Bryce Dallas Howard is reflecting on her filmmaker father, Ron Howard, mistaking Jessica Chastain for his own daughter . Unconsciously candid with her answers, she retains a sense of perspective uncommon among her peers, and has real opinions"; Porter also credited her for being the rare actress who is "all about the craft". Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. "[189] She was named the sexiest vegetarian actress in a poll conducted by PETA in 2012. [94][96] Conversely, David Sims of Slate praised her for portraying her character's "jealous intensity to the hilt". Before my career took off, I remember one time being on the subway and I was looking at a magazine and there was a picture of [Bryce], like a small picture, and I was like What am I doing in this magazine? Chastain said. July 8, 2019, 5:19 PM. Those claims . BEL MOONEY:Why does caring for my dad take over my life? [119][120] She reteamed with Andy Muschietti in It Chapter Two, the sequel to his 2017 horror film It, based on Stephen King's novel. Jessica Chastain was born Jessica Howard on March 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California, performing at an early age in productions of Shakespeare's works like Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and . Bryce Dallas Howard is reflecting on her filmmaker father, Ron Howard, mistaking Jessica Chastain for his own daughter. JESSICA CHASTAIN TALKS GENDER PAY GAP DISPARITY IN HOLLYWOOD: 'IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING TO DO'. Legit. She played the adult Beverly Marsh (a woman in an abusive marriage), sharing the role with Sophia Lillis. Is Jessica Chastain Ron Howard's daughter? Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Jessica Chastain says Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' performance is one of the 'greatest pieces of acting' she's ever seen. Share. Bryce Dallas Howard says being on 'Black Mirror' changed the way she uses technology: 'I've been keenly . This was the beginning of Jessica's estrangement from her biological father. [82] While filming Miss Julie in Ireland, she received the script for Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Interstellar (2014). [22] Also that year, she worked with Playwrights Horizons on a production of Richard Nelson's Rodney's Wife as the daughter of a troubled middle-aged film actor. A serious case of mistaken identity! [94] The Martian became her second film to gross over $600million in two consecutive years. [153] The series had strong viewership across various platforms. Chastain has proven herself to be quite the talented actress, taking roles in a . [98][105], Chastain began 2017 by serving as the executive producer and providing the narration for I Am Jane Doe, a documentary on sex trafficking. [67][68] Roger Ebert took note of Chastain's versatility, and likened her ability and range to that of Meryl Streep. The film was screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and critic Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph noted how much Chastain's supporting part aided the narrative. "Before my career took off, I remember one time being on the subway and I was looking at a magazine and there was a picture of her, like a small picture, and I was like 'What am I doing in this magazine?' Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain couldn't be any more different, but through a twist of fate the two A-list actresses look so similar they could be sisters! She plays Maya like a gathering storm in an indelible, implosive performance that cuts so deep we can feel her nerve endings. [21], In 2004, Chastain took on the role of Anya, a virtuous young woman, in a Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard in Massachusetts, starring with Michelle Williams. In a new video interview, Jessica Chastain revealed the one other actress who she most often gets confused with -- Bryce Dallas Howard. . Oscar Cainer tells all. ", Jessica has never publicly acknowledged Monasterio as her biological father, but she has publicly thanked her step-father, Michael Hastey, as reported by Radar. Being raised by a young, single mother-of-two was difficult for Jessica and her younger sister. In fact, she's so often mistaken for Howard that Chastain created a playful TikTok about being "f***ing sick" of the confusion (via Entertainment Weekly). I actually had that thought,"she told Dark Phoenix co-star Sophie Turner, via the Associated Press. The Truth About Jessica Chastain's Relationship With Her Biological Father. