archive-date=29 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Heather|first=Zimmerman|date=6 Mei 1998|title=Bard's Pair as Dublin Duo|url=https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/04.30.98/stage-9817.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=Metro Silicon Valley|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629170349/https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/04.30.98/stage-9817.html|archive-date=29 Juni 2022|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pertunjukan tersebut mendorongnya menjalankan audisi memasuki [[Sekolah Juilliard]] di Kota New York, dan ia lekas diterima serta diberikan beasiswa yang dibiayai oleh aktor [[Robin Williams]].<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref name="McGovern 2015" /> Pada tahun pertama di sekolah tersebut, Chastain menderita kegelisahan dan khawatir programnya akan diberhentikan, dan akhirnya menghabiskan sebagian besar waktunya membaca dan menonton film.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref name="McGrath 2012">{{Cite news|last=McGrath|first=Charles|date=7 September 2012|title=Off to Broadway and Back to School|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/theater/jessica-chastain-in-the-heiress-and-at-juilliard.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228062552/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/theater/jessica-chastain-in-the-heiress-and-at-juilliard.html|archive-date=28 Februari 2023|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia kemudian berkomentar bahwa keikutsertaannya dalam sebuah pementasan ''[[The Seagull]]'' yang sukses pada tahun keduanya membantunya membangun kepercayaan diri.<ref name="McGrath 2012" /> Ia lulus dari Juilliard dengan gelar [[Sarjana Seni|Bachelor of Fine Arts]] pada tahun 2003.<ref name="Wolfe 2016">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Alexandra|date=22 April 2016|title=Jessica Chastain, Hollywood Warrior|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jessica-chastain-hollywood-warrior-1461349839|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/2016.08.14-103735/http://www.wsj.com/articles/jessica-chastain-hollywood-warrior-1461349839|archive-date=14 Agustus 2016|access-date=29 Desember 2023}}</ref>
== Karier ==
=== 2004–2010: Karya awal ===
Beberapa waktu sebelum lulus dari Juilliard, Chastain menghadiri sebuah acara bagi para murid tahun terakhir di Los Angeles, dan menandatangani persetujuan bakat bersama produser televisi [[John Wells (pembuat film)|John Wells]] di sana. Ia berpindah ke Los Angeles dan mulai melakukan audisi untuk berbagai peran.<ref name="Adams 2011">{{Cite news|last=Adams|first=Guy|date=25 Oktober 2011|title=Red Hot: How Jessica Chastain Became Hollywood's Most Wanted|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/red-hot-how-jessica-chastain-became-hollywood-s-most-wanted-2372840.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218143622/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/red-hot-how-jessica-chastain-became-hollywood-s-most-wanted-2372840.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam debutnya di televisi, [[Dark Shadows (pilot TV 2004)|episode pilot buat ulang 2004]] jaringan [[The WB Television Network|The WB]] dari opera sabun [[Fiksi Gotik|gotik]] 1960{{Nbh}}an ''[[Dark Shadows]]'', ia dipilih memerankan [[Carolyn Stoddard]]. Episode tersebut disutradarai oleh [[P. J. Hogan]], tetapi serinya tidak kunjung diangkat untuk disiarkan.<ref name="Taylor 2013">{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=19 Januari 2013|title=Jessica Chastain Reveals How Crystal Castles Inspired Her ''Mama'' Role, Says She Wants to Be a Bond Villain|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-reveals-how-crystal-castles-inspired-her-mama-role-says-she-wants-to-be-a-bond-villain-102284/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230135025/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-reveals-how-crystal-castles-inspired-her-mama-role-says-she-wants-to-be-a-bond-villain-102284/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Miska|first=Brad|date=1 Mei 2018|title=Unaired ''Dark Shadows'' Pilot from 2004 Leaks Online|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3496457/unaired-dark-shadows-pilot-2004-leaks-online/|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109000726/https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3496457/unaired-dark-shadows-pilot-2004-leaks-online/|archive-date=9 November 2020|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Kemudian pada tahun yang sama, ia muncul sebagai penampil tamu dalam seri drama medis ''[[ER (seri televisi)|ER]]'' memerankan seorang wanita yang ia sebut "psikotik", yang membuatnya mendapat lebih banyak bagian tak lazim seperti sebagai korban kecelakaan atau tokoh dengan gangguan mental.<ref name="Adams 2011" /> Ia lanjut membawakan peran-peran serupa dalam beberapa acara televisi lainnya dari tahun 2004 sampai dengan 2007, antara lain ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' (2004),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lyons|first=Margaret|date=21 Maret 2013|title=''Veronica Mars''{{'s}} Now-Famous Guest Stars|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/03/veronica-mars-guest-stars.html|website=Vulture|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005044845/https://www.vulture.com/2013/03/veronica-mars-guest-stars.html|archive-date=5 Oktober 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''[[Close to Home (seri televisi 2005)|Close to Home]]'' (2005),<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 September 2014|title=Jessica Chastain, from Juilliard to Hollywood|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jessica-chastain-2014/|dead-url=no|work=[[CBS News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113120117/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jessica-chastain-2014/|archive-date=13 Januari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''[[Blackbeard (film 2006)|Blackbeard]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fries|first=Laura|date=13 Juni 2006|title=''Blackbeard''|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/blackbeard-1200515539/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008074156/https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/blackbeard-1200515539/|archive-date=8 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]'' (2005–2006).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dawn|first=Randee|date=15 Desember 2011|title=Jessica Chastain Wants to Be an Actress, Not a Celebrity|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-15-la-en-jessica-chastain-20111215-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202120722/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-dec-15-la-en-jessica-chastain-20111215-story.html|archive-date=2 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain - MVff2010.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Potret wanita berambut merah berpaling dari kamera, hanya pundak dan kepalanya yang tampak|Chastain di [[Festival Film Mill Valley]] 2010]]
Pada tahun 2004, Chastain mengambil peran Anya, seorang gadis muda yang sopan, dalam pementasan [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] untuk drama [[Anton Chekhov]], ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' di Massachusetts, tampil bersama [[Michelle Williams (pemeran)|Michelle Williams]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Frank|first=RIzzo|date=16 Agustus 2004|title=''The Cherry Orchard''|url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-cherry-orchard-17-1200531665/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114111147/https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-cherry-orchard-17-1200531665/|archive-date=14 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, ia bekerja sama dengan [[Playwrights Horizons]] dalam sebuah pementasan ''Rodney's Wife'' karya [[Richard Nelson]] sebagai putri dari seorang aktor paruh baya yang kesulitan. Penampilannya tidak begitu disenangi kritikus [[Ben Brantley]] dari ''[[The New York Times]]'', yang merasa Chastain "entah bagaimana terus kehilangan warna selagi malam berlalu".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=2 Desember 2004|title=The Strain of Politeness as Irritation Drives a Plot|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/theater/reviews/the-strain-of-politeness-as-irritation-drives-a-plot.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213163426/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/theater/reviews/the-strain-of-politeness-as-irritation-drives-a-plot.html|archive-date=13 Desember 2022|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Sementara mengerjakan drama tersebut, ia direkomendasikan oleh aktris [[Marthe Keller]] kepada [[Al Pacino]], yang tengah mencari seorang aktris untuk membintangi pementasan tragedi ''[[Salome (permainan panggung)|Salome]]'' karya [[Oscar Wilde]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Feinberg|first=Scott|date=16 Februari 2013|title=On Eve of Oscars, ''Zero Dark Thirty''{{'s}} Jessica Chastain Is Finally Able to Relax (Video)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/eve-oscars-zero-dark-thirtys-420048/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501195656/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/eve-oscars-zero-dark-thirtys-420048/|archive-date=1 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Drama tersebut menceritakan kisah tragis penjelajahan seksual Salome. Di dalamnya, Salome adalah seorang gadis berusia 14 tahun, tetapi Chastain, berumur 29 tahun kala itu, dipilih memerankan sang tokoh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simon|first=Alex|date=16 Februari 2013|title=Jessica Chastain Trips the Light Fantastic as Salome|url=https://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2012/01/best-supporting-actress-nominee-jessica.html|website=The Hollywood Interview|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205015936/https://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2012/01/best-supporting-actress-nominee-jessica.html|archive-date=5 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''Salome'' dipanggungkan pada tahun 2006 di [[Teater Wadsworth]] di Los Angeles,<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 April 2006|title=Pacino Performs Oscar Wilde's ''Salome''|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/la-canada-valley-sun/news/tn-vsl-xpm-2006-04-13-lap-pacino0413-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230015902/https://www.latimes.com/socal/la-canada-valley-sun/news/tn-vsl-xpm-2006-04-13-lap-pacino0413-story.html|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan Chastain kemudian berkomentar bahwa pementasan ini membantunya menarik perhatian beberapa pengarah pemilihan peran.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Emma|date=23 September 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Mulls Breakthrough Role as Salome|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29327057|dead-url=no|work=[[BBC News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416221810/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29327057|archive-date=16 April 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Menulis untuk ''[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]'', kritikus Steven Oxman mengkritik pemeranan Chastain dalam drama tersebut: "[Ia] terlalu gelisah dengan Salome, tidak cukup pasti apakah ia seorang penggoda yang lihai atau bocah cengeng lagi kaya, ia tidak memperjelas kedua pilihan."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Oxman|first=Steven|date=30 April 2006|title=''Salome''|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/markets-festivals/salome-7-1200516630/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142117/https://variety.com/2006/legit/markets-festivals/salome-7-1200516630/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Chastain tampil perdana dalam film pada tahun 2008 sebagai karakter utama drama ''[[Jolene (film)|Jolene]]'' yang disutradarai [[Dan Ireland]], didasarkan dari sebuah cerita pendek karya [[E. L. Doctorow]]. Filmnya mengisahkan darsawarsa kehidupan seorang remaja yang mengalami pelecehan seksual. Penampilan Chastain dipuji oleh ''[[The New York Observer]]'', yang menganggapnya sebagai aspek paling menarik dalam filmnya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reed|first=Rex|date=27 Oktober 2010|title=''Jolene'' Was Worth the Wait: A Two-Year-Old Film Finally Gets the Spotlight|url=https://observer.com/2010/10/ijolenei-was-worth-the-wait-a-twoyearold-film-finally-gets-the-spotlight/|dead-url=no|newspaper=The New York Observer|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022175406/https://observer.com/2010/10/ijolenei-was-worth-the-wait-a-twoyearold-film-finally-gets-the-spotlight/|archive-date=22 Oktober 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia memenangkan penghargaan Aktris Terbaik di [[Festival Film Internasional Seattle]] 2008.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=15 Juni 2008|title=''Em'', ''Fine'' Win Top Awards at Seattle|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/em-fine-win-top-awards-at-seattle-1117987515/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230034639/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/em-fine-win-top-awards-at-seattle-1117987515/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pada tahun 2009, ia mengambil peran kecil dalam ''[[Stolen (film drama 2009)|Stolen]]'', sebuah film cerita seru misteri dengan perilisan teatrikal terbatas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=4 Maret 2010|title=''Stolen'': Dark, Yet Prim and Proper|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/03/04/124201064/stolen-dark-yet-prim-and-proper|dead-url=no|work=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230040409/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124201064|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Juga pada tahun 2009, ia memerankan [[Desdemona]] dalam pementasan [[The Public Theater]] untuk tragedi Shakespeare, ''[[Othello]]'', tampil bersama [[John Ortiz]] sebagai [[Othello (karakter)|Othello]] dan [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] sebagai [[Iago]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=27 September 2009|title=The General in His High-Tech Labyrinth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/theater/reviews/28brantley.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228062500/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/theater/reviews/28brantley.html|archive-date=28 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Menulis dalam ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Hilton Als]] menyanjung Chastain atas menemukan "kedalaman maternal yang indah" dalam perannya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Als|first=Hilton|authorlink=Hilton Als|date=28 September 2009|title=The Black Man Cometh|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/05/the-black-man-cometh|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142120/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/05/the-black-man-cometh|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Pada tahun 2010, Chastain membintangi cerita seru dramatis [[John Madden (sutradara)|John Madden]], ''[[The Debt (film 2010)|The Debt]]'', memerankan seorang agen [[Mossad]] muda yang ditugaskan di [[Berlin Timur]] pada tahun 1960{{Nbh}}an untuk menangkap seorang mantan dokter [[Nazi]] yang melakukan eksperimen medis di [[kamp konsentrasi]]. Ia berbagi perannya bersama [[Helen Mirren]], dengan kedua aktris memainkan sang karakter dari fase berbeda dalam hidupnya. Mereka bekerja sama sebelum syuting untuk menyesuaikan suara dan tingkah laku tokoh mereka, agar karakter mereka konsisten. Chastain mengambil kelas bahasa Jerman dan [[Krav Maga]], serta mempelajari buku-buku tentang sang dokter Nazi [[Josef Mengele]] dan sejarah Mossad.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Garratt|first=Sheryl|date=24 September 2011|title=Hollywood's Hidden Treasure: Jessica Chastain Interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8776020/Hollywoods-hidden-treasure-Jessica-Chastain-interview.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142122/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8776020/Hollywoods-hidden-treasure-Jessica-Chastain-interview.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> William Thomas dari ''[[Empire (majalah film)|Empire]]'' menyebut filmnya sebagai "cerita seru yang pandai, tegang, dan diperankan dengan baik", serta bahwa Chastain "berdebar dengan kekuatan dan kerentanan" dalam perannya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Thomas|first=William|date=30 April 2008|title=''The Debt'' Review|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/debt-review/|magazine=[[Empire (majalah film)|Empire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508190240/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/debt-review/|archive-date=8 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia juga tampil dalam salah satu episode seri televisi Britania ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', didasarkan dari novel 1934 ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' karya [[Agatha Christie]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hicks|first=Chris|date=16 November 2017|title=Chris Hicks: 3 Agatha Christie DVDs Lead TV Shows on Home Video This Week|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/11/16/20623207/chris-hicks-3-agatha-christie-dvds-lead-tv-shows-on-home-video-this-week|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230043516/https://www.deseret.com/2017/11/16/20623207/chris-hicks-3-agatha-christie-dvds-lead-tv-shows-on-home-video-this-week|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
=== 2011–2013: Naik daun ===
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Seorang wanita mengenakan jaket hitam tersenyum ke arah kamera dengan rambut terikat|Chastain menghadiri premier ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'' di [[Festival Film Internasional Berlin]] 2011]]
