Jessica Lange

Birth Place: Cloquet, MN, USA

Latest News on Jessica Lange:
Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening (Dec 6, 2024)

Patti LuPone, Michael Urie, & More Nominated for TV Critics Choice Awards (Dec 5, 2024)

Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening (Nov 4, 2024)

BIO

Known for her roles on stage and screen she has received numerous accolades and is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Lange has received two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Olivier Award.

Lange made her professional film debut in the remake King Kong (1976) which, despite receiving mixed reviews, earned her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Lange went on to receive two Academy Awards, her first for Best Supporting Actress as a soap opera star in the comedy Tootsie (1982) and her second for Best Actress playing a bipolar housewife in Blue Sky (1994). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for Frances (1982), Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989). She also acted in films such as All That Jazz (1979), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Cape Fear (1991), Rob Roy (1995), and Big Fish (2003).

For her roles on television she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Big Edie in the HBO movie Grey Gardens (2009). Lange gained new recognition by starring in FX's horror anthology, American Horror Story (2011–2015, 2018), which earned her two additional Primetime Emmys for its first and third seasons. She was Emmy-nominated for her roles as in Blanche DuBois in the CBS film A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), a wife in the HBO television movie Normal (2003), and Joan Crawford in FX the miniseries Feud: Bette and Joan (2017). Lange has also acted in the television films O Pioneers! (1992), and The Great Lillian Hall (2024) as well as the Netflix series The Politician (2019).

On stage, Lange made her Broadway debut as Blanche DuBois in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1992). Lange won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Mary Cavan Tyrone in the Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). Lange returned to Broadway playing the hardheaded matriarch in the Paula Vogel play Mother Play (2024).

Lange is also a photographer with five published books of photography. She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia.

Photos

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer (Director)

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Michael Cristofer (Director), Jessica Lange and Bruce Cohen (Producer)

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Michael Cristofer (Director) and Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Michael Cristofer (Director) and Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Mara Webster (Moderator), Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer (Director)

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Michael Cristofer (Director) and Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Jessica Lange

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12/06/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL New York Screening

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jessica Lange

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jenelle Riley, Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jenelle Riley, Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jenelle Riley, Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Jenelle Riley, Jessica Lange and Michael Cristofer

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11/04/2024

From: Photos: Jessica Lange, Michael Cristofer, & More at THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL Screening

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jessica Lange

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06/11/2024

From: Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jessica Lange

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06/11/2024

From: Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger

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06/11/2024

From: Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Jessica Lange

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06/11/2024

From: Photos: Backstage with the Drama Desk Awards Winners

Jessica Lange

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05/23/2024

From: Photos: Inside the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Jessica Lange

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05/23/2024

From: Photos: Inside the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Jessica Lange and Alfred Molina

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05/17/2024

From: Photos: Go Inside the 2024 Drama League Awards

Jessica Lange and Michael Stuhlbarg

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

Jim Parsons, Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

Jim Parsons, Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

"Mothers Play" Lisa Lawer Post, Jim Parsons, Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Carole Rothman

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

LaChanze, Jessica Lange, Michael Stuhlbarg, Camille A. Brown and Jonathan Groff

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

LaChanze and Jessica Lange

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

LaChanze, Jessica Lange and Michael Stuhlbarg

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05/03/2024

From: Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2024 Tony Nominees

Jessica Lange

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05/02/2024

From: Photos: Meet the 2024 Tony Nominees for Acting

Jessica Lange

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05/02/2024

From: Photos: Meet the 2024 Tony Nominees for Acting

Patricia Arquette and Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Hannah Jane Shepard, Jessica Lange and Shura Baryshnikov

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Samantha Mathis, Jessica Lange and Carla Gugino

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Joe Machota, Jessica Lange and Kevin Huvane

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Molly Forster, Second Stage Artistic Director Carole Rothman and Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Alison Wright and Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Carole Rothman, Paula Vogel, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Tina Photo

Carole Rothman, Paula Vogel, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Tina Landau

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Jessica Lange

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange and Jim Parsons

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04/26/2024

From: Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

STAGE CREDITS

Mother Play

[Broadway]

Second Stage Original Broadway Production, 2024

Phyllis

Long Day's Journey Into Night

[Broadway]

Roundabout Broadway Revival, 2016

Mary Tyrone

The Glass Menagerie

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2005

The Mother

A Streetcar Named Desire

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 1992

Blanche Du Bois

Movies

King Kong
[ 1976 ] Dwan

All That Jazz
[ 1979 ] Angelique

How to Beat the High Cost of Living
[ 1980 ] Louise

The Postman Always Rings Twice
[ 1981 ] Cora Papadakis

Frances
[ 1982 ] Frances Farmer

Tootsie
[ 1982 ] Julie Nichols

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
[ 1984 ] Maggie

Country
[ 1984 ] Jewell Ivy

Sweet Dreams
[ 1985 ] Patsy Cline

Crimes of the Heart
[ 1986 ] Meg Magrath

Everybody's All-American
[ 1988 ] Babs

Far North
[ 1988 ] Kate

Music Box
[ 1989 ] Ann Talbot

Men Don't Leave
[ 1990 ] Beth Macauley

Cape Fear
[ 1991 ] Leigh Bowden

Jessica Lange: It's Only Make-Believe
[ 1991 ]

Night and the City
[ 1992 ] Helen Nasseros

O Pioneers!
[ 1992 ] Alexandra Bergson

Losing Isaiah
[ 1993 ] Margaret Lewin

Blue Sky
[ 1994 ] Carly Marshall

A Streetcar Named Desire
[ 1995 ] Blanche DuBois

Rob Roy
[ 1995 ] Mary

A Thousand Acres
[ 1997 ] Ginny Cook Smith

Cousin Bette
[ 1998 ] Bette

Hush
[ 1998 ] Martha Baring

Titus
[ 1999 ] Tamora

Prozac Nation
[ 2001 ] Mrs. Wurtzel

Big Fish
[ 2003 ] Sandra Bloom (senior)

Masked and Anonymous
[ 2003 ] Nina Veronica

Normal
[ 2003 ] Irma Applewood

Broken Flowers
[ 2005 ] Carmen

Don't Come Knocking
[ 2005 ] Doreen

Neverwas
[ 2005 ] Katherine Pierson

Bonneville
[ 2006 ] Arvilla Holden

Sybil
[ 2007 ] Dr. Cornelia Wilbur

Grey Gardens
[ 2009 ] Big Edie

The Vow
[ 2012 ] Rita Thornton

In Secret
[ 2013 ] Madame Raquin

The Big Wedding
[ 2013 ]

The Gambler
[ 2014 ] Roberta

Wild Oats
[ 2016 ] Maddie

Marlowe
[ 2022 ] Dorothy Cavendish

TV Shows

Stories from My Childhood
The Swan Princess

Hollywood Stuntmakers
Dwan

Ànima
Edith Bouvier Beale

Welcome to the Basement
Nina Veronica

Chelsea Lately
[ 2012-2014 ] Fiona Goode, Sister Jude

Horace & Pete
Marsha

Feud: Bette and Joan
Joan Crawford

American Horror Story
[ 2011-2018 ] Constance Langdon

The Politician
Dusty Jackson

Awards and Nominations

winner

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Jessica Lange, Mother Play

winner

Drama League Awards - 2024 - Contribution to the Theater

Jessica Lange

Drama League Awards - 2024 - Distinguished Performance

Jessica Lange, Mother Play

winner

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play

Jessica Lange, Mother Play

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jessica Lange, Mother Play

winner

BroadwayWorld Awards - 2016 - Best Leading Actress in a Play