Jessica Lange
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Jessica Phyllis Lange (/læŋ/; born April 20, 1949)[1] is an American actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen she has received numerous accolades and is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having received two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with five Golden Globe Awards and one Screen Actors Guild Award.[2]
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| Born | Jessica Phyllis Lange (1949-04-20) April 20, 1949 (age 75) Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouse |
Paco Grande
(m. 1970; div. 1982) |
| Children | 3, including Shura Baryshnikov |
| Awards | Full list |
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Lange made her professional film debut in the remake King Kong (1976) which, despite receiving mixed reviews,[3] 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).[4] Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for Frances (1982), Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989). Her other film roles include 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).
As her screen career started to decline, Lange transitioned into television starring in O Pioneers! (1992), A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), and Normal (2003).[5] In 2010, Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Big Edie in the HBO movie Grey Gardens (2009). Lange then 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 received her ninth Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Joan Crawford in the miniseries Feud (2017). In 2016, Lange won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night.[6] Lange returned to Broadway in 2024, and is currently starring in Paula Vogel's Mother Play.[7]
Lange is also a photographer with five published books of photography.[8][9][10] She has been a foster parent[11] and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia.[12][13]