Setelah berjuang mencapai terobosan dalam film, Chastain tampil dalam enam perilisan pada tahun 2011 dan menerima pengakuan luas.<ref name="Adams 2011" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Prigge|first=Matt|date=10 September 2014|title=Interview: Jessica Chastain Wanted ''Eleanor Rigby'' to Have More of the Female Side|url=https://www.metro.us/interview-jessica-chastain-wanted-eleanor-rigby-to-have-more-of-the-femaleside/|dead-url=no|newspaper=Metro New York|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131017/https://www.metro.us/interview-jessica-chastain-wanted-eleanor-rigby-to-have-more-of-the-femaleside/|archive-date=24 September 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Peran pertamanya dari tahun tersebut ialah sebagai istri karakter [[Michael Shannon]] dalam ''[[Take Shelter]]'' yang disutradarai [[Jeff Nichols]], sebuah drama mengenai seorang ayah yang berupaya melindungi keluarganya dari badai yang ia yakini akan terjadi. Filmnya tayang di [[Festival Film Sundance]] 2011, dan kritikus Tim Robey dari ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' mencatat bagaimana peran pendukung Chastain amat membantu narasi filmnya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|date=24 November 2011|title=''Take Shelter'', Review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8913914/Take-Shelter-review.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142126/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8913914/Take-Shelter-review.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'', alih wahana [[Coriolanus|tragedi Shakespeare]] oleh pemeran sekaligus sutradara [[Ralph Fiennes]], Chastain memerankan [[Virgilia]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|author-link=Manohla Dargis|date=1 Desember 2011|title=He's the Hero of the People, and He Hates It|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/ralph-fiennes-and-vanessa-redgrave-in-coriolanus-review.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221162914/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/ralph-fiennes-and-vanessa-redgrave-in-coriolanus-review.html|archive-date=21 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Peran berikutnya Chastain bawakan bersama [[Brad Pitt]], sebagai ibu yang penuh kasih bagi anak-anaknya dalam drama eksperimental [[Terrence Malick]], ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murray|first=Noel|date=9 Oktober 2011|title=New on DVD: ''The Tree of Life''|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-oct-09-la-ca-new-20111009-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316141547/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-oct-09-la-ca-new-20111009-story.html|archive-date=16 Maret 2021|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> yang ia rekam pada tahun 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|date=15 Desember 2011|title=On Location: ''Tree of Life'' Production Designer Jack Fisk|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/company-town-blog/story/2011-12-15/on-location-tree-of-life-production-designer-jack-fisk|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130235516/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/company-town-blog/story/2011-12-15/on-location-tree-of-life-production-designer-jack-fisk|archive-date=30 Januari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain bergabung bersama proyek filmnya tanpa menerima naskah tradisional dari Malick, dan ia mengimprovisasi beberapa adegan dan dialog bersama Pitt. Ia menganggap perannya sebagai "perwujudan keanggunan dan dunia jiwa"; selama persiapan, ia melaksanakan meditasi, mempelajari lukisan [[Madonna (seni rupa)|Madonna]], dan membaca puisi-puisi [[Thomas Aquinas]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Hunter|date=28 Mei 2011|title=Jessica Chastain Interview ''Tree of Life''|url=https://collider.com/jessica-chastain-interview-tree-of-life/|website=[[Collider (situs web)|Collider]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412134728/https://collider.com/jessica-chastain-interview-tree-of-life/|archive-date=12 April 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Filmnya tayang perdana di [[Festival Film Cannes 2011]] dan membelah tanggapan penonton, meski dipuji oleh para kritikus dan memenangkan [[Palme d'Or]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|date=16 Mei 2011|title=Brad Pitt's ''Tree of Life'' Sets Off Mixed Frenzy of Boos, Applause (Cannes 2011)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brad-pitts-tree-life-sets-188621/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518003525/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brad-pitts-tree-life-sets-188621/|archive-date=18 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Kritikus [[Justin Chang]] menyebut filmnya sebagai sebuah "himne untuk keagungan ciptaan, sebuah puisi yang{{Nbsp}}... eksploratif, dan kerap kali samar" dan menyanjung Chastain karena memainkan perannya dengan "kerentanan yang menyayat hati".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Chang|first=Justin|authorlink=Justin Chang|date=16 Mei 2011|title=''The Tree of Life''|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/the-tree-of-life-1117945242/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227101028/https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/the-tree-of-life-1117945242/|archive-date=27 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Kesuksesan terbesar bagi Chastain pada tahun 2011 datang dengan drama ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'', yang ia bintangi bersama [[Viola Davis]], [[Octavia Spencer]], dan [[Emma Stone]]. Filmnya didasarkan dari novel karya [[Kathryn Stockett]] dengan [[The Help|judul yang sama]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Biancolli|first=Amy|date=10 Agustus 2011|title=''The Help'' Review: A Heaping Helping of Bigotry|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/The-Help-review-A-heaping-helping-of-bigotry-2335343.php|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404211216/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/The-Help-review-A-heaping-helping-of-bigotry-2335343.php|archive-date=4 April 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain memerankan Celia Foote, seorang sosialita beraspirasi dari [[Jackson, Mississippi]] tahun 1960{{Nbh}}an, yang menjalin persahabatan bersama pesuruhnya yang berkulit hitam (diperankan oleh Spencer). Chastain tertarik dengan pendirian Foote yang antirasis, dan terhubung dengan energi serta antusiasme sang karakter; dalam persiapan, ia menonton film-film [[Marilyn Monroe]] dan meneliti sejarah [[Tunica, Mississippi]], tempat sang tokoh dibesarkan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Balfour|first=Brad|date=27 Februari 2012|title=Actress Jessica Chastain Has ''The Help'' to Get Her Award Noms|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/actress-jessica-chastain_b_1299047|work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/actress-jessica-chastain_b_1299047|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''The Help'' meraup $213{{Nbsp}}juta di ''box office'' dan menjadi film Chastain yang paling lukratif kala itu.<ref name="The Numbers n.d.">{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chastain: Box Office|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/27080401-Jessica-Chastain#tab=acting|website=[[The Numbers (situs web)|The Numbers]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208012212/https://www.the-numbers.com/person/27080401-Jessica-Chastain#tab=acting|archive-date=8 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] dari ''[[The New York Times]]'' memuji keserasian antara Chastain dan Spencer,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|author-link=Manohla Dargis|date=9 Agustus 2011|title='The Maids' Now Have Their Say|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224043905/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html|archive-date=24 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan [[Roger Ebert]] mengelukan penampilannya yang "tulus dan menular".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=9 Agustus 2011|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|title=''The Help'' Keep Right on Helping|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110163623/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-help-2011|archive-date=10 November 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ensambel ''The Help'' memenangkan [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Penghargaan Serikat Pemeran Layar]] untuk Kelompok Pemeran Luar Biasa,<ref name="THR 2012">{{Cite magazine|date=29 Januari 2012|title=SAG Awards 2012: The Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-awards-2012-winners-nominees-285560/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218031552/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-awards-2012-winners-nominees-285560/|archive-date=18 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan Chastain menerima nominasi [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik|Penghargaan Academy]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Young|first=John|date=26 Februari 2012|title=Oscar Winners List 2012|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/02/26/2012-oscar-winners/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127083112/https://ew.com/article/2012/02/26/2012-oscar-winners/|archive-date=27 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Aktris Pendukung Terbaik (BAFTA Award)|BAFTA]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 Februari 2012|title=BAFTA Film Awards 2012: Winners|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16590913|dead-url=no|work=[[BBC News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111081849/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16590913|archive-date=11 Januari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Aktris Pendukung Terbaik (Golden Globe)|Golden Globe]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 Januari 2012|title=Golden Globes 2012: A List of the Winners|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/golden-globes-2012-list-winners/story?id=15368897|dead-url=no|work=[[ABC News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923201314/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/golden-globes-2012-list-winners/story?id=15368897|archive-date=23 September 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan [[Penampilan Terbaik oleh seorang Pemeran Perempuan dalam sebuah Peran Pendukung (Screen Actors Guild Award)|SAG]] untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik,<ref name="THR 2012" /> tetapi kalah dari Spencer dalam setiap upacara.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pond|first=Steve|date=27 Februari 2012|title=Oscar 2012: Octavia Spencer Wins Best Supporting Actress for ''The Help''|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS377977888720120227/|dead-url=no|language=en|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/2023.12.30-125108/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS377977888720120227/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=27 Februari 2012|title=Oscars 2012: Octavia Spencer Wins Best Supporting Actress|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/27/octavia-spencer-best-supporting-actress-oscar|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/27/octavia-spencer-best-supporting-actress-oscar|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Dua peran terakhir Chastain dari tahun 2011 ia bawakan dalam ''[[Wilde Salomé]]'', sebuah film dokumenter berdasarkan pementasan ''Salome'' tahun 2006,<ref>{{Cite news|last=McCahill|first=Mike|date=18 September 2014|title=''Salomé'' Review: Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain Explore Wilde sex|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/18/salome-review-al-pacino-jessica-chastain|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110123108/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/18/salome-review-al-pacino-jessica-chastain|archive-date=10 November 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan ''[[Texas Killing Fields]]'' yang banyak dikecam para kritikus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Texas Killing Fields''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/texas_killing_fields|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114115014/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/texas_killing_fields|archive-date=14 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Peran-peran filmnya pada tahun itu, terutama ''The Help'', ''The Tree of Life'', dan ''Take Shelter'', mengantarkan Chastain memenangkan beberapa penghargaan organisasi kritikus.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=29 November 2011|title=''The Artist'' Wins NYFCC 2011 Best Picture Award|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/artist-new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-267053/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927112011/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/artist-new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-267053/|archive-date=27 September 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=King|first=Susan|date=7 Januari 2012|title=National Society of Film Critics: ''Melancholia'' Best of 2011|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/24-frames/story/2012-01-07/national-society-of-film-critics-melancholia-best-of-2011|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230131302/https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/24-frames/story/2012-01-07/national-society-of-film-critics-melancholia-best-of-2011|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|date=11 Desember 2011|title=''The Descendants'', Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain Win L.A. Film Critics Awards|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/12/11/los-angeles-film-critics-association-2011-awards/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530073118/https://ew.com/article/2011/12/11/los-angeles-film-critics-association-2011-awards/|archive-date=30 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dua film yang Chastain perankan pada tahun 2012 tayang perdana di [[Festival Film Cannes 2012|Festival Film Cannes ke-65]]{{Snd}} komedi animasi ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' dan drama kejahatan ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yuan|first=Jada|date=19 Mei 2012|title=Cannes: Jessica Chastain Still Hasn't Taken That Vacation|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/05/jessica-chastain-still-hasnt-taken-a-vacation.html|website=Vulture|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142127/https://www.vulture.com/2012/05/jessica-chastain-still-hasnt-taken-a-vacation.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam ''Madagascar 3'', salah satu film dari seri dengan [[Madagascar (seri)|judul yang sama]], ia mengisi suara Gia si Jaguar dengan aksen Italia.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=18 Mei 2012|title=''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'': Cannes Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-cannes-326596/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-cannes-326596/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dengan pendapatan global mencapai $749{{Nbsp}}juta, film tersebut merupakan perilisan terlaris Chastain.<ref name="The Numbers n.d." /> Dalam ''Lawless'', yang didasarkan dari novel era [[Pelarangan di Amerika Serikat|Pelarangan]] karya [[Matt Bondurant]] yang berjudul ''[[The Wettest County in the World]]'', ia memerankan seorang penari yang terlibat dalam penyelundupan miras oleh tiga bersaudara yang dimainkan oleh [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Tom Hardy]], dan [[Jason Clarke]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Felperin|first=Leslie|date=19 Mei 2012|title=''Lawless''|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/lawless-1117947579/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112034434/https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/lawless-1117947579/|archive-date=12 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Filmnya menerima ulasan positif,<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Lawless'' (2012)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lawless_2012|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219122342/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lawless_2012|archive-date=19 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dengan [[Richard Corliss]] mendapati penampilan Chastain dipenuhi dengan "daya tarik yang tenang nan menggoda".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Corliss|date=19 Mei 2012|title=''Lawless'': A Crime Drama That's Remorseless – and Often Lifeless|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/19/lawless-a-crime-drama-thats-remorseless-and-often-lifeless/|magazine=[[Time]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/19/lawless-a-crime-drama-thats-remorseless-and-often-lifeless/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam film biografi ''[[The Color of Time]]'' (2012) tentang pengarang [[C. K. Williams]], yang disutradarai oleh mahasiswa [[Universitas New York]] didikan aktor [[James Franco]], Chastain memerankan ibu Williams kecil.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rapold|first=Nicolas|date=11 Desember 2014|title=12 at the Easel, Painting a Poet’s Life|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/movies/the-color-of-time-with-james-franco-as-c-k-williams.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/movies/the-color-of-time-with-james-franco-as-c-k-williams.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain Cannes 2, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Seorang wanita berambut merah mengenakan pakaian hitam selagi melirik ke arah kanan gambar dan tersenyum|Chastain di [[Festival Film Cannes 2012]] menghadiri premier dua film yang ia bintangi{{Snd}} ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' dan ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]'']]
