Jessica Chastain: Why We Can't Get Enough of Her

Jessica Chastain is currently one of Hollywood’s most in demand actresses, with a host of exciting upcoming films and fans wanting to learn more about her.

However, while some Hollywood starlets might embrace the limelight and fully hop onto the tabloid celebrity bandwagon with parties, scandals and break-ups, Chasten has been more private about her personal life, which makes her even more intriguing.

Jessica Chastain is currently one of Hollywood’s most in demand actresses, with a host of exciting upcoming films and fans wanting to learn more about her.

In this article, we’ll take a brief look at Chastain’s life, her career and some of the movies she has acted in that have made her world famous. To do this, we’ll share just some of the reasons why we all can’t get enough of this beautiful, powerful and inspirational redhead.

3 Reasons We Can’t Get Enough of Jessica Chastain

1. She’s enigmatic

The world of celebrity stardom might be full of lavish parties, tabloid scandals and personal affairs made public. So, when someone in the industry shies away from all that, and prefers to keep to themselves, they can become more interesting than ever.

Chastain is one of these actresses, who has been quoted as saying that she prefers to live a simple life at home than an extravagant celebrity lifestyle. She has also been particularly private about her personal life, which has made the media hungry for more information.

This was especially the case when it took the media a while to find out that she had had a baby via surrogate in 2018. True to her desire to keep her private life private, Chastain also shares very little details about her relationship with her husband, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, an Italian designer who comes from a noble family.

True to form, Chastain only shares occasional personal updates on her Instagram page, preferring to use it as a platform to promote the causes she supports, and share information about past and upcoming projects.

2. She roots for the underdog

Chastain has rarely shared very personal details about her life, but has opened up about growing up with a single mom, and the instability she felt growing up in Sacramento, California. Describing herself as a loner while growing up, she has mentioned that becoming involved in the theatre helped her to find an outlet growing up.

This awareness of struggling to get by has clearly driven Chasten to fight for the underdog, and she is known for her feminist stance and for fighting for equal pay for all races and genders. In particular she is known for negotiating a higher salary for one of her black co-stars, Octavia Spencer, who she famously starred with in The Help.

Apart from this Chastain also supports various charities that advocate for mental health, and has also been involved with organisations that promote positive self worth and body image in young teens, having been teased for having red hair and freckles as a child. In addition to this, she has also been involved in supporting the work of Planned Parenthood.

3. She has an illustrious career

As many actresses in the biz, Chastain started out as a drama student, in her case on a scholarship provided by the late Robin Williams to the Juilliard School in New York City. After many years of working her way up the ranks with small roles after graduating, Chastain landed her first prominent role in the film Jolene in 2008, for which she received an award at the Seattle International Film Festival.

After that, her career went from strength to strength, with further roles in The Debt, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life with Brad Pitt. However, Chastain’s most pivotal role is in the well-known and multi-award winning film, The Help, which catapulted her into international stardom. This film, with its powerful themes of overcoming racial prejudice, has also cemented Chastain’s brand of activism, which we touched on above.

From making an impression with moving films like The Help, Chastain has played various roles in well known films like Molly’s Game, Zero Dark Thirty, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and The Martian. Other notable films include Miss Julie, Interstellar, Dark Phoenix and It Chapter Two.

In all of these films, she has starred along other famous actors like Helen Mirren, Matt Damon and James McAvoy which has further expanded her career. In fact, she is set to make her West End theatre debut in 2020.

In the article above, we’ve shared just some of the reasons why we can’t get enough of Jessica Chastain. With her enigmatic approach to celebrity stardom, her award winning career, and the number of social initiatives she’s involved in, she really sets the bar high when it comes to beautiful, mature and caring role models and actress figures in Hollywood.

With so many other exciting projects in the pipeline, we are sure to see much more of her work in the future, and will no doubt become more and more enamoured with her as she continues to grow and evolve in her career and as a celebrity.