Biography
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). For her role as fugitive Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight (2015), she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Awards & recognition
- Genie Awards · 2005
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actress · 1994
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 1993
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2016 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Fargo
Twin Peaks
High Potential
Atypical
Spawn
The Hateful Eight
Superman: The Animated Series
Frasier
Patrick Melrose
Revenge
Synecdoche, New York
Weeds
The Machinist
The Man Who Wasn't There
Sid & Judy
Road to Perdition
King of the Hill
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dolores Claiborne
Hunters
QT8: The First Eight
Good Time
Family
The Waltons
Anomalisa
The Hudsucker Proxy
Crime 101
Kill Your Darlings
The Hitcher
The Jacket
Hercules
eXistenZ
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Affair
The Spectacular Now
Backdraft
Rush
Buried Alive
The Love Letter
Flesh+Blood
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
Hey Arnold! The Movie
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Possessor
White Boy Rick
Annihilation
LBJ
Single White Female
Palindromes
Washington Square