Peran singkat yang Chastain rekam untuk ''[[To The Wonder]]'' (2012) karya Terrence Malick dihapus saat penyuntingan untuk versi akhir filmnya,<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Neal|first=Sean|date=29 Agustus 2012|title=Terrence Malick Cuts Rachel Weisz and a Whole Bunch of Other People from His Next Movie|url=https://www.avclub.com/terrence-malick-cuts-rachel-weisz-and-a-whole-bunch-of-1798233118|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726144027/https://www.avclub.com/terrence-malick-cuts-rachel-weisz-and-a-whole-bunch-of-1798233118|archive-date=26 Juli 2021|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan akibat permasalahan jadwal, ia meninggalkan proyek film laga ''[[Oblivion (film 2013)|Oblivion]]'' dan ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' (keduanya 2013).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=19 Januari 2012|title=Olga Kurylenko In, Jessica Chastain Out for Tom Cruise's ''Oblivion''/''Horizons''; Andrea Riseborough Also Joins|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/olga-kurylenko-in-jessica-chastain-out-for-tom-cruises-oblivionhorizons-andrea-riseborough-also-joins-113827/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230140341/https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/olga-kurylenko-in-jessica-chastain-out-for-tom-cruises-oblivionhorizons-andrea-riseborough-also-joins-113827/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Zakarin|first=Jordan|date=7 Mei 2012|title=Jessica Chastain Passes on ''Iron Man 3'' Role|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-chastain-passes-iron-man-3-marvel-320968/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328062639/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-chastain-passes-iron-man-3-marvel-320968/|archive-date=28 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain kemudian membawakan debutnya di [[Teater Broadway|Broadway]] dalam revival drama 1947 ''[[The Heiress (permainan panggung 1947)|The Heiress]]'', memainkan peran sebagai Catherine Sloper si gadis muda naif yang berubah menjadi seorang wanita yang berkuasa. Ia sebetulnya enggan mengambil peran tersebut, takut akan kegelisahan yang ia alami selama penampilan panggung pada awal kariernya. Chastain akhirnya setuju selepas menemukan keterhubungan dengan Sloper, menjelaskan: "Ia amat sangat tak nyaman dan dahulu saya merasa demikian."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Diehl|first=Jessica|last2=Peretz|first2=Evgenia|date=23 Agustus 2012|title=Angel on Horseback|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/09/jessica-chastain-on-hollywood|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228062505/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/09/jessica-chastain-on-hollywood|archive-date=28 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pementasannya dipanggungkan di [[Teater Walter Kerr]] dari November 2012 sampai Februari 2013.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=''The Heiress'' (Broadway, Walter Kerr Theater, 2012)|url=https://playbill.com/production/the-heiress-walter-kerr-theatre-vault-0000013956|magazine=Playbill|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202115750/https://playbill.com/production/the-heiress-walter-kerr-theatre-vault-0000013956|archive-date=2 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ben Brantley dari ''The New York Times'' kembali kecewa dengan penampilan Chastain, menulis bahwa ia "mengisyaratkan pikiran batin secara berlebihan" dan bahwa caranya membawakan dialog terkadang datar.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=1 November 2012|title=Interior Designs Conceal a House's Dark Corners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/theater/reviews/the-heiress-with-jessica-chastain-at-walter-kerr-theater.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110122441/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/theater/reviews/the-heiress-with-jessica-chastain-at-walter-kerr-theater.html|archive-date=10 November 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''The Heiress'' kemudian timbul sebagai ''[[sleeper hit]]'' di ''box office''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Geier|first=Thom|date=4 Februari 2013|title=Broadway Box Office: Jessica Chastain Lights Up Profits for ''Heiress''|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/02/04/broadway-box-office-jessica-chastain/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225043400/https://ew.com/article/2013/02/04/broadway-box-office-jessica-chastain/|archive-date=25 Februari 2021|dead-url=yes|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Cerita seru [[Kathryn Bigelow]], ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'', merupakan perilisam film terakhir Chastain pada tahun 2012. Filmnya sebagian berisi kisah fiktif tentang pencarian [[Usamah bin Ladin]] sang pemimpin [[Al-Qaeda]] setelah [[serangan 11 September 2001]]. Chastain memerankan Maya Harris, seroang analis intelijen [[CIA]] yang membantu membunuh bin Ladin. Sang aktris tidak dapat menemui analis intelijen yang menjadi basis karakternya, sehingga ia bergantung pada penelitian yang dilaksanakan oleh penulis naskah [[Mark Boal]]. Pokok bahasan filmnya yang sulit membuat keadaan perekaman yang tidak mengenakan bagi Chastain; ia mengalami depresi selama produksi, dan pernah menangis meninggalkan set karena tidak mampu melanjutkan syuting.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walden|first=Celia|date=25 Januari 2013|title=Jessica Chastain Interview for ''Zero Dark Thirty''|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9808463/Jessica-Chastain-interview-for-Zero-Dark-Thirty.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9808463/Jessica-Chastain-interview-for-Zero-Dark-Thirty.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''Zero Dark Thirty'' memperoleh pujian kritis,<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Zero Dark Thrity''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zero_dark_thirty|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119030533/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zero_dark_thirty|archive-date=19 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> meskipun menuai kontroversi atas adegan [[penyiksaan]] yang ditunjukkan berguna dalam pencarian bin Ladin.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greenwald|first=Glenn|author-link=Glenn Greenwald|date=14 Desember 2012|title=''Zero Dark Thirty'': CIA Hagiography, Pernicious Propaganda|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/zero-dark-thirty-cia-propaganda|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201105335/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/zero-dark-thirty-cia-propaganda|archive-date=1 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Roger Ebert mencatat keserbagunaan Chastain, dan menyamakan keterampilan dan jangkauan penampilannya dengan [[Meryl Streep]].<ref name="Ebert 2013">{{Cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=2 Januari 2013|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|title=The CIA Agent Who Knew She Was Right|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zero-dark-thirty-2013|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024125139/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zero-dark-thirty-2013|archive-date=24 Oktober 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] dari ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' menulis, "Chastain luar biasa. Ia memerankan Maya layaknya sebuah badai besar dalam penampilan membekas yang menyayat sampai-sampai kita bisa merasakan ujung sarafnya."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Travers|date=18 Desember 2012|title=''Zero Dark Thirty''|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/zero-dark-thirty-126757/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142122/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/zero-dark-thirty-126757/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia memenangkan [[Aktris Terbaik (Golden Globe) - Drama|Penghargaan Golden Globe untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Film Drama]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=13 Januari 2013|title=List of Golden Globes Winners|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/list-of-golden-globes-winners-1118064593/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804152656/https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/list-of-golden-globes-winners-1118064593/|archive-date=4 Agustus 2021|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan menerima nominasi [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik|Penghargaan Academy]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 Februari 2013|title=Oscars Winners and Nominees 2013: Complete List|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218093427/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list-story.html|archive-date=18 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Aktris Terbaik (BAFTA Award)|BAFTA]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=O'Hara|first=Helen|date=11 Februari 2013|title=BAFTAs 2013: ''Argo'' Wins Big|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/baftas-2013-argo-wins-big/|magazine=[[Empire (majalah film)|Empire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230154125/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/baftas-2013-argo-wins-big/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan [[Aktris Terbaik (Screen Actors Guild Award)|SAG]] untuk Aktris Terbaik.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=27 Januari 2013|title=SAG Awards 2013: Complete List of Winners|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-awards-2013-complete-list-415699/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116183947/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-awards-2013-complete-list-415699/|archive-date=16 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Chastain mengambil peran utama sebagai seorang pemusik yang terpaksa mengasuh keponakan pacarnya dalam film horor ''[[Mama (film 2013)|Mama]]'' (2013) yang disutradarai oleh [[Andy Muschietti]]. Ia tertarik dengan gagasan memerankan seorang wanita yang berbeda jauh dari peran "ibu sempurna" yang ia mainkan dahulu, dan mendasarkan penampilan sang karakter dari penyanyi [[Alice Glass]].<ref name="Taylor 2013" /> Kritikus [[Richard Roeper]] menganggap penampilannya dalam film tersebut sebagai bukti dirinya adalah salah satu pemeran terbaik dari generasinya.<ref name="Roeper 2013">{{Cite news|last=Roeper|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Roeper|date=16 Januari 2013|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|title=Mother of Nightmares|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mama-2013|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208185828/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mama-2013|archive-date=8 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pada akhir pekan perdana film tersebut, Chastain menjadi pemeran pertama sejak lima belas tahun silam yang membintangi dua film teratas (''Mama'' dan ''Zero Dark Thirty'') di ''box office'' Amerika Utara.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Corliss|date=21 Januari 2013|title=The Chastain Perfecta: ''Mama'' and ''Zero'' Score While Arnold Stands Down|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/21/the-chastain-perfecta-mama-and-zero-score-as-arnold-stands-down/|magazine=[[Time]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324215026/https://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/21/the-chastain-perfecta-mama-and-zero-score-as-arnold-stands-down/|archive-date=24 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia kemudian tampil sebagai karakter utama selaku seorang wanita penderita depresi yang meninggalkan suaminya (diperankan oleh [[James McAvoy]]) selepas sebuah kecelakaan tragis dalam drama ''[[The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby]]'' (2013),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|date=16 Oktober 2014|title=Movie Review: ''The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby''|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20141016-review-chastains-emotional-epic|dead-url=no|work=[[BBC]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230160625/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20141016-review-chastains-emotional-epic|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> yang turut dirpoduksi olehnya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming Jr|first=Mike|date=7 Mei 2014|title=Cannes: How New Version of Toronto Pic ''Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby'' Found Its Way to Croisette in Un Certain Regard|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-how-new-version-of-toronto-pic-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-founds-its-way-to-croisette-in-un-certain-regard-725576/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213162008/https://deadline.com/2014/05/cannes-how-new-version-of-toronto-pic-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-founds-its-way-to-croisette-in-un-certain-regard-725576/|archive-date=13 Desember 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Sang penulis sekaligus sutradara [[Ned Benson]] awalnya menulis cerita film tersebut dari sudut pandang suami Rigby, lalu menulis sebuah versi terpisah dari perspektif Rigby atas kemauan Chastain.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Nigel M.|date=14 September 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Explains How She Helped Shape TIFF Wonder ''The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby'' with Director Ned Benson|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-explains-how-she-helped-shape-tiff-wonder-the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-with-director-ned-benson-35000/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506155949/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-explains-how-she-helped-shape-tiff-wonder-the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-with-director-ned-benson-35000/|archive-date=6 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Tiga versi dari filmnya{{Snd}} ''Him'', ''Her'', dan ''Them''{{Snd}} pun dirilis.<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Heir|first=Andrew|date=10 September 2014|title=''The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby'': A Mesmerizing Marriage Drama – in Three Different Versions|url=https://www.salon.com/2014/09/10/the_disappearance_of_eleanor_rigby_a_mesmerizing_marriage_drama_in_three_different_versions/|website=[[Salon (situs web)|Salon]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116115429/https://www.salon.com/2014/09/10/the_disappearance_of_eleanor_rigby_a_mesmerizing_marriage_drama_in_three_different_versions/|archive-date=16 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby'' gagal mencapai audiens luas,<ref name="The Numbers n.d." /> tetapi kritikus [[A. O. Scott]] memuji Chastain atas "menghindari distingsi konvensional antara tangguh dan rentan, memampangkan kontrol yang luar biasa bahkan ketika tokohnya kehilangan kendali, dan menjaga keseimbangannya bahkan saat filmnya jatuh dan berguling menuju melodrama".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|author-link=A. O. Scott|date=11 September 2014|title=When Sorrow Is Deeper Than Love|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/movies/the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-by-ned-benson.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/movies/the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby-by-ned-benson.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref>
=== 2014–2020: Perluasan dan naik turun karier ===
[[Berkas:Miss Julie 19 (15290380116).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Chastain menghadiri premier ''[[Miss Julie (film 2014)|Miss Julie]]'' di [[Festival Film Internasional Toronto 2014]]|alt=Seorang wanita mengenakan gaun putih dengan potongan hitam dari dada ke atas, rambutnya terikat dan ia tersenyum]]
Chastain tampil dalam tiga film pada tahun 2014. Ia memerankan karakter utama dalam ''[[Miss Julie (film 2014)|Miss Julie]]'', sebuah alih wahana film dari drama 1888 dengan [[Miss Julie|judul yang sama]] karya [[August Strindberg]], yang disutradarai oleh [[Liv Ullmann]]. Film tersebut mengisahkan cerita tragis seorang aristrokat Inggris-Irlandia yang terkekang secara seksual dan ingin bersetubuh dengan pelayan ayahnya (diperankan oleh [[Colin Farrell]]).<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rooney|first=David|date=7 September 2014|title=''Miss Julie'': Toronto Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/miss-julie-toronto-review-730936/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142123/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/miss-julie-toronto-review-730936/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain tertarik dengan versi feminis Ullmann terhadap kisahnya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ahearn|first=Victoria|date=12 Maret 2015|title=Jessica Chastain Talks Emotionally Draining ''Miss Julie''|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-emotionally-draining-miss-julie-1.2276313|dead-url=no|work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022175408/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-emotionally-draining-miss-julie-1.2276313|archive-date=22 Oktober 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Filmnya hanya menerima perilisan teatrikal terbatas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lattanzio|first=Ryan|date=17 November 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Deserves Awards Attention for the Unforgettable ''Miss Julie''|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/jessica-chastain-deserves-awards-attention-for-the-unforgettable-miss-julie-190137/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230164444/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/jessica-chastain-deserves-awards-attention-for-the-unforgettable-miss-julie-190137/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Selama merekam ''Miss Julie'' di Irlandia Utara, Chastain menerima naskah untuk film fiksi ilmiah [[Christopher Nolan]], ''[[Interstellar]]'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=22 Oktober 2014|title=Flight Club|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/mcconaughey-hathaway-and-chastain-on-interstellar.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002150308/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/mcconaughey-hathaway-and-chastain-on-interstellar.html|archive-date=2 Oktober 2023|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dengan anggaran $165{{Nbsp}}juta,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Galloway|first=Stephen2|date=22 Oktober 2014|title=''Interstellar''{{'s}} Christopher Nolan, Stars Gather to Reveal Secrets of the Year's Most Mysterious Film|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/interstellars-christopher-nolan-stars-gather-742727/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807115400/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/interstellars-christopher-nolan-stars-gather-742727/|archive-date=7 Agustus 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> produksi yang banyak menyita publisitas dan dibintangi bersama [[Matthew McConaughey]] dan [[Anne Hathaway]] ini sebagian besar direkam menggunakan kamera [[IMAX]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming Jr|first=Mike|date=13 Agustus 2013|title=Christopher Nolan Starts ''Interstellar''|url=https://deadline.com/2013/08/christopher-nolan-starts-interstellar-563027/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002135847/https://deadline.com/2013/08/christopher-nolan-starts-interstellar-563027/|archive-date=2 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=30 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain memainkan peran sebagai putri dewasa McConaughey; ia tertarik dengan proyeknya karena pengaruh emosional yang ia dapati dalam pasangan ayah dan putri tersebut.<ref name="Mulkerrins 2014" /> Drew McWeeny dari ''[[Uproxx|HitFix]]'' mencatat bagaimana Chastain menonjol sebagai pemeran pendukung.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McWeeny|first=Drew|date=27 Oktober 2014|title=Review: McConaughey Gives Heart to Nolan's Ambitious and Amazing ''Interstellar''|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-mcconaughey-gives-heart-to-nolans-ambitious-and-amazing-interstellar/|website=[[Uproxx|HitFix]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142129/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-mcconaughey-gives-heart-to-nolans-ambitious-and-amazing-interstellar/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dengan perolehan pendapatan lebih dari $647{{Nbsp}}juta, ''Interstellar'' adalah salah satu film peran hidup Chastain yang terlaris.<ref name="The Numbers n.d." />
