Jessica Chastain Through the Years

By Madeline Boardman March 24, 2017 at 08:00 AM EDT

Meredith has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Meredith may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links.

Skip gallery slides

1 of 40

Jessica Chastain Through the Years

Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Born in California on March 24, 1977, Jessica Chastain celebrates her 41st birthday Saturday. Pictured here on October 26, 2014, the actress got her start in her 20s, landing her first roles in episodes of ER and Veronica Mars in the early 2000s. More than a decade later, Chastain is now a bona fide big-screen star with two Academy Award nominations to her name. In honor of Chastain's birthday, see photos of the star through the years, ahead.

2 of 40

Jessica Chastain on May 18, 2005

Credit: Djamilla Rosa Cochran/WireImage

3 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Al Pacino at an Afterparty for Salome in Los Angeles on April 27, 2006

Credit: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

4 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Estelle Parsons at the Creative Coalition VIP Salome Party in Los Angeles on May 3, 2006

Credit: Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images

5 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Michael Urie at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 28, 2007

Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage

6 of 40

Jessica Chastain at Dior's Fall/Winter 2008-2009 Haute Couture Fashion Show in Paris on June 30, 2008

Credit: Serge BENHAMOU/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

7 of 40

Jessica Chastain at InStyle's 8th Annual Summer Soiree in West Hollywood on August 20, 2009

8 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Bright Star in New York on September 14, 2009

9 of 40

Jessica Chastain in Los Angeles on March 1, 2010

Continued on next slide.

10 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Rosario Dawson and Ginnifer Goodwin in Beverly Hills on November 19, 2010

Credit: Chris Weeks/WireImage

11 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Los Angeles Premiere of Somewhere on December 7, 2010

Credit: Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic

12 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2011

Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage

Continued on next slide.

13 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Coriolanus Press Conference at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2011

Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

14 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Wild Salome Premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011

Credit: Danny Martindale/FilmMagic

15 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Take Shelter Premiere During the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2011

Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

16 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Sean Penn and Brad Pitt at The Tree Of Life Premiere at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2011

Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

17 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Jimmy Fallon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 9, 2011

Credit: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

18 of 40

Jessica Chastain at The Help's Los Angeles Premiere on August 9, 2011

Credit: Lester Cohen/WireImage

Continued on next slide.

19 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 15, 2012

Credit: Jeff Vespa/WireImage

20 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2012

Credit: George Pimentel/WireImage

21 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Premiere at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012

Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage

Continued on next slide.

22 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Gabby Douglas at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 27, 2013

Credit: Kevin Winter/WireImage

23 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Cleopatra During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013

Credit: Venturelli/WireImage

24 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the All Is Lost Premiere During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2013

Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

25 of 40

Jessica Chastain in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy on July 21, 2013

Credit: Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images

26 of 40

Jessica Chastain as Brave's Merida For Disney Dream Portrait on September 25, 2013

Credit: Scott Brinegar/Disney Parks via Getty Images

27 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Jennifer Lawrence at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 12, 2014

Credit: Alberto Rodriguez/NBC/NBC via Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

28 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Foxcatcher Premiere at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2014

Credit: Danny Martindale/WireImage

29 of 40

Jessica Chastain in Deauville, France on September 5, 2014

Credit: Francois Durand/Getty Images

30 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Photocall For The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby at the 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 23, 2014

Credit: Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage

Continued on next slide.

31 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 11, 2015

Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

32 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Anne Hathaway at the China: Through The Looking Glass Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 4, 2015

Credit: Michael Stewart/WireImage

33 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2016

Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

34 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Cafe Society Premiere and Opening Night Gala at the 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016

Credit: Venturelli/WireImage

35 of 40

Jessica Chastain at Her Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 3, 2016

Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

36 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle's Celebration of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards Season in West Hollywood on November 10, 2016

Credit: Todd Williamson/Getty Images

Continued on next slide.

37 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Chloe Grace Moretz at the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017

Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

38 of 40

Jessica Chastain With James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio on December 4, 2016

Credit: Anthony Behar/Bravo

39 of 40

Jessica Chastain attends in New York City on February 13, 2017

Credit: Rob Kim/FilmMagic

Continued on next slide.

40 of 40

Jessica Chastain at a Press Conference for The Zookeeper's Wife in Warsaw on March 7, 2017

Credit: JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Replay gallery

Up Next

By Madeline Boardman

Account

Jessica Chastain Through the Years

1 of 40

Jessica Chastain Through the Years

1 of 40

2 of 40

Jessica Chastain on May 18, 2005

2 of 40

3 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Al Pacino at an Afterparty for Salome in Los Angeles on April 27, 2006

3 of 40

4 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Estelle Parsons at the Creative Coalition VIP Salome Party in Los Angeles on May 3, 2006

4 of 40

5 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Michael Urie at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 28, 2007

5 of 40

6 of 40

Jessica Chastain at Dior's Fall/Winter 2008-2009 Haute Couture Fashion Show in Paris on June 30, 2008

6 of 40

7 of 40

Jessica Chastain at InStyle's 8th Annual Summer Soiree in West Hollywood on August 20, 2009

7 of 40

8 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Bright Star in New York on September 14, 2009

8 of 40

9 of 40

Jessica Chastain in Los Angeles on March 1, 2010

9 of 40

10 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Rosario Dawson and Ginnifer Goodwin in Beverly Hills on November 19, 2010

10 of 40

11 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Los Angeles Premiere of Somewhere on December 7, 2010

11 of 40

12 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2011

12 of 40

13 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Coriolanus Press Conference at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2011

13 of 40

14 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Wild Salome Premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011

14 of 40

15 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Take Shelter Premiere During the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2011

15 of 40

16 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Sean Penn and Brad Pitt at The Tree Of Life Premiere at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2011

16 of 40

17 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Jimmy Fallon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 9, 2011

17 of 40

18 of 40

Jessica Chastain at The Help's Los Angeles Premiere on August 9, 2011

18 of 40

19 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 15, 2012

19 of 40

20 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2012

20 of 40

21 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Premiere at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012

21 of 40

22 of 40

Jessica Chastain With Gabby Douglas at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 27, 2013

22 of 40

23 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Cleopatra During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013

23 of 40

24 of 40

Jessica Chastain at the All Is Lost Premiere During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2013

24 of 40

25 of 40

Jessica Chastain in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy on July 21, 2013

25 of 40

26 of 40

Jessica Chastain as Brave's Merida For Disney Dream Portrait on September 25, 2013

26 of 40