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. He really was," the actress . Victor Chavez/Getty Images. [34] She shared her role with Helen Mirren, with the two actresses portraying the character at different phases of her life. [48] The ensemble of The Help won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast, and Chastain received Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, all of which she lost to Spencer. [203], In the 2000s, Chastain was in a long-term relationship with writer-director Ned Benson that ended in 2010. [46][47] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praised the chemistry between Chastain and Spencer, and Roger Ebert credited her for being "unaffected and infectious". [38] In Coriolanus, an adaptation of the Shakespearian tragedy from actor-director Ralph Fiennes, she played Virgilia. [196][197] For the latter, she led an initiative called Lead Like A Woman, and featured in a short film named Leading with Intensity (2019) made by an all-female cast and crew. Chastain took classes in German and Krav Maga, and studied books about the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and Mossad history. She also researched the world of underground poker and interviewed some of Bloom's customers. [52] Her film roles in 2011, particularly in The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life, won her awards from several critics' organizations. Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard are used to people telling them they look alike but it seems even the latter's famous dad Ron Howard can't tell them apart!. Of their striking similarities, Bryce told host Graham: 'It's very flattering for me! 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Despite their dppelgnger . Poison Ivy Casting: Jessica Chastain vs Bryce Dallas Howard. #BryceDallasHoward is in #JurassicWorld.'. Jessica Chastain, in full Jessica Michelle Chastain, (born March 24, 1977, Sacramento, California, U.S.), American actress who was known for the luminous authenticity of her performances in a variety of roles. Chastain was unable to meet the undercover agent on whom her character was based, so she relied on the research done by the film's screenwriter Mark Boal. Evidently, even director Ron Howard once confused Chastain for his daughter. Witch, Harridan, Harpy, and new insults like Karen and Terf. In 1979, the couple had another daughter, Juliet Chastain, but shortly after their youngest was born, Jerri took the kids and left Monasterio. [163] At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where she served as a jury member, Chastain bemoaned the passive portrayal of women in most films. Which I see it as a compliment, I think shes fabulous.. Jessica Chastain is opening up about her difficult upbringing and showing gratitude to those who helped her along the way. Bryce Dallas Howard said in a new interview that she learned her dad had once mistaken Chastain for her at an Apple store. [147] She worked closely with Loughren and attended nursing school to prepare for the part. And Jessica Chastain has revealed the resemblance between she and Bryce Dallas Howard is so strong that her doppelganger's own father, Ron Howard, once mistook her for his daughter. [98] She found it in the ensemble fantasy film The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), which served as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman. It turns out one of Hollywood's most famous actresses often gets mistaken for . Mar 4, 2021 - Jessica Chastain is Ron Howard's illegitimate daughter. [112] Instead of relying on Bloom's public persona, she met Bloom personally to explore her character's flaws and vulnerabilities. Jessica Chastain told her Dark Phoenix costar Sophie Turner in a new interview that she and Bryce Dallas Howard look so similar, Howard's own father, Ron . [115][116] She had filmed a part in Xavier Dolan's ensemble drama The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, but her scenes were deleted from the final cut as Dolan found her role incompatible to the story. There were many nights when we had to go to sleep without eating. [19] In her television debut, The WB network's 2004 pilot remake of the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, she was cast as Carolyn Stoddard. During an interview with Modern Luxury(via People), the notoriously tight-lipped actress opened up about her sister's death. She took the part due to her desire to work with Sorkin, whose writing she admired. However, Chastain made it clear that she definitely doesnt mind all the comparisons, stating, Listen, shes like talk and her nose is more defined. [25], Chastain made her film debut in 2008 as the titular character in Dan Ireland's drama Jolene, based on a short story by E.L. Doctorow inspired by Dolly Parton's song "Jolene". She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama The Help (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty (2012). . Chastain's performance was praised by a reviewer for the New York Observer, who considered her as the only notable aspect of the production. 24, 1977 to young parents. The Dark Phoenix star, 41, recalled the director, 65, thought he'd seen Bryce, 37, (pictured together in February 2017) when he and Jessica bumped into each other. [4][9] She was a loner and considered herself a misfit in school, eventually finding an outlet in the performing arts. jessica chastain says ron howard once mistook her for his daughter bryce dallas howard Luckily for Howard