Dalam perilisan terakhirnya pada tahun 2014, Chastain membintangi drama kejahatan ''[[A Most Violent Year]]'' karya sutradara [[J. C. Chandor]]. Berlatar di Kota New York pada tahun 1981, ketika kota tersebut mencapai tingkat kejahatan tertinggi, filmnya mengisahkan cerita pemilik perusahaan minyak pemanas (diperankan oleh [[Oscar Isaac]]) dan istrinya yang bengis (Chastain).<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 Januari 2015|title=''A Most Violent Year'' Explores Ethics, Ambition and Love in 1981 New York|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/a-most-violent-year-explores-ethics-ambition-and-love-in-1981-new-york-1.116728|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|language=en|agency=[[Agence France Presse]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230171243/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/a-most-violent-year-explores-ethics-ambition-and-love-in-1981-new-york-1.116728|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Selama persiapan, ia meneliti periode tersebut dan bekerja dengan seorang guru dialek untuk melatih aksen Brooklyn. Ia berkolaborasi bersama perancang kostum filmnya untuk mengerjakan pakaian sang karakter, dan menghubungi [[Armani]] yang menyediakan pakaian dari masa ketika filmnya berlangsung.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arbeiter|first=Michael|date=11 Desember 2014|title=Interview: Jessica Chastain Talks ''A Most Violent Year'', Avoiding Brooklyn Cliches & an Unlikely Political Inspiration|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/interview-jessica-chastain-talks-a-most-violent-year-avoiding-brooklyn-cliches-an-unlikely-political-inspiration-269282/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230171838/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/interview-jessica-chastain-talks-a-most-violent-year-avoiding-brooklyn-cliches-an-unlikely-political-inspiration-269282/|archive-date=30 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Mark Kermode]] dari ''[[The Observer]]'' mendapati Chastain "hebat" memainkan peran yang terinspirasi oleh karakter [[Lady Macbeth]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kermode|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Kermode|date=25 Januari 2015|title=''A Most Violent Year'' Review: 1980s New York Comes to Life in All Its Murky Brilliance|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/25/a-most-violent-year-review-jessica-chastain|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229045715/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/25/a-most-violent-year-review-jessica-chastain|archive-date=29 Desember 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan [[Mick LaSalle]] dari ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' menggambarkan pemeranan Chastain sebagai "perwujudan wanita ''[[Orang kaya baru|nouveau riche]]'' New York pada zamannya".<ref>{{Cite news|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|date=15 Januari 2015|title=''A Most Violent Year'' Review: Scary City, Satisfying Film|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Most-Violent-Year-review-most-satisfying-6016045.php|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142130/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Most-Violent-Year-review-most-satisfying-6016045.php|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Atas perannya dalam ''A Most Violent Year'', Chastain menerima nominasi Penghargaan Golden Globe untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 Januari 2015|title=Golden Globe Awards 2015: Complete List of Nominees and Winners|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208202329/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-golden-globes-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html|archive-date=8 Desember 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia dianugerahi penghargaan prestasi istimewa oleh [[Broadcast Film Critics Association|Asosiasi Kritikus Penyiaran Film]] atas karyanya selama tahun 2014.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Feinberg|first=Scott|date=12 Desember 2014|title=Critics' Choice Awards: Jessica Chastain Named 2014's MVP of Film|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/critics-choice-awards-jessica-chastain-757228/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142125/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/critics-choice-awards-jessica-chastain-757228/|archive-date=18 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Pada tahun 2015, Chastain mengambil peran sebagai komandan antariksawati dalam film fiksi ilmiah [[Ridley Scott]], ''[[The Martian]]''. Turut dibintangi oleh [[Matt Damon]] sebagai seorang botaniwan yang tertinggal di Mars, filmnya didasarkan dari novel karya [[Andy Weir]] dengan [[Si Penghuni Mars|judul yang sama]]. Chastain bertemu dengan para antariksawan di [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|Laboratorium Propulsi Jet]] dan [[Pusat Antariksa Lyndon B. Johnson|Pusat Antariksa Johnson]], serta mencontoh [[Tracy Caldwell Dyson]] untuk perannya. Chastain sempat menghabiskan waktu bersama Dyson di [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name="Rottenberg 2015">{{Cite news|last=Rottenberg|first=John|date=3 September 2015|title=Fall Movie Guide: Heady Days for Jessica Chastain as ''The Martian'' and ''Crimson Peak'' Loom|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-jessica-chastain-20150906-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-jessica-chastain-20150906-story.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''The Martian'' menjadi film kedua Chastain untuk meraup lebih dari $600{{Nbsp}}juta dalam dua tahun berturut-turut.<ref name="The Numbers n.d." /> Chastain selanjutnya tampil sebagai wanita yang berencana bersama saudaranya (diperankan oleh [[Tom Hiddleston]]) untuk meneror pengantinnya ([[Mia Wasikowska]]) dalam [[Fiksi Gotik|romansa gotik]] karya [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[Crimson Peak]]''. Ia mengambil pendekatan empatik terhadap perannya selaku bandit, dan ia membaca [[puisi permakaman]] serta menonton film ''[[Rebecca (film 1940)|Rebecca]]'' (1940) dan ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962) selama persiapan. Del Toro memilih Chastain sebagai pemeran agar memberikan aksesibilitas kepada peran yang ia anggap "[[psikopati]]k",<ref name="Rottenberg 2015" /> tetapi Peter Debruge dari ''Variety'' mendapati Chastain "amat tidak cocok" untuk perannya, dan mengkritik sang aktris karena gagal menyampaikan kegelisahan dan kekejaman karakternya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=13 Oktober 2015|title=Film Review: ''Crimson Peak''|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/crimson-peak-film-review-1201613988/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606231820/https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/crimson-peak-film-review-1201613988/|archive-date=6 Juni 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Di sisi lain, David Sims dari ''[[The Atlantic]]'' memujinya karena melukiskan "intensitas kecemburuan [karakternya] dengan sungguh-sungguh".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Sims|first=David|date=16 Oktober 2015|title=''Crimson Peak'': A Gothic Romance to Die For|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/crimson-peak-aims-for-the-jugular/410887/|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121035050/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/crimson-peak-aims-for-the-jugular/410887/|archive-date=21 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Setelah memainkan serangkaian peran yang intens, Chastain giat mencari bagian yang lebih ringan. Ia menemukan peranan tersebut dalam film fantasi ensambel ''[[The Huntsman: Winter's War]]'' (2016), yang merupakan sekuel sekaligus prekuel film tahun 2012 ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]''. Ia tertarik dengan gagasan memerankan seorang pejuang wanita yang berkemampuan sepadan dengan peran utama pria,<ref name="Wolfe 2016" /> tetapi filmnya gagal baik di kalangan kritikus maupun audiens.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''The Huntsman: Winter's War''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_huntsman_winters_war|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106224043/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_huntsman_winters_war|archive-date=6 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|date=24 April 2016|title=Box Office: ''Huntsman'' Flops with $20M; ''Jungle Book'' Roars to $61M|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-huntsman-flops-20m-887201/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142128/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-huntsman-flops-20m-887201/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Berikutnya Chastain tampil sebagai tokoh utama, seorang pelobi, dalam cerita seru politik ''[[Miss Sloane]]'', yang kembali mempertemukannya dengan John Madden.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|date=12 September 2015|title=Jessica Chastain Gun-Control Thriller ''Miss Sloane'' Sells to EuropaCorp in Toronto|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/|website=TheWrap|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322233233/https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-gun-control-thriller-miss-sloane-sells-to-europacorp-in-toronto/|archive-date=22 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia membaca novel ''[[Capitol Punishment (buku)|Capitol Punishment]]'' karya mantan pelobi [[Jack Abramoff]] guna meneliti praktik pelobian di Amerika, dan bertemu dengan pelobi wanita guna mempelajari perangai dan gaya mereka.<ref name="Wolfe 2016" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|date=24 November 2016|title=Jessica Chastain Made a Depressing Discovery While Researching New Film ''Miss Sloane''|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/jessica-chastain-made-a-depressing-discovery-while-researching-new-film-miss-sloane/5111414.article|magazine=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://www.screendaily.com/features/jessica-chastain-made-a-depressing-discovery-while-researching-new-film-miss-sloane/5111414.article|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref> Menyerukan Chastain sebagai "salah satu aktris terbaik di dunia", Peter Travers menyanjungnya karena berhasil menarik penonton menuju kehidupan Sloane,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Travers|date=23 November 2016|title=''Miss Sloane'' Review: Jessica Chastain Goes Cutthroat in Political Thriller|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/miss-sloane-review-jessica-chastain-goes-cutthroat-in-political-thriller-111901/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816073133/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/miss-sloane-review-jessica-chastain-goes-cutthroat-in-political-thriller-111901/|archive-date=16 Agustus 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan Justin Chang menyebut penampilannya sebagai sebuah "''tour de force'' ketepatan retorik dan intensitas emosional yang bergelung dengan ketat".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chang|first=Justin|author-link=Justin Chang|date=24 November 2016|title=Review: Jessica Chastain Galvanizes in the Timely Political Melodrama ''Miss Sloane''|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-miss-sloane-review-20161119-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030622/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-miss-sloane-review-20161119-story.html|archive-date=26 Maret 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia menerima nominasi Golden Globe untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Film Drama.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=8 Januari 2017|title=Golden Globes 2017: See All the Winners|url=https://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/|magazine=[[Time]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219214112/https://time.com/4622027/golden-globes-2017-winners/|archive-date=19 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Juga pada tahun 2016, Chastain meluncurkan perusahaan produksi [[Freckle Films]], yang dikepalai oleh suatu tim eksekutif wanita.<ref name="Wolfe 2016" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaafar|first=Ali|date=18 Februari 2016|title=Jessica Chastain to Star in ''Molly’s Game''; Launches New Production Company, Inks First Look Deal With Maven Pictures|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/jessica-chastain-maven-pictures-freckle-films-trudie-style-celine-rattray-magicians-lie-life-and-other-near-death-experiences-1201704921/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013154245/https://deadline.com/2016/02/jessica-chastain-maven-pictures-freckle-films-trudie-style-celine-rattray-magicians-lie-life-and-other-near-death-experiences-1201704921/|archive-date=13 Oktober 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain Cannes 2016 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Chastain di [[Festival Film Cannes 2016]]|alt=Seorang wanita berambut merah mengenakan gaun kuning tersenyum ke arah kamera]]
Chastain memulai tahun 2017 dengan berperan sebagai produser dan narator untuk ''[[I Am Jane Doe]]'', sebuah film dokumenter tentang [[perdagangan seks]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=9 Februari 2017|title=''I Am Jane Doe'': A Disturbing Look at Internet-Enabled Exploitation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/i-am-jane-doe-a-disturbing-look-at-internet-enabled-exploitation/2017/02/09/119f1a9a-ec89-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114071951/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/i-am-jane-doe-a-disturbing-look-at-internet-enabled-exploitation/2017/02/09/119f1a9a-ec89-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html|archive-date=14 Januari 2021|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam upaya bekerja sama dengan lebih banyak pembuat film wanita, Chastain membintangi dua proyek karya sutradara perempuan{{Snd}} ''[[The Zookeeper's Wife (film)|The Zookeeper's Wife]]'' oleh [[Niki Caro]] dan ''[[Woman Walks Ahead]]'' oleh [[Susanna White]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Adams|first=Thelma|date=3 November 2016|title=Jessica Chastain on Her Career Turning Points and Commitment to Female Filmmakers|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/jessica-chastain-imprint-ceremony-1201907580/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/jessica-chastain-imprint-ceremony-1201907580/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dalam ''The Zookeeper's Wife'', sebuah alih wahana buku nonfiksi karya [[Diane Ackerman]] dengan [[The Zookeeper's Wife|judul yang sama]], ia tampil bersama [[Johan Heldenbergh]] sebagai pasangan penjaga kebun binatang Polandia [[Jan dan Antonina Żabiński]] yang menyelamatkan banyak orang dan hewan selama [[Perang Dunia II]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Truitt|first=Brian|date=14 November 2016|title=Sneak Peek: Jessica Chastain Has Animal Magnetism as ''Zookeeper's Wife''|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/11/14/sneak-peek-the-zookeepers-wife-exclusive-first-look-new-photos/93763778/|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018170501/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/11/14/sneak-peek-the-zookeepers-wife-exclusive-first-look-new-photos/93763778/|archive-date=18 Oktober 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Filmnya menerima tanggapan rata-rata,<ref>{{Cite web|title=''The Zookeeper's Wife''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_zookeepers_wife_2017|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310070834/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_zookeepers_wife_2017|archive-date=10 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> tetapi [[Stephen Holden]] mencatat bagaimana "penampilan waspada lagi berlapis" oleh Chastain memberdayakan film tersebut.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=29 Maret 2017|title=Review: In ''The Zookeeper's Wife'' the Holocaust Seems Tame|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/movies/the-zookeepers-wife-review-jessica-chastain.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/movies/the-zookeepers-wife-review-jessica-chastain.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''Woman Walks Ahead'' menceritakan kisah aktivis abad ke-19 [[Catherine Weldon]], yang bertugas sebagai penasihat kepala [[Suku Sioux]], [[Sitting Bull]], sebelum [[Pembantaian Wounded Knee]]. Chastain tertarik memainkan peran yang dapat menginspirasi para gadis kecil, dan memberikan masukan di balik layar guna menghindari narasi [[penyelamat kulit putih]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharp|first=Morgan|date=25 September 2021|title=Chastain's Sitting Bull Film Pays Heed to Indigenous Voices|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-tiff-womanwalksahead/chastains-sitting-bull-film-pays-heed-to-indigenous-voices-idUSKCN1BM2I0/|dead-url=no|language=en|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142120/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-tiff-womanwalksahead/chastains-sitting-bull-film-pays-heed-to-indigenous-voices-idUSKCN1BM2I0/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Chastain memerankan [[Molly Bloom]], seorang mantan peski yang menjalankan operasi perjudian terkenal yang menyebabkan dirinya ditahan oleh [[FBI]], dalam karya perdana penyutradaraan [[Aaron Sorkin]], ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mondello|first=Bob|date=23 Desember 2017|title=''Molly's Game'' Is Aces|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/12/23/572543565/molly-s-game-is-aces|dead-url=no|work=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307142148/https://www.npr.org/2017/12/23/572543565/molly-s-game-is-aces|archive-date=7 Maret 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia mengambil bagiannya karena telah lama mengagumi penulisan Sorkin. Alih-alih bergantung pada persona publik Bloom, Chastain menemuinya secara pribadi untuk menjelajahi kecacatan dan kerentanan sang karakter. Ia juga meneliti dunia poker bawah tanah dan mewawancarai beberapa pelanggan Bloom.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rahman|first=Ray|date=10 Agustus 2017|title=Jessica Chastain Shows Her Cards on ''Molly's Game'', Poker, and Idris Elba|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/jessica-chastain-mollys-game/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227071954/https://ew.com/movies/2017/08/10/jessica-chastain-mollys-game/|archive-date=27 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Peter Debruge mengelukan perannya sebagai salah satu "peran hebat wanita di layar", dan mencatat keberhasilannya adalah berkat naskah Sorkin serta "bakat Chastain yang mebubung tinggi".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=8 September 2017|title=Film Review: ''Molly's Game''|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/mollys-game-review-jessica-chastain-1202552430/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110123227/https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/mollys-game-review-jessica-chastain-1202552430/|archive-date=10 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia menerima nominasi Golden Globe yang kelima untuk perannya tersebut.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Buckley|first=Cara|date=11 Desember 2017|title=Jessica Chastain Feared Speaking Out Would Hurt Her Career|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/movies/golden-globes-2018-jessica-chastain-backlash.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501201443/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/movies/golden-globes-2018-jessica-chastain-backlash.html|archive-date=1 Mei 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Pada tahun 2018, ia menjadi pembawa acara komedi sketsa televisi ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' dan menyumbangkan suaranya untuk produksi [[realitas virtual]], ''[[Spheres: Songs of Spacetime]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Joanna|date=21 Januari 2018|title=''S.N.L.'': Jessica Chastain Celebrates the Women's March with First Wives Club Homage|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/snl-womens-march-jessica-chastain-monologue-you-dont-own-me|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307141846/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/snl-womens-march-jessica-chastain-monologue-you-dont-own-me|archive-date=7 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=20 Januari 2018|title=''Spheres: Songs of Spacetime'' Trailer: Jessica Chastain Narrates VR Experience Exploring Sounds of The Cosmos|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/spheres-songs-of-spacetime-trailer-eliza-mcnitt-darren-aronofsky-jessica-chastain-1202264629/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110134627/https://deadline.com/2018/01/spheres-songs-of-spacetime-trailer-eliza-mcnitt-darren-aronofsky-jessica-chastain-1202264629/|archive-date=10 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia telah merekam sebuah peran dalam drama ensambel [[Xavier Dolan]], ''[[The Death and Life of John F. Donovan]]'', tetapi adegan-adegannya dihapus dari potongan akhir karena Dolan mendapati perannya tidak sesuai dengan cerita filmnya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nordine|first=Michael|date=4 Februari 2018|title=''The Death and Life of John F. Donovan'': Jessica Chastain Cut from Xavier Dolan's Upcoming Film|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-death-and-life-of-john-f-donovan-jessica-chastain-xavier-dolan-1201924983/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231141919/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-death-and-life-of-john-f-donovan-jessica-chastain-xavier-dolan-1201924983/|archive-date=31 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
