Jessica Phyllis Lange is an American actress who was born on April 20, 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, and has won two Oscars, three Primetime Emmys, five Golden Globes and one Tony award in cinema, television and performing arts. Born the third of four siblings, Lange has Finnish, German and Dutch roots; After studying art in Minnesota, he studied architecture in Paris for a short time, and when he returned to New York in 1973, he started working in a model agency.
Lange, who started her career in 1976 with her role in Dino De Laurentiis's "King Kong" project, received her first Oscar nomination for her role as Frances Farmer in the movie "Frances" in 1982, and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Tootsie" the same year. She received nominations for Best Actress again in 1984, 1985 and 1989 for the films "Country", "Sweet Dreams" and "Music Box", and was nominated for an Oscar once again with "Blue Sky" in 1994.
He won the Emmy award for the documentary series "Grey Gardens" in 2009, and was subsequently awarded two more Emmys for his performances in the "American Horror Story" series. In 2016, she received a Tony award for her role as Mary Tyrone in the play "Long Day's Journey Into Night" on Broadway, and returned to the stage in 2024, earning her second Tony nomination.
In her private life, Lange, who was married to photographer Paco Grande between 1970 and 1981, had a relationship with actor Sam Shepard in 1982 and gave birth to two children from this union; She also has another child as a result of her relationship with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Currently residing in New York, Lange also serves as a goodwill ambassador for UNESCO.
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards (Oscars), three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, as well as a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and five Golden Globe Awards, making her the 13th actress to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting."
Lange started her professional film career with the 1976 film King Kong, a remake of Dino De Laurentiis's 1933 action-adventure classic, and won her first Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year" for this role. In 1979, he starred in the critically acclaimed musical film All That Jazz (The Fifth Stage of Death). In 1983, she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for her role as the soap opera star in Tootsie (1982); She was also nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Actress" for her portrayal of troubled actress Frances Farmer in Frances (1982).
Lange; After receiving three more nominations for the films Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985) and Music Box (1989), she won her third Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for "Best Actress" for her performance as a bipolar housewife in the film Blue Sky (1994).
In 2010, Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's aunt "Big Edie" in the HBO film Gray Gardens (2009). From 2011 to 2014, he won his first Screen Actors Guild Award, his first Critics' Choice Award, his fifth Golden Globe Award, three Dorian Awards, and his second and third Emmy Awards for his performances in the first three seasons of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story (2011โ2015, 2018).
In 2016, Lange won her first Tony Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play", the Outer Critics Circle Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play" and the Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play" for her performance in the Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. He also had a supporting role in Louis C.K.'s Peabody Award-winning web series Horace and Pete.
In 2017, she received her eighth Emmy, 16th Golden Globe, sixth Screen Actors Guild and second TCA Award nominations for her portrayal of actress Joan Crawford in the miniseries Feud. In 2019, he received his tenth Emmy nomination for his performance in the TV series American Horror Story: Apocalypse.
Lange is also a photographer with four published photography books. The actress, who has also worked as a foster parent, serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, focusing on HIV/AIDS problems in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Russia.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 84 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) โ Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) โ Self - Guest
- The Late Show with David Letterman (1993) โ Self - Guest
- The View (1997)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) โ Self - Guest
- American Horror Story (2011) โ Fiona Goode
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
- Intimate Portrait (1993)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
- American Playhouse (1982) โ Maggie Pollitt
- Today (1952)
- Bambi (1948)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.