How much is Jessica Chastain worth?
| Net Worth: | $50 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | March 24, 1977 (age 45) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
About Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain is an American actress and producer. She began her acting career in 2004 and since then has won many awards and achievements. She’s known for her roles in films with feminist themes. Among some of her many awards are a Golden Globe Award and she was also nominated two times for an Academy Award. Because of her success, in 2012, she was added Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”.
The actress was born on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California. She first developed an interest in acting when she was 7 years old. Throughout her young years, the actress appeared in many amateur shows with other children that really helped her get an idea of how acting works.
She attended the Sacramento City College and in 1998, she finished her education at the performing arts conservatory AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts). A few years later, in 2003, she obtained a Bachelor in Fine Arts.
Just before she finished studying, Jessica attended an event specifically made for students in their final year. It was then that she signed a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. Shortly after, Jessica Chastain moved to Los Angels and began auditioning for various roles.
Just a few months after moving to L.A., the aspiring actress landed her first acting role in the soap opera Dark Shadows which was a pilot remake of the 1960s opera with the same name. Throughout the rest of the mid-2000s, she continued to work mainly in television series such as Veronica Mars, Blackbeard, and Law and Order.
It was in 2011 when Jessica Chastain starred as Celia Foote in The Help and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, that she really began to become very famous. She was also nominated again for the same award a year later in 2012, for her performance in Zero Dark Thirty.
The popular actress became rich in the late 2000s as she began to receive a lot more acting opportunities. Besides films and television series, she also starred in many plays that helped her earn more. Her film debut came in 2008 when she starred in the drama Jolene, inspired by Dolly Parton’s song with the same name. Towards 2010, she continued to star in other productions – Stolen, The Debt, and Murder on the Orient Express.
Her breakthrough and rise to fame came in 2011. She starred in six movies released that year, all of which were very successful. The first three were the dramas Take Shelter, Coriolanus, and The Tree of Life. Both the films and Jessica’s performance were highly praised and received positive reviews.
Her most successful movie from 2011 was The Help. Chastain played the role of Celia Foote and it was a notable success. The film earned $216.6 million in the box office and was nominated for 120 awards, with 80 wins. Jessica’s amazing performance also earned her prestigious award nominations. She was nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Awards in the category “Best Supporting Actress”.
Jessica’s final roles from 2011 were in the movies Wilde Salome and Texas Killing Fields. The two were not as successful as The Help but still helped the actress gain popularity. Overall, her most successful films of that year were The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life.
Thanks to her impressive resume, the actress began receiving more and more opportunities for different films. In 2012, she starred in Madagascar 3 and Lawless, both of which premiered at the 65 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Lawless earned $54.4 million from a $26 million dollar budget.
Madagascar 3 amassed over an estimated $747 million in the box office and became the actress’ highest-grossing film to take part in. Also that year, Jessica made her Broadway debut appearing in the 1947 play The Heiress, in which she played the role of Catherine Sloper.
2012 was another successful year for Chastain who starred in Zero Dark Thirty. The movie had international success and skyrocketed the actress’ career. The film is focused on the leader of Al-Qaeda – Osama Bin Laden and the September 11 attacks. In 2013, Jessica Chastain is estimated to have had a net worth of $22 million.
Besides being described as controversial, the film received praise from both critics and media. It was one of the highest-grossing films of the year, amassing $132.8 million. Thanks to Chastain’s versatility and fantastic acting, she earned herself a Golden Globe Award in the category “Best Actress in Drama” and also a few nominations for an Academy, BAFTA, and SAG nominations in the same category.
While filming Miss Julie, Chastain also starred in the science fiction Interstellar alongside Matthew McConaughey. The movie had a budget of just $165 million, yet did great in the box office earning $701.7 million. It’s been the actress’ highest-grossing live-action film to date.
Then, in 2022, after all of her hard work, preparation and appearances. Jessica Chastain won the Academy Award for “Best Actress” for her starring role in, The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Chastain’s Total Net Worth
Jessica Chastain has earned her wealth through her true passion, acting. She has said, “I love being around great actors and filmmakers, and I try to hide the fact that I’m in awe of them.” Through this open mindedness and love of what she and others are doing in the field, she has quickly risen to become one of the most popular actresses of this generation. To date, she has also earned an estimated $90 million in career earnings.
While she had bit parts on Veronica Mars, Law & Order, and Close to Home, she really blasted onto the scene with her appearance in The Debt (2010) where she starred opposite Helen Mirren. Jessica Chastain soon after capitalized on her momentum gathered, and starred in many more successful films. Among some of her popular roles are in the films were The Tree of Life, The Help, and Zero Dark Thirty.
She continued to gain success in the mid-2010s as she starred in the likes of The Heiress, The Martian, A Most Violent Year, and Miss Sloane among many others. In 2016, she founded her own production company called Freckle Films. Outside of acting, Chastain is vocal about mental health issues, as well as racial and gender equality.
Since 2015, Jessica Chastain landed even more roles in Hollywood films. 2015’s The Martian earned over $600 million, becoming the actress’ second film to earn such an amount in two consecutive years. Some of her recent roles have been in The Huntsman, Dark Phoenix, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the latter winning her an Academy Award.
Of her $90 million dollars income, $9-10 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $80.5 million, will have been taxed at 45% as Chastain has been residing in the state of New York. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $44.27 million dollars, having paid $36.23 million dollars in taxes.
In 2019, after she appeared in X-Men: Dark Phoenix she later said “I actually chose to do ‘X-Men’ because I’m working with Simon Kinberg, who’s also a first-time filmmaker who I met on ‘The Martian’ and is an incredible writer and producer.” This is a core way that actors build their careers, by impressing specific writers and producers that can lead to more roles later on. It is through these instincts that Chastain has managed to survive and thrive in the movie business.
Jessica Chastain married Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo in 2017 and they have appeared to be a happy and stable couple, with a good homelife. She has had two children and has values of promoting diversity in the film industry. In fact, after the actress also began working as a co-producer. Among some of the movies in which she’s a co-producer are The Westerner, The Zookeeper’s Wife, and the aforementioned I Am Jane Doe. She founded her own production company Freckle Productions in 2016, which aims to promote diversity in the film industry.
Chastain is also an animal lover, and has adopted a rescue dog. She is a vegan and an investor of Beyond Meat, a meat substitutes company which has many celebrity investors involved in it. Chastain will have invested her wealth elsewhere as well, including in the stock market.
In real estate, in 2019, she purchased a 6,600 square foot, seven-bedroom townhouse in New York City, for $8.88 million. It seems she may have purchased it at a discount of its actually value. A savvy move for an investment purchase. It was originally listed for $11.5 million but Chastain purchased it for $2.6 million less than that. She also owns properties in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles and another property in New York, an apartment that she paid $5.1 million for in 2015.
In her personal life Chastain has likely spent $3-5 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $1-2 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $8-10 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Jessica Chastain has a net worth of about $50 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Ever since 2011, Jessica Chastain has become one of the most popular Hollywood actresses. Her success in acting was a long time coming and since she gained popularity with her roles in The Help and Zero Dark Thirty, she has been constantly delivering. She’s often praised for her fantastic acting skills and for her constant support for different causes and organizations such as women’s rights, as well as human and gender equality.