Dalam film pahlawan super ''[[X-Men: Dark Phoenix]]'' (2019), yang menandai film ke-12 dari seri dengan [[X-Men (seri film)|judul yang sama]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Newby|first=Richard|date=28 Februari 2019|title=''Dark Phoenix'' and the Exciting Uncertainty of the ''X-Men'' Finale|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dark-phoenix-trailer-a-big-death-new-details-explained-1191415/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321123141/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dark-phoenix-trailer-a-big-death-new-details-explained-1191415/|archive-date=21 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Chastain mengambil peran seorang alien jahat karena tertarik dengan fokus naskahnya kepada karakter wanita.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Stack|first=Tim|date=11 Desember 2017|title=''Dark Phoenix'' Team Says Film Is a Tribute to the X-Women|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/11/dark-phoenix-x-women-tribute/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812225359/https://ew.com/movies/2017/12/11/dark-phoenix-x-women-tribute/|archive-date=12 Agustus 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] dari ''The Guardian'' menganggap filmnya "menghamburkan bakat [Chastain]",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=5 Juni 2019|title=''X-Men: Dark Phoenix'' Review: Mutant Franchise Fizzles Out Forgettably|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/05/x-men-dark-phoenix-review|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115213953/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/05/x-men-dark-phoenix-review|archive-date=15 November 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan ''Dark Phoenix'' pun mengecewakan di ''box office''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=10 Juni 2019|title=After ''Dark Phoenix'' Bombs, Where Does ''X-Men'' Go from Here?|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/after-dark-phoenix-bombs-where-does-x-men-go-from-here-1203237107/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203183525/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/after-dark-phoenix-bombs-where-does-x-men-go-from-here-1203237107/|archive-date=3 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Ia kembali bekerja sama dengan Andy Muschietti dalam ''[[It Chapter Two]]'', sekuel dari film 2017 ''[[It (film)|It]]'', didasarkan dari [[It (novel)|novel]] karya [[Stephen king]]. Ia memerankan [[Beverly Marsh]], seorang wanita dalam pernikahan yang penuh kekerasan, dan berbagi perannya bersama [[Sophia Lillis]]. Perekaman filmnya terbukti menantang bagi Chastain, sebab Muschietti memilih menggunakan efek praktis alih-alih [[pencitraan hasil komputer]]; salah satu adegan mengharuskan dirinya tertutupi {{Convert|4500|gal|L|abbr=off}} darah palsu.<ref name="Malkin 2019">{{Cite magazine|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=29 Agustus 2019|title=Jessica Chastain on Making ''It: Chapter Two'', Singing in Upcoming Tammy Faye Bakker Biopic|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-on-making-it-chapter-two-singing-in-upcoming-tammy-faye-baker-biopic-1203317701/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Chi|first=Paul|date=27 Agustus 2019|title=''It: Chapter Two'': Why Jessica Chastain Was Covered in 4,500 Gallons of Fake Blood|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/it-chapter-2-movie-premiere-jessica-chastain-bill-hader|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208093524/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/it-chapter-2-movie-premiere-jessica-chastain-bill-hader|archive-date=8 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Filmnya ditanggapi dengan positif,<ref>{{Cite web|title=''It: Chapter Two''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_chapter_two|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012031015/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_chapter_two|archive-date=12 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> dan Clarisse Loughrey dari ''[[The Independent]]'' mencatat bagaimana Chastain berperan dengan tenang selaku aktris yang biasa memainkan karakter keras kepala.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Loughrey|first=Clarisse|date=5 September 2019|title=''It: Chapter Two'' Review: An Egregiously Bloated Conclusion to the Story|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/it-chapter-two-review-sequel-stephen-king-cast-pennywise-jessica-chastain-a9090491.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707202119/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/it-chapter-two-review-sequel-stephen-king-cast-pennywise-jessica-chastain-a9090491.html|archive-date=7 Juli 2022|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> ''It Chapter Two'' meraup lebih dari $460{{Nbsp}}juta di seluruh dunia.<ref name="The Numbers n.d." />
Di bawah Freckle Films, Chastain memproduksi dan membintangi film laga ''[[Ava (film 2020)|Ava]]'' (2020) yang ditulis dan awalnya dijadwalkan untuk disutradarai oleh [[Matthew Newton]], yang telah dituduh atas kekerasan dalam rumah tangga. Menyusul reaksi negatif terhadap keterlibatan Newton,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Harmon|first=Steph|date=7 Agustus 2018|title=Jessica Chastain Accused of Hypocrisy for Working with Matthew Newton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/07/jessica-chastain-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-working-with-matthew-newton|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215213137/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/07/jessica-chastain-accused-of-hypocrisy-for-working-with-matthew-newton|archive-date=15 Desember 2023|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> [[Tate Taylor]] kemudian menggantikan sebagai sutradara.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=27 Agustus 2018|title=Tate Taylor Replaces Matthew Newton as Director of Jessica Chastain's ''Eve''|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tate-taylor-eve-matthew-newton-jessica-chastain-1202918443/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tate-taylor-eve-matthew-newton-jessica-chastain-1202918443/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Boyd van Hoeij dari ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' mengeluhkan bahwa talenta Chastain sebagai bintang laga telah tersia-siakan dalam ''Ava'' yang mengecewakan.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=van Hoeij|first=Boyd|date=23 Agustus 2020|title=''Ava'': Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ava-film-review-4047596/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ava-film-review-4047596/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref> Dirilis secara teatrikal selama [[pandemi Covid-19]], filmnya berkinerja buruk di ''box office'',<ref name="The Numbers n.d." /> tetapi memperoleh kesuksesan dalam format ''[[video on demand]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brueggmann|first=Tom|date=5 Oktober 2020|title=''Ava'' Takes Over as the Top VOD Choice, with Thriller ''Alone'' Still Strong|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/ava-top-vod-thriller-alone-1234590623/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231145909/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/ava-top-vod-thriller-alone-1234590623/|archive-date=31 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=31 Desember 2023}}</ref>
=== 2021–sekarang: Sukses di acara penghargaan ===
[[Andrew Garfield]] dan Chastain tampil sebagai telepenginjil [[Jim Bakker|Jim]] dan [[Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Bakker]] dalam biopik ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021). Ia memperoleh hak memerankan Faye pada tahun 2012, dan memproduksi filmnya di bawah perusahaan miliknya.<ref name="Malkin 2019" /> Demi terlihat seperti Bakker, Chastain mengenakan tata rias prostetik yang menghabiskan 4–7 jam untuk diterapkan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Amy|date=23 Agustus 2021|title=Why Televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Was the Hardest Role of Jessica Chastain's Career|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-23/jessica-chastain-eyes-of-tammy-faye-bakker|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222114047/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-23/jessica-chastain-eyes-of-tammy-faye-bakker|archive-date=22 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Peran tersebut juga mengharuskannya untuk bernyanyi, yang ia katakan membuatnya gugup.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Romano|first=Nick|date=6 Desember 2021|title=How Jessica Chastain Prepared for Singing as Tammy Faye: 'Bourbon'|url=https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jessica-chastain-prepared-singing-tammy-faye/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218191158/https://ew.com/the-awardist-podcast/jessica-chastain-prepared-singing-tammy-faye/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia bekerja sama dengan produser musik [[Dave Cobb]] untuk merekam tujuh lagu dari lagu tema filmnya.<ref name="Malkin 2019" /> David Fear dari ''Rolling Stone'' memandang Chastain sebagai "satu-satunya alasan untuk menyaksikan biopik yang anehnya lasa ini", dan memujinya karena mampu mengalahkan naskahnya demi memanusiakan Bakker.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fear|first=David|date=17 September 2021|title=''The Eyes of Tammy Faye'': Jessica Chastain Will Have You Crying 'Holy Sh-t'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/eyes-of-tammy-faye-jessica-chastain-review-1224525/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117201035/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/eyes-of-tammy-faye-jessica-chastain-review-1224525/|archive-date=17 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> [[Kevin Maher]] dari ''[[The Times]]'' menganggap penampilan Chastain "menawan, terbebaskan, dan layak menerima penghargaan", membandingkannya dengan [[Joaquin Phoenix]] dalam ''[[Joker (film 2019)|Joker]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maher|first=Kevin|author-link=Kevin Maher|date=3 Februari 2022|title=''The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' Review: It Will Restore Your Faith in Biopics|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-review-it-will-restore-your-faith-in-the-biopic-9bkz2kkdw|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/2022.02.06-075145/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye-review-it-will-restore-your-faith-in-the-biopic-9bkz2kkdw|archive-date=6 Februari 2022|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia memenangkan Aktris Terbaik di [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik|Penghargaan Academy]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=27 Maret 2022|title=Oscar Winners 2022: See the List|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/27/entertainment/oscar-winners-2022/index.html|dead-url=no|work=[[CNN]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218234611/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/27/entertainment/oscar-winners-2022/index.html|archive-date=18 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> [[Aktris Terbaik (Critics' Choice Movie Award)|Critics' Choice]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|last2=Cordero|first2=Rosy|title=Critics Choice Awards: ''The Power of The Dog'' Wins Best Picture & Jane Campion Is Best Director; ''Ted Lasso'' & ''Succession'' Top TV – Full List|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/critics-choice-awards-2022-winners-list-1234977395/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033831/https://deadline.com/2022/03/critics-choice-awards-2022-winners-list-1234977395/|archive-date=26 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=13 Maret 2022|last3=Topel|first3=Fred}}</ref> dan [[Aktris Terbaik (Screen Actors Guild Award)|SAG]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|date=27 Februari 2022|title=SAG Awards: Winners List|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sag-awards-winners-2022-complete-list-1235100358/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607040533/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sag-awards-winners-2022-complete-list-1235100358/|archive-date=7 Juni 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> sementara menerima nominasi Golden Globe.<ref name="Moreau 2022">{{Cite magazine|last=Moreau|first=Jordan|date=9 Januari 2022|title=Golden Globes 2022 Winners List: ''The Power of the Dog'', ''West Side Story'' Win Big in Untelevised Ceremony|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-golden-globes-winners-list-1235149340/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308032356/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-golden-globes-winners-list-1235149340/|archive-date=8 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Chastain di [[Penghargaan Tony]] ke-75 pada tahun 2022|alt=Seorang wanita berambut merah mengenakan gaun berwarna merah muda melambaikan tangan dari tampak samping]]
Juga pada tahun 2021, Chastain setuju membintangi ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (miniseri Amerika)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'' di [[HBO]], sebuah versi buat ulang dari miniseri Swedia 1973 dengan [[Scener ur ett äktenskap|judul yang sama]] karya [[Ingmar Bergman]]. Ia tertarik mengambil peran karena versi tersebut menukar gender para peran utama, menyubversikan pemeranan wanita yang stereotipikal.<ref name="White 2022" /> Lucy Mangan dari ''The Guardian'' mencatat keserasian antara Chastain dengan lawan aktingnya, Oscar Isaac,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mangan|first=Lucy|date=11 Oktober 2021|title=''Scenes from a Marriage'' Review: Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac's Uncoupling Is All Killer, No Filler|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806012017/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-jessica-chastain-oscar-isaac|archive-date=6 Agustus 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> begitu pula Carol Midgley dari ''The Times'' yang memuji mereka atas "memabawakan dialog yang menegangkan lagi melukai dengan sempurna".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Midgley|first=Carol|date=12 Oktober 2021|title=''Scenes from a Marriage'' Review: A Relationship Breakdown I Couldn't Turn Away From|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-a-relationship-breakdown-i-couldnt-turn-away-from-l2v759w5f|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/2021.10.12-130739/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scenes-from-a-marriage-review-a-relationship-breakdown-i-couldnt-turn-away-from-l2v759w5f|archive-date=12 Oktober 2021|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain menerima nominasi kedua pada Penghargaan Golden Globe 2021 untuk kategori Aktris Terbaik dalam Miniseri.<ref name="Moreau 2022" /> Ia juga kembali berakting bersama Ralph Fiennes dalam ''[[The Forgiven (film 2021)|The Forgiven]]'', sebuah alih wahana dari novel dengan [[The Forgiven (novel)|judul yang sama]] karya [[Lawrence Osborne]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kermode|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Kermode|date=4 September 2022|title=''The Forgiven'' Review: Brooding Tale of Crime and Punishment Starring Fiennes and Chastain|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/04/the-forgiven-review-ralph-fiennes-jessica-chastain-morocco-john-michael-mcdonagh|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216103702/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/04/the-forgiven-review-ralph-fiennes-jessica-chastain-morocco-john-michael-mcdonagh|archive-date=16 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Untuk ''[[The 355]]'' (2022), sebuah film mata-mata yang dipimpin oleh sekelompok pemeran wanita, Chastain dan rekan bintang dalam filmnya mengajukan gagasannya kepada pembeli prospektif di [[Festival Film Cannes 2018]], dan haknya pun diperoleh [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming Jr|first=Mike|date=12 Mei 2018|title=Universal Closes $20M+ U.S. Deal for Star-Studded Spy Sisterhood Thriller ''355'' – Cannes|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/universal-pictures-355-cannes-jessica-chastain-marion-cotillard-penelope-cruz-fan-bingbing-lupita-nyongo-simon-kinberg-1202388471/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207231708/https://deadline.com/2018/05/universal-pictures-355-cannes-jessica-chastain-marion-cotillard-penelope-cruz-fan-bingbing-lupita-nyongo-simon-kinberg-1202388471/|archive-date=7 Desember 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Para kritikus menyampingkan film tersebut karena dianggap generik dan lazim,<ref>{{Cite web|title=''The 355''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_355|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208185235/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_355|archive-date=8 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan filmnya gagal di ''box office''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=9 Januari 2022|title=Box Office: ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' Rules Again, ''The 355'' Misfires|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-spiderman-no-way-home-the-355-flops-1235149739/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130012527/https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/box-office-spiderman-no-way-home-the-355-flops-1235149739/|archive-date=30 Januari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain selanjutnya mengambil peran singkat sebagai [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne Trump]] dalam film sejarah [[James Gray]], ''[[Armageddon Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|last2=Donnelly|first2=Matt|date=19 Mei 2022|title=Jessica Chastain Plays Surprise Role as Maryanne Trump, Donald Trump's Sister, in ''Armageddon Time''|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jessica-chastain-maryanne-trump-armageddon-time-cannes-1235272251/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231175957/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jessica-chastain-maryanne-trump-armageddon-time-cannes-1235272251/|archive-date=31 Desember 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Janauri 2024}}</ref> Dalam ''[[The Good Nurse]]'', Chastain memerankan perawat malam [[Amy Loughren]] yang mendapati bahwa rekan kerjanya, [[Charles Cullen]] (diperankan oleh [[Eddie Redmayne]]), adalah seorang pembunuh berantai.