Jennifer Jason Leigh Biography
Birthday: 1962-02-05
Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Wiki Biography: Born in Los Angeles, Jennifer Jason Leigh - the daughter of actor Vic Morrow - worked in her first film at the age of nine, in a nonspeaking role for the film Death of a Stranger (The Spy Who Never Was (1976)). At 14 she attended summer acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg and landed a role in the Disney TV movie "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Young Runaways (#24.17)" (1978), and received her Screen Actors Guild membership in an episode of the TV series "Baretta" (1975) when she was 16. Jennifer performed in several TV movies and dropped out of Pacific Palisades High School six weeks short of graduation for her major role in the film Eyes of a Stranger (1981). Her first major success came as the female lead in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
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Filmography
| TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under Cover | 1987 | Action | |
| Washington Square | Catherine Sloper | 1997 | Drama |
| Rush | 2008 | ||
| The Moment | Lee | 2013 |
| Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Stacy Hamilton | 1982 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | 1984 | Drama | |
| Flesh+Blood | Agnes | 1985 | Adventure, Drama |
| The Hitcher | Nash | 1986 | Horror, Thriller |
| Under Cover | Tanille Laroux | 1987 | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Sister, Sister | Lucy Bonnard | 1988 | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
| The Big Picture | Lydia Johnson | 1989 | |
| Heart of Midnight | Carol | 1989 | Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Miami Blues | 1990 | 0, Game Show, 0 | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | Tralala | 1990 | Drama |
| Backdraft | Jennifer Vaitkus | 1991 | 0, Comedy, 0 |
| Rush | 1991 | Comedy | |
| Crooked Hearts | Marriet Hoffman | 1991 | Drama, Romance |
| Single White Female | Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson | 1992 | 0 |
| Short Cuts | 1993 | Comedy, Drama | |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Dorothy Parker | 1994 | |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | Amy Archer | 1994 | 0 |
| Love Letter | 1995 | ||
| Dolores Claiborne | Selena St. George | 1995 | 0, Game Show |
| Georgia | 1995 | 0 | |
| Kansas City | Blondie O'Hara | 1996 | Crime, Drama, Music |
| Bastard Out of Carolina | Anney Boatwright | 1996 | Drama |
| A Thousand Acres | 1997 | Drama | |
| Washington Square | Catherine Sloper | 1997 | Drama, Romance |
| eXistenZ | Allegra Geller | 1999 | Sport, Reality Tv, 0, Game Show |
| The Anniversary Party | 2001 | 0 | |
| The King is Alive | 2001 | Drama | |
| Skipped Parts | 2001 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | |
| Hey Arnold!: The Movie | 2002 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | |
| Road to Perdition | Annie Sullivan | 2002 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| In the Cut | Pauline | 2003 | 0 |
| The Machinist | Stevie | 2004 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Rag Tale | 2005 | 0, Biography | |
| The Jacket | Dr. Beth Lorenson | 2005 | Drama, Mystery, Sci Fi |
| Childstar | 2005 | Comedy, Drama | |
| Margot at the Wedding | Pauline | 2007 | 0 |
| Synecdoche, New York | Maria | 2008 | |
| Greenberg | Beth | 2010 | |
| The Moment | Lee | 2013 | |
| The Spectacular Now | Sara | 2013 | 0, 0 |
| Kill Your Darlings | Naomi Ginsberg | 2013 | Biography, Drama, Romance |
| Jake Squared | Sheryl | 2014 | 0 |
| Me | Kelly | 2014 | Comedy |
| Anomalisa | Lisa | 2016 | 0, 0, Biography |