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=12 September 2022|title=Jessica Chastain on Why She Feels 'Dirty' Viewing Serial Killer Dramas: 'I Don't Want the Media to Glorify What Happened'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-1235217811/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108130502/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-1235217811/|archive-date=8 November 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia bekerja sama dengan Loughren dan menghadiri sekolah keperawatan dalam mempersiapkan penampilannya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hastings|first=Christobel|date=27 Oktober 2022|title='Life Is Stranger Than Fiction': Jessica Chastain on Her Chilling New Netflix drama ''The Good Nurse''|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-interview/723161|magazine=Stylist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130065239/https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/jessica-chastain-the-good-nurse-interview/723161|archive-date=30 November 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Kate Erbland dari [[IndieWire]] menemukan "pembawaan yang efektif dalam kemasan yang senyap" oleh Chastain dalam filmnya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Erbland|first=Kate|date=11 September 2022|title=''The Good Nurse'' Review: Jessica Chastain Takes Down Eddie Redmayne in Chilly True-Life Drama|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-good-nurse-review-jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-1234756767/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101021750/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-good-nurse-review-jessica-chastain-eddie-redmayne-1234756767/|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2023}}</ref>
Chastain memproduksi miniseri biografi [[Showtime]] bertajuk ''[[George & Tammy]]'', dan berperan bersama Michael Shannon sebagai pasangan penyanyi country, [[Tammy Wynette]] dan [[George Jones]] di dalamnya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=3 November 202|title=Showtime Picks Up ''George & Tammy'' Limited Series Starring Jessica Chastain & Michael Shannon in First Chris McCarthy Move|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/showtime-picks-up-george-amp-tammy-limited-series-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-watch-trailer-1235163135/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228065138/https://deadline.com/2022/11/showtime-picks-up-george-amp-tammy-limited-series-jessica-chastain-michael-shannon-watch-trailer-1235163135/|archive-date=28 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Dalam persiapan, Chastain dan Shannon berlatih bersama seorang pelatih vokal untuk menyanyikan beberapa lagu karya karakter mereka. Chastain juga mengurangi berat badan untuk memerankan Wynette menjelang akhir hayatnya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|date=6 Oktober 2022|title=See Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon as Country Music's King and Queen in ''George & Tammy''|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/jessica-chastain-and-michael-shannon-george-and-tammy-first-look|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606232618/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/jessica-chastain-and-michael-shannon-george-and-tammy-first-look|archive-date=6 Juni 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Akos Peterbencze dari ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' apresiatif terhadap keselarasan kedua pemeran, dan mencatat "keintiman dan tekad yang senyap" dalam pembawaan Chastain.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Peterbencze|first=Akos|date=29 November 2022|title=''George & Tammy'' Review: A Deeply Felt but Stretched-Thin Biopic|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/george-and-tammy-review-michael-shannon-jessica-chastain/|magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201062818/https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/george-and-tammy-review-michael-shannon-jessica-chastain/|archive-date=1 Desember 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Seri tersebut menunjukkan performa yang kuat di berbagai platform.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Earl|first=William|date=5 Desember 2022|title=''George & Tammy'' Opens Strong for Showtime|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/george-tammy-limited-series-premiere-showtime-1235451194/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131014912/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/george-tammy-limited-series-premiere-showtime-1235451194/|archive-date=31 Januari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain memenangkan sebuah Penghargaan SAG,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Snierson|first=Dan|date=26 Februari 2023|title=SAG Awards 2023: See the Complete Winners List|url=https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/sag-awards-2023-winners-list/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231110317/https://ew.com/awards/sag-awards/sag-awards-2023-winners-list/|archive-date=31 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> kembali menerima nominasi Golden Globe,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hines|first=Morgan|date=10 Januari 2023|title=''The Fabelmans'', Austin Butler, Michelle Yeoh: The Complete 2023 Golden Globes Winners List|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/10/golden-globes-2023-complete-winners-list/11021015002/|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127195244/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/10/golden-globes-2023-complete-winners-list/11021015002/|archive-date=27 November 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan memperoleh nominasi pertamanya di [[Primetime Emmy Award|Penghargaan Primetime Emmy]] untuk Aktris Utama Luar Biasa dalam Seri Terbatas atas perannya dalam ''George & Tammy''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=12 Juli 2023|title=Jessica Chastain, Jeremy Allen White, Dominique Fishback and More on Their First Emmy Nominations: 'We Weren’t Dreaming This Big'|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-emmy-nominations-list-1235666521/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802214958/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/emmys-jessica-chastain-jeremy-allen-white-first-nominations-1235544648/|archive-date=2 Agustus 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Chastain kembali ke teater Broadway, memerankan Nora Helmer, seorang ibu rumah tangga yang kecewa, dalam revival 2023 oleh [[Jamie Lloyd]] dari drama ''[[Rumah Boneka|A Doll's House]]'' karya [[Henrik Ibsen]], yang dipentaskan selama 16 pekan di [[Teater Hudson]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=29 November 2022|title=''A Doll's House'' Revival, Starring Jessica Chastain, Finds Broadway Home; Dates Set|url=https://playbill.com/article/a-dolls-house-revival-starring-jessica-chastain-finds-broadway-home-dates-set|magazine=Playbill|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305215746/https://playbill.com/article/a-dolls-house-revival-starring-jessica-chastain-finds-broadway-home-dates-set|archive-date=5 Maret 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Awalnya dijadwalkan untuk pemanggungan di [[teater West End]] pada tahun 2020, produksinya dibatalkan akibat pandemi Covid-19, dan kemudian dipindahkan ke New York atas kemauan Chastain.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|date=22 Februari 2023|title=Jessica Chastain Returns to the Stage with Nothing to Prove|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/theater/jessica-chastain-dolls-house-broadway.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227113434/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/theater/jessica-chastain-dolls-house-broadway.html|archive-date=27 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pementasannya diperpanjang selama sepekan karena penjualan ''box office'' yang tinggi pada penampilan pratayang.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=8 Maret 2023|title=''A Doll's House'' Starring Jessica Chastain Extends Broadway Run Ahead of Opening|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/dolls-house-broadway-jessica-chastain-closing-date-1235282569/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402120344/https://deadline.com/2023/03/dolls-house-broadway-jessica-chastain-closing-date-1235282569/|archive-date=2 April 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Gloria Oladipo dari ''The Guardian'' menganggap pembawaan Chastain "memikat" dan "menawan", menambahkan bahwa suatu "potret yang lebih penuh, tak terhingga, dari sang pahlawan lama telah terlukis melalui karya Chastain".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oladipo|first=Gloria|date=10 Maret 2023|title=''A Doll's House'' Review: Jessica Chastain Captivates in Minimalist Revival|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/09/a-dolls-house-review-jessica-chastain-broadway/|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311084547/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/09/a-dolls-house-review-jessica-chastain-broadway/|archive-date=11|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia memenangkan [[Drama Desk Awards|Penghargaan Drama Desk]] untuk Penampilan Utama Luar Biasa dalam Drama dan dinominasikan pada [[Penghargaan Tony]] untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Drama.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=31 Mei 2023|title=Broadway's ''Some Like It Hot'', ''Life of Pi'', ''A Doll’s House'', ''Sweeney Todd'' Rack Up Multiple Drama Desk Awards Wins|url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/awards/drama-desk-awards-broadway-some-like-it-hot-life-pi-1235629655/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607200110/https://variety.com/2023/legit/awards/drama-desk-awards-broadway-some-like-it-hot-life-pi-1235629655/|archive-date=7 Juni 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=11 Juni 2023|title=The Complete List of 2023 Tony Award Winners|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-11/here-are-the-2023-tony-awards-winners|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204230820/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-11/here-are-the-2023-tony-awards-winners|archive-date=4 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain memerankan seorang alkoholik dalam pemulihan untuk drama independen [[Michel Franco]], ''[[Memory (film 2023)|Memory]]'', tampil bersama [[Peter Sarsgaard]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=23 Mei 2022|title=Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain & Peter Sarsgaard Wrap on Under-The-Radar Film ''Memory'' from Cannes Regular Michel Franco; Partners Include Teorema, High Frequency, Mubi, The Match Factory, Screen Capital & ICM|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-miche-franco-memory-mubi-match-factory-1235030356/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216073723/https://deadline.com/2022/05/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-miche-franco-memory-mubi-match-factory-1235030356/|archive-date=16 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain menikmati proyeknya yang tidak tersorot media dan berbelanja di [[Target Corporation|Target]] untuk pakaian karakternya sendiri.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ntim|first=Zac|date=9 September 2023|title=''Memory'': Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard & Michel Franco on Their Venice Title and Why Interim Agreements Are an Important Strategy to Aid Strikes|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-michel-franco-memory-venice-interim-agreement-sag-strike-1235541594/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013213555/https://deadline.com/2023/09/jessica-chastain-peter-sarsgaard-michel-franco-memory-venice-interim-agreement-sag-strike-1235541594/|archive-date=13 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Debruge mencatat bahwa Chastain "tidak pernah tampil lebih rentan di layar" dibandingkan dalam film tersebut, yang melibatkan sang aktris memerankan seorang tokoh yang memecah belah.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=8 September 2023|title=''Memory'' Review: Michel Franco Gets Unforgettable Performances from Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/memory-review-jessica-chastain-peter-sargaard-1235715838/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129180539/https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/memory-review-jessica-chastain-peter-sargaard-1235715838/|archive-date=29 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Selanjutnya, Chastain akan memproduksi dan membintangi ''[[Mothers' Instinct (film mendatang)|Mothers' Instinct]]'', versi buat ulang dari cerita seru psikologis Belgia tahun 2018 dengan [[Mothers' Instinct (film 2018)|judul yang sama]], bersama Anne Hathaway.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=11 Mei 2022|title=Neon Buys Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway Thriller ''Mothers' Instinct''|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/neon-jessica-chastain-anne-hathaway-mothers-instinct-1235264039/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202083647/https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/neon-jessica-chastain-anne-hathaway-mothers-instinct-1235264039/|archive-date=2 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia juga akan kembali bekerja sama dengan Franco dalam drama ensambel ''Dreams''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=12 September 2023|title=Jessica Chastain & ''Memory'' Director Michel Franco Reteam for Teorema's ''Dreams''; Rupert Friend Co-Stars in Ensemble|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/dreams-freckle-films-interim-agreement-jessica-chastain-memory-director-michel-franco-rupert-friend-1235544803/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018190627/https://deadline.com/2023/09/dreams-freckle-films-interim-agreement-jessica-chastain-memory-director-michel-franco-rupert-friend-1235544803/|archive-date=18 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
== Advokasi ==
[[Berkas:Jessica chastain Cannes 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Chastain di [[Festival Film Cannes 2017]], bertugas sebagai anggota juri|alt=Seorang wanita berambut merah dengan gincu merah dan anting melirik ke arah kiri gambar dengan air muka datar]]
Chastain mengidentifikasi dirinya sebagai seorang [[feminis]], dan telah menyuarakan penolakannya terhadap diskriminasi yang dihadapi wanita dan kelompok minoritas di Hollywood.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Nigel M.|date=16 Desember 2014|title=Jessica Chastain on ''A Most Violent Year'' and Hollywood's Woman Problem|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-on-a-most-violent-year-and-hollywoods-woman-problem-66919/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101061952/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/jessica-chastain-on-a-most-violent-year-and-hollywoods-woman-problem-66919/|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Masters|first=Tim|date=23 Januari 2015|title=Jessica Chastain: Hollywood Has a Diversity Problem|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/30898437|dead-url=no|work=[[BBC News]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://www.bbc.com/news/30898437|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sachdeva|first=Maanya|date=5 Juli 2022|title=''Roe v Wade'': Jessica Chastain Mourns Loss of Reproductive Rights in Scathing 4 July Post|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jessica-chastain-instagram-roe-v-wade-b2115802.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225002659/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jessica-chastain-instagram-roe-v-wade-b2115802.html|archive-date=25 Desember 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia menulis sebuah esai tentang ketimpangan gender dalam industri sinema Amerika untuk edisi Desember 2015 ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Chastain|first=Jessica|date=9 Desember 2015|title=Jessica Chastain Pens Essay from Female-Helmed Movie Set: No One Feels 'Left Out or Bullied'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jessica-chastain-pens-essay-female-845818/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142124/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jessica-chastain-pens-essay-female-845818/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Di [[Festival Film Cannes 2017]], ketika ia bertugas sebagai seorang anggota juri, Chastain meratapi pemeranan wanita yang pasif dalam kebanyakan film. Ia juga mengeluhkan tentang jarangnya kritikus film wanita, yang ia yakini telah mengalangi perspektif terhadap film yang netral secara gender.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym|date=30 Mei 2017|title=Jessica Chastain: The Portrayal of Women in Films Is Disturbing|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/30/jessica-chastain-women-cannes-disturbing-palme-dor|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223013407/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/30/jessica-chastain-women-cannes-disturbing-palme-dor|archive-date=23 Februari 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia menganjurkan [[Kesetaraan gender|keseimbangan gender]] di set, termasuk lebih banyak representasi wanita dalam kru film dan jabatan berwenang.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=30 November 2017|title=Jessica Chastain Advocates for More Gender Balance on Sets|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jessica-chastain-holly-hunter-female-directors-1202626236/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jessica-chastain-holly-hunter-female-directors-1202626236/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Di media sosial, Chastain bertujuan "melantangkan suara" para korban [[pelecehan seksual]] di industri.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Amy|date=22 Desember 2017|title=Jessica Chastain Is Leading the Charge for a New Kind of Hollywood, Both On-Screen and Off|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-jessica-chastain-mollys-game-20171222-story.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142120/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-jessica-chastain-mollys-game-20171222-story.html|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2018, ia berkolaborasi dengan 300 wanita di Hollywood untuk mendirikan organisasi [[Time's Up (organisasi)|Time's Up]] yang melindungi wanita dari pelecehan dan diskriminasi.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=1 Januari 2018|title=Hollywood A-Listers Launch Time's Up Initiative to Fight Sexual Harassment Across the U.S. Workforce|url=https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/times-up-sexual-harassment-shonda-rhimes-reese-witherspoon-1202650552/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930115059/https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/times-up-sexual-harassment-shonda-rhimes-reese-witherspoon-1202650552/|archive-date=30 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, ia tampil bersama beberapa aktris dalam ''[[This Changes Everything]]'', sebuah film dokumenter tentang representasi wanita yang buruk dalam film-film Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Erbland|first=Kate|date=15 Juni 2019|title=''This Changes Everything'' Trailer: Meryl Streep and Jessica Chastain in Hollywood Gender Discrimination Doc|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/this-changes-everything-trailer-meryl-streep-jessica-chastain-hollywood-gender-discrimination-doc-1202150318/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114113938/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/this-changes-everything-trailer-meryl-streep-jessica-chastain-hollywood-gender-discrimination-doc-1202150318/|archive-date=14 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2023}}</ref> Chastain juga merupakan seorang aktivis [[hak LGBT]]. Saat memenangkan Penghargaan Academy untuk Aktris Terbaik pada tahun 2022, ia menggunakan pidato kemenangannya untuk menyuarakan dukungannya kepada komunitas tersebut, dan mengecam peraturan bigot yang menentang mereka.<ref>{{Cite news|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=28 Maret 2022|title=Jessica Chastain Used Her Oscars Speech to Support the LGBTQ+ Community|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/28/entertainment/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech/index.html|work=[[CNN]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529034410/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/28/entertainment/jessica-chastain-oscars-speech/index.html|archive-date=29 Mei 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}} Lihat transkrip dan video pidato kemenangan Chastain melalui [https://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/results.aspx?AC=PREV_RECORD&XC=/results.aspx&BU=https%3A%2F%2Faaspeechesdb.oscars.org%2F&GI=&TN=aatrans&SN=AUTO18943&SE=1745&RN=1&MR=0&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebReportList&EF=&DF=WebReportOscars&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=oscarsmsg.ini&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS= situs web Penghargaan Academy] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20240101063939/https://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/results.aspx?AC=PREV_RECORD&XC=/results.aspx&BU=https%3A%2F%2Faaspeechesdb.oscars.org%2F&GI=&TN=aatrans&SN=AUTO18943&SE=1745&RN=1&MR=0&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebReportList&EF=&DF=WebReportOscars&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=oscarsmsg.ini&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS= Diarsipkan] dari versi asli tanggal 1 Januari 2024).</ref>
Chastain adalah seorang pejuang [[Upah setara untuk pekerjaan setara|upah setara]] di tempat kerja, dan menolak tawaran dengan gaji yang ia anggap senjang.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref name="Bhattacharya 2017">{{Cite news|last=Bhattacharya|first=Sanjiv|date=30 November 2017|title=Jessica Chastain on Post-Weinstein Hollywood and Why She Won't Be Paid Less Than Men|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/jessica-chastain-harvey-weinstein-proper-roles-for-women-and-not-feeling-beholden-to-stardom-a3703021.html|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard|Evening Standard]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101064630/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/jessica-chastain-harvey-weinstein-proper-roles-for-women-and-not-feeling-beholden-to-stardom-a3703021.html|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|access-date=1 Januari 2023}}</ref> Ia mendukung aktris [[Michelle Williams (pemeran)|Michelle Williams]] yang digaji lebih sedikit dari rekan aktingnya, [[Mark Wahlberg]], dalam film 2017 ''[[All the Money in the World]]''; Williams kemudian mengatakan bahwa langkah Chastain telah membawa kesadaran yang lebih luas tentang isu upah setara dan memicu donasi sebesar $2{{Nbsp}}juta untuk [[Time's Up Legal Defense Fund]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ivie|first=Devon|date=3 April 2019|title=Michelle Williams Recalls How Helpless She Felt During Pay-Gap Scandal: 'No One Cared'|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/michelle-williams-paralyzed-pay-gap-scandal.html|website=Vulture|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121085434/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/michelle-williams-paralyzed-pay-gap-scandal.html|archive-date=21 Januari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2013, Chastain memberikan dukungannya kepada kampanye Got Your 6, untuk membantu memberdayakan veteran Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cerasaro|first=Pat|date=2 Agustus 2013|title=Washington, Ruffalo, Chastain & Baldwin in Got Your 6 PSA|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Washington-Ruffalo-Chastain-Baldwin-In-GOT-YOUR-6-PSA-20130802|website=BroadwayWorld|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101065553/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Washington-Ruffalo-Chastain-Baldwin-In-GOT-YOUR-6-PSA-20130802|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan pada tahun 2016, ia menjadi anggota dewan penasihat di organisasi We Do It Together, yang memproduksi film dan acara televisi untuk menganjurkan pemberdayaan perempuan.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=24 Februari 2016|title=Jessica Chastain, Queen Latifah and More Launch Female-Empowerment Production Company|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-queen-latifah-female-empowerment-production-company-1201714218/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142121/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-queen-latifah-female-empowerment-production-company-1201714218/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2017, ia tampil bersama sejumlah pesohor Hollywood dalam produksi teatrikal ''[[The Children's Monologues]]'', dan membawakan sebuah monolog sebagai seorang gadis berumur 13 tahun yang diperkosa oleh pamannya. Pementasan tersebut menggalang dana untuk [[Dramatic Need]], sebuah organisasi amal yang membantu anak-anak Afrika mengejar karier seni.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Schenck|first=Frank|date=14 November 2017|title=Critic's Notebook: An All-Star Cast Performs ''The Children's Monologues'' at Carnegie Hall|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909071721/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/critics-notebook-an-all-star-cast-performs-childrens-monologues-at-carnegie-hall-1057993/|archive-date=9 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2020, Chastain menjadi investor di sebuah waralaba yang berbasis di Los Angeles untuk [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=21 July 2020|title=Hollywood A-Listers, U.S. Women's Soccer Veterans, More Team to Bring NWSL Franchise to L.A.|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/los-angeles-womens-soccer-nwls-expansion-franchise-1202990929/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523055035/https://deadline.com/2020/07/los-angeles-womens-soccer-nwls-expansion-franchise-1202990929/|archive-date=23 Mei 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Tim baru tersebut sejak saat itu telah dinamai [[Angel City FC]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carroll|first=Rory|date=29 April 2022|title=LA's Angel City FC Set to Soar in Inaugural Season|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/las-angel-city-fc-set-soar-inaugural-season-2022-04-28/|dead-url=no|language=en|publisher=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519193505/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/las-angel-city-fc-set-soar-inaugural-season-2022-04-28/|archive-date=19 Mei 2022|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Chastain mendukung organisasi amal yang menganjurkan kesehatan mental, dan terlibat bersama organisasi nirlaba [[To Write Love on Her Arms]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adams|first=Thelma|date=17 September 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Talks About Getting Through a Painful Year – and How ''Interstellar'' Made Matthew McConaughey Cry|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-about-getting-through-a-painful-97747957237.html|website=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Entertainment]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412085936/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jessica-chastain-talks-about-getting-through-a-painful-97747957237.html|archive-date=12 April 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Mengalami perli saat kecil karena memiliki rambut merah dan efelis, ia memegang pendirian menentang celaan fisik dan perundungan.<ref name="Hill 2014" /> Chastain telah berkampanye untuk akses menuju pelayanan kesehatan reproduktif yang terjangkau bagi wanita, dan pada tahun 2017, ''Variety'' memberikan penghormatan kepada sang aktris atas karyanya bersama [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=21 April 2017|title=Power of Women New York Honorees Dig Deep for Worthy Causes|url=https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/power-of-women-new-york-chelsea-clinton-jessica-chastain-1202392512/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142123/https://variety.com/2017/scene/news/power-of-women-new-york-chelsea-clinton-jessica-chastain-1202392512/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Menanggapi pelarangan aborsi di sejumlah negara bagian Amerika, ia bergabung bersama beberapa pemeran dalam menolak bekerja di wilayah-wilayah yang menerapkan peraturan serupa.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Judy|date=30 Mei 2019|title=Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain Say They Won't Work in States with Strict Abortion bans|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/446193-sophie-turner-and-jessica-chastain-say-they-wont-work-in-states/|dead-url=no|newspaper=The Hill|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927043626/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/446193-sophie-turner-and-jessica-chastain-say-they-wont-work-in-states/|archive-date=27 September 2021|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2022, Chastain bepergian ke [[Kyiv]] di [[Ukraina]] selama [[Invasi Rusia ke Ukraina 2022|invasi Rusia ke negara tersebut]]. Ia mengunjungi salah satu rumah sakit anak dan bertemu dengan Presiden [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] dan kepala Administrasi Kepresidenan [[Andrii Yermak]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=8 April 2022|title=Jessica Chastain Visits President Zelenskyy in Ukraine, 'Important Humanitarian Event' Being Planned|url=https://variety.com/2022/politics/global/jessica-chastain-zelensky-ukraine-1235335662/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202050853/https://variety.com/2022/politics/global/jessica-chastain-zelensky-ukraine-1235335662/|archive-date=2 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=White|first=Abbey|date=1 September 2022|title=Jessica Chastain Details Trip to Ukraine Amid War: 'I Needed a Few Weeks to Process Everything I Saw'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jessica-chastain-childrens-hospital-ukraine-russia-war-1235210674/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130070155/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/jessica-chastain-childrens-hospital-ukraine-russia-war-1235210674/|archive-date=30 November 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Janauri 2024}}</ref> Chastain mendukung [[mogok kerja SAG-AFTRA 2023]]. Setelah menerima surat perizinan persetujuan sementara dari organisasi tersebut, ia menghadiri premier film ''Memory'' di [[Festival Film Internasional Venesia ke-80|Festival Film Internasional Venesia 2023]] mengenakan kaus menegaskan dukungannya.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Walsh|first=Savannah|date=8 September 2023|title=Jessica Chastain Was 'Incredibly Nervous' to Attend the Venice Film Festival Amid SAG Strike|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/09/jessica-chastain-was-incredibly-nervous-to-attend-the-venice-film-festival-amid-sag-strike|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/QcJch|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
== Gaya berakting dan tanggapan ==
Menggambarkan persona Chastain di balik layar, Roy Porter dari majalah ''[[InStyle UK]]'' menulis pada tahun 2013 bahwa "ia adalah orang dewasa, yang bukan hal biasa di Hollywood. Secara tak sadar selalu terang-terangan dalam menjawab, ia mempertahankan nalar perspektif yang tak lazim di antara pantarannya, dan memiliki opini yang nyata"; Porter juga menganjungnya karena menjadi aktris langka yang "mementingkan keterampilannya".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Porter|first=Roy|date=Februari 2013|title=Femme Fatale|magazine=InStyle UK|language=en|pages=95–102|asin=B01E8PAWV4}}</ref> Evgenie Peretz, seorang editor ''[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]'', mendapati Chastain sebagai "pemeran paling sensitif nan empatik" yang pernah ia wawancarai.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=1 Agustus 2012|title=Portraits of the Ladies|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2012/09/jessica-chastain-behind-the-scenes|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (majalah)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204024136/https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2012/09/jessica-chastain-behind-the-scenes|archive-date=4 Desember 2022|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Chastain berspesialisasi dalam menampilkan karakter yang memeras emosi dan ia tertarik kepada peran wanita yang kuat dengan kecacatan mereka tersendiri.<ref name="Hill 2014" /><ref name="Manelis 2014">{{Cite news|last=Manelis|first=Michele|date=25 Oktober 2014|title=Actress Jessica Chastain Earns Her Place in Hollywood's Celebrity A-list|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/actress-jessica-chastain-earns-her-place-in-hollywoods-celebrity-alist/news-story/23a55f65518dbb7b4f275db38715f88b|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124115442/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/actress-jessica-chastain-earns-her-place-in-hollywoods-celebrity-alist/news-story/23a55f65518dbb7b4f275db38715f88b|archive-date=24 Januari 2022|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref name="Karmali 2014">{{Cite magazine|last=Karmali|first=Sarah|date=2 oktober 2014|title=Jessica Chastain Is ''Bazaar''{{'s}} November Cover Star|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a32042/jessica-chastain-is-bazaars-november-cover-star/|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142128/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a32042/jessica-chastain-is-bazaars-november-cover-star/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Wartawan [[Sanjiv Bhattacharya]] mengidentifikasi tema karakter yang "menyubversikan ekspektasi gender dengan cara tertentu".<ref name="Bhattacharya 2017" /> David Ehrlich dari IndieWire memujinya karena menjadi aktris Amerika satu-satunya yang konsisten memerankan karakter yang "mendorong cita-cita feminis".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ehrlich|first=David|date=18 September 2017|title=''Woman Walks Ahead'' Review: Jessica Chastain Stars in a Paint-by-Numbers Biopic – TIFF|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/woman-walks-ahead-jessica-chastain-tiff-2017-1201876791/|website=[[IndieWire]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101073925/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/woman-walks-ahead-jessica-chastain-tiff-2017-1201876791/|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain mempercayai persiapan ekstensif untuk setiap peran: "Saya{{Nbsp}}... mengisi diri dengan sebanyak-banyaknya sejarah tentang sang tokoh sebisa mungkin."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kaling|first=Mindy|authorlink=Mindy Kaling|date=25 September 2014|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jessica-chastain-2|magazine=Interview|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jessica-chastain-2|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Kritikus film Roger Ebert dan Richard Roeper telah mengelukan keserbagunaan Chastain,<ref name="Ebert 2013" /><ref name="Roeper 2013" /> dan majalah ''[[W (majalah)|W]]'' memujinya karena menghindari ''[[typecasting]]''.<ref name="Hirschberg 2015" />
[[Berkas:Jessica Chastain at 2015 Empire Awards.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Chastain di [[Empire Awards|Penghargaan Empire]] 2015|alt=Seorang wanita mengenakan gaun hitam bermotif putih abstrak dengan rambut merah terikat, ia tersenyum berpaling dari kamera]]
Guillermo del Toro, yang menyutradarai Chastain dalam ''Crimson Peak'', meyakini bahwa sang aktris "tertarik dengan menjadi seperti bunglon", dan bahwa ia membawa autentisitas bahkan dalam keadaan yang janggal sekali pun.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mandell|first=Andrea|date=17 Januari 2013|title=Jessica Chastain Is on the Clock|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/17/jessica-chastain-cover-story-zero-dark-thirty-meets-mama/1840375/|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602154420/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/17/jessica-chastain-cover-story-zero-dark-thirty-meets-mama/1840375/|archive-date=2 Juni 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Sophie Heawood dari ''The Guardian'' percaya bahwa kemampuan Chastain dalam memberikan sangat sedikit ego kepada peranannya membuatnya tak dikenali penonton.<ref name="Heawood 2016" /> Sarah Karmali dari ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' berpendapat bahwa "ia mengupayakan penyerapan penuh, tenggelam begitu dalam menuju karakternya sehingga wajahnya tampak berubah bentuk dari satu tokoh ke yang lain".<ref name="Karmali 2014" /> Lea Goldman dari ''[[Marie Claire]]'' telah membadingkan keterampilannya dengan Maryl Streep dan [[Cate Blanchett]], dan menulis bahwa ia menghargai keterampilannya melebihi penampilan fisiknya.<ref name="Goldman 2012" /> Michel Franco, yang menyutradarainya untuk ''Memory'', menyebut Chastain "aktris terbaik di seluruh dunia".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=3 September 2023|title=Michel Franco on Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard Venice Competition Film ''Memory'': 'I've Always Been Interested in Broken People'|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jessica-chastain-michel-franco-peter-sarsgaard-venice-memory-1235712218/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925154915/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jessica-chastain-michel-franco-peter-sarsgaard-venice-memory-1235712218/|archive-date=25 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Mendeskripsikan karier filmnya, pada tahun 2017 Ben Dickinson dari ''[[Elle (majalah)|Elle]]'' menulis:
{{Blockquote|Dengan matanya yang kerap tampak berhantu, warna kulit yang pucat, dan surai merah yang anggun{{Nbsp}}... ia dapat memproyeksikan segalanya mulai dari keangkuhan yang dingin (''The Martian'', ''Miss Sloane'') hingga cinta penuh kasih (''The Tree of Life'', ''The Zookeeper's Wife'') atau kesetimpangan labil dan inteligensi tinggi di antaranya (''Zero Dark Thirty'' dan ''A Most Violent Year'').<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dickinson|first=Ben|date=27 November 2017|title=Jessica Chastain Is Using Her Versatility to Get Women's Stories Told|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13793658/jessica-chastain-women-in-hollywood-november-2017/|magazine=[[Elle (majalah)|Elle]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142130/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13793658/jessica-chastain-women-in-hollywood-november-2017/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>}}
Wartawan [[Tom Shone]] menggambarkan Chastain "teramat molek{{Nbsp}}... [dengan] fitur [[Botticelli]] yang pucat terbungkus di seputar struktur tulang yang memiliki sentuhan maskulin, menurun hingga belahan dagunya".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shone|first=Tom|date=11 November 2013|title=Jessica Chastain: Hollywood's Most Versatile Star|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-chastain-hollywoods-most-versatile-star|magazine=[[Vogue]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142132/https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-chastain-hollywoods-most-versatile-star|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia dianamai sebagai vegetarian terseksi dalam sebuah jajak pendapat oleh [[Masyarakat untuk Perlakuan Etis terhadap Hewan|PETA]] pada tahun 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kelly|first=Tara|date=29 Juni 2012|title=PETA Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities 2012: Jessica Chastain and Woody Harrelson Win Celebrity Contest|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peta-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012_n_1638049|dead-url=no|work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530123116/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peta-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012_n_1638049|archive-date=30 Mei 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun yang sama, ia muncul dalam daftar [[AskMen]] untuk 99 wanita yang paling diidamkan,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Semigran|first=Aly|date=1 Februari 2012|title=Sofia Vergara is the Most Desirable Woman of 2012|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/02/01/sofia-vergara-askmen-most-desirable/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004204843/https://ew.com/article/2012/02/01/sofia-vergara-askmen-most-desirable/|archive-date=4 Oktober 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan pada tahun 2015, majalah ''[[Glamour (majalah)|Glamour]]'' mendaftarnya sebagai salah satu wanita berbusana terbaik.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=12 Juli 2016|title=Best Dressed 2016: Vote Now!|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-women-2015|magazine=Glamour|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404122017/https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-women-2015|archive-date=4 April 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Majalah ''[[Time]]'' menamai Chastain sebagai salah satu dari [[Time 100|100 orang paling berpengaruh di dunia]] pada tahun 2012.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Oldman|first=Gary|authorlink=Gary Oldman|date=18 April 2012|title=Jessica Chastain: 2012 ''Time'' 100|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112107,00.html|magazine=[[Time]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216021208/https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112107,00.html|archive-date=16 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia kemudian diundang bergabung bersama [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Akademi Seni dan Ilmu Perfilman]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Weisman|first=Jon|date=29 Juni 2012|title=Film Acad Invites 176 to Join|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/film-acad-invites-176-to-join-1118056134/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411125504/https://variety.com/2012/film/news/film-acad-invites-176-to-join-1118056134/|archive-date=11 April 2021|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan menjalankan endorsemen untuk parfum [[Yves Saint Laurent (merek)|Yves Saint Laurent]] bernama Manifesto.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Weil|first=Jennifer|date=7 Juni 2012|title=Jessica Chastain Named YSL Fragrance Face|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/human-resources/jessica-chastain-named-ysl-fragrance-face-5949800/|magazine=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207183414/https://wwd.com/business-news/human-resources/jessica-chastain-named-ysl-fragrance-face-5949800/|archive-date=7 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2015, ia menjadi ambasador global perusahaan perhiasan dan jam Swiss, [[Piaget SA|Piaget]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McKenzie|first=Lesley|date=20 Januari 2015|title=Jessica Chastain Is Piaget's New Brand Ambassador|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jessica-chastain-is-piagets-new-765297/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142118/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jessica-chastain-is-piagets-new-765297/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> dan ditunjuk sebagai wajah kampanye parfum [[Ralph Lauren Corporation|Ralph Lauren]], yang dijuduli Woman Intense. Untuk kampanye Ralph Lauren, ia memimpin inisiatif bertajuk Lead Like a Woman, dan tampil dalam sebuah film pendek berjudul ''Leading with Intensity'' (2019) buatan kru dan pemeran yang seluruhnya terdiri atas wanita.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Adamiyatt|first=Roxanne|date=25 April 2019|title=Jessica Chastain Is Putting Her Money Where Her Mouth Is with Her Latest Ralph Lauren Campaign|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/a27239526/jessica-chastain-woman-intense-gender-parity/|magazine=Town & Country|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202233422/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/a27239526/jessica-chastain-woman-intense-gender-parity/|archive-date=2 Februari 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
== Kehidupan pribadi ==
Meski menyita atensi media yang signifikan, Chastain tetap menjaga kehidupan pribadinya dari konsumsi publik, dan memilih untuk tidak menghadiri acara karpet merah bersama pasangan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mandell|first=Andrea|date=20 April 2016|title=Jessica Chastain Does Fame on Her Own Terms|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/04/20/jessica-chastain-does-fame-her-own-terms/83236254/|dead-url=no|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218142119/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/04/20/jessica-chastain-does-fame-her-own-terms/83236254/|archive-date=18 Februari 2023|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia menganggap dirinya "pemalu",<ref name="Manelis 2014" /> dan pada tahun 2011 mengatakan bahwa ia menikmati rutinitas domestik seperti berjalan dengan anjing dan memainkan [[ukulele]], alih-alih berpesta. Ia telah menyebut [[Isabelle Huppert]] sebagai seorang pengaruh dalam mengelola keluarga selagi memainkan "peran di luar sana" sebagai pemeran layar.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Interview: Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-jessica-chastain|magazine=Stylist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011080445/https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/interview-jessica-chastain|archive-date=11 Oktober 2017|dead-url=yes|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
Chastain adalah seorang pecinta hewan, dan telah mengadopsi seekor anjing yang terlantar.<ref name="Manelis 2014" /> Dibesarkan oleh ibunya yang merupakan seorang koki vegan,<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=8 Desember 2020|title=Jessica Chastain Buys Her Mom a Vegan Food Truck|url=https://people.com/food/jessica-chastain-mom-vegan-food-truck/|magazine=[[People (majalah)|People]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111044950/https://people.com/food/jessica-chastain-mom-vegan-food-truck/|archive-date=11 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Chastain adalah seorang [[Pescetarianisme|pescetarian]] selama 15 tahun; menyusul permasalahan kesehatan ia mulai mempraktikkan [[veganisme]].<ref name="Manelis 2014" /> Ia adalah seorang investor [[Beyond Meat]], salah satu perusahaan [[daging palsu]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shanker|first=Denna|last2=Mulvany|first2=Lydia|date=2 Mei 2019|title=Vegan-Friendly, Celeb-Backed Beyond Meat Has 2019's Best U.S. IPO|url=http://time.com/5582512/beyond-meat-best-ipo-2019/|magazine=[[Time]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909022257/https://time.com/5582512/beyond-meat-best-ipo-2019/|archive-date=9 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=2 Mei 2019|last3=Hytha|first3=Michael}}</ref>
Pada tahun 2000-an, Chastain menjalin hubungan jangka panjang dengan penulis sekaligus sutradara [[Ned Benson]], sebelum putus pada tahun 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yuan|first=Jada|date=22 Mei 2014|title=Jessica Chastain on Cannes, Her Wonderful Facebook Page, and Having to Keep ''Interstellar'' Secrets|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/05/jessica-chastain-on-cannes-and-interstellar-secrets.html|website=Vulture|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926003336/https://www.vulture.com/2014/05/jessica-chastain-on-cannes-and-interstellar-secrets.html|archive-date=26 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pada tahun 2012, ia mulai memacari Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, seorang bangsawan Italia dari keluarga Passi de Preposulo, yang merupakan eksekutif untuk merek mode [[Moncler]].<ref name="Heawood 2016" /><ref name="Manelis 2014" /> Pada Juni 2017, mereka menikah di kediaman keluarga Preposulo di [[Carbonera, Veneto|Carbonera]], Italia.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Luckel|first=Madeleine|date=12 Juni 2017|title=Inside Jessica Chastain's Wedding in Italy|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-chastain-marries-in-italy|magazine=[[Vogue]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029153438/https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-chastain-marries-in-italy|archive-date=29 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Pasangan tersebut memiliki dua anak, Giulietta dan Augustus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaloi|first=Stephanie|date=16 Desember 2023|title=Jessica Chastain Says Taylor Swift Curated a Breakup Playlist for Her After Meeting for the First Time – Video|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-breakup-playlist/|website=TheWrap|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217020012/https://www.thewrap.com/jessica-chastain-taylor-swift-jimmy-fallon-breakup-playlist/|archive-date=17 Desember 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Mereka tinggal di Kota New York.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Blasberg|first=Derek|date=21 Juli 2017|title=Inside Jessica Chastain's Home in New York City|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jessica-chastain-new-york-city-apartment|magazine=Architectural Digest|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031214655/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jessica-chastain-new-york-city-apartment|archive-date=31 Oktober 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
== Peran akting dan penghargaan ==
{{Daftar utama|Jessica Chastain di layar dan panggung|Daftar penghargaan dan nominasi yang diterima oleh Jessica Chastain}}
Menurut situs agregator ulasan [[Rotten Tomatoes]] dan situs pelacak ''box office'' [[The Numbers (situs web)|The Numbers]], film-film Chastain yang paling sukses secara kritis dan komersial antara lain ''[[Take Shelter]]'' (2011), ''[[Coriolanus (film)|Coriolanus]]'' (2011), ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011), ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011), ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' (2012), ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012), ''[[Mama (film 2013)|Mama]]'' (2013), ''[[Interstellar]]'' (2014), ''[[A Most Violent Year]]'' (2014), ''[[The Martian]]'' (2015), ''[[Miss Sloane]]'' (2016), ''[[Molly's Game]]'' (2017), ''[[It Chapter Two]]'' (2019), dan ''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021).<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes n.d.">{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jessica-chastain|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809015322/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jessica-chastain|archive-date=9 Agustus 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref name="The Numbers n.d." /> Di antara peran panggungnya, ia telah tampil di revival Broadway dari ''[[The Heiress (permainan panggung 1947)|The Heiress]]'' pada tahun 2012 dan ''[[Rumah Boneka|A Doll's House]]'' pada tahun 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://playbill.com/person/jessica-chastain-vault-0000123255|magazine=Playbill|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928235320/https://playbill.com/person/jessica-chastain-vault-0000123255|archive-date=28 September 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Peran televisinya antara lain miniseri ''[[Scenes from a Marriage (miniseri Amerika)|Scenes from a Marriage]]'' (2021) dan ''[[George & Tammy]]'' (2022).<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes n.d." />
Chastain memenangkan [[Penghargaan Academy]] dalam kategori [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik|Aktris Terbaik]] untuk ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye'', dan telah dinominasikan pada dua kesempatan lain: [[Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik|Aktris Pendukung Terbaik]] untuk ''The Help'' dan Aktris Terbaik untuk ''Zero Dark Thirty''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Academy Awards Database: Jessica Chastain|url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica%20Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D|publisher=[[Penghargaan Academy]], [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Akademi Seni dan Ilmu Perfilman]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101111238/https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica%20Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D|archive-date=1 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia memenangkan [[Penghargaan Golden Globe]] untuk [[Aktris Terbaik (Golden Globe) - Drama|Aktris Terbaik dalam Film{{Snd}} Drama]] untuk ''Zero Dark Thirty'', dan menerima tujuh nominasi lainnya: Aktris Terbaik dalam Drama untuk ''Miss Sloane'', ''Molly's Game'', dan ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye''; [[Aktris Pendukung Terbaik (Golden Globe)|Aktris Pendukung Terbaik]] untuk ''The Help'' dan ''A Most Violent Year''; dan Aktris Terbaik untuk Miniseri atau Film Televisi untuk ''Scenes from a Marriage'' dan ''George & Tammy''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/|publisher=[[Penghargaan Golden Globe]], [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association|Asosiasi Pers Hollywood Asing]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109221210/https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/|archive-date=9 November 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref> Atas karyanya dalam ''A Doll's House'', Chastain menerima nominasi [[Penghargaan Tony]] untuk Aktris Terbaik dalam Drama sebagai pemeran dan Revival Drama Terbaik sebagai produser.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 Mei 2023|title=2023 Tony Awards Nominees|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2023-tony-awards-nominees/|publisher=[[Penghargaan Tony]], Liga Broadway, Sayap Teater Amerika|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111233310/https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2023-tony-awards-nominees/|archive-date=11 Januari 2024|dead-url=no|access-date=14 Januari 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=11 Juni 2023|title=2023 Tony Awards: ''Kimberly Akimbo'', ''Leopoldstadt'', ''Topdog/Underdog'', ''Parade'' Win Top Prizes|url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/tony-awards-winners-2023-1235639109/|magazine=[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823172245/https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/tony-awards-winners-2023-1235639109/|archive-date=23 Agustus 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=14 Januari 2024}}</ref> Ia memperoleh nominasi [[Primetime Emmy Award|Penghargaan Primetime Emmy]] pertamanya untuk Aktris Utama Luar Biasa dalam Seri Terbatas atau Antologi atau Film atas perannya dalam ''George & Tammy''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jessica Chastain|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-chastain|publisher=[[Penghargaan Emmy]], Akademi Seni dan Ilmu Televisi|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715222512/https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-chastain|archive-date=15 Juli 2023|dead-url=no|access-date=1 Januari 2024}}</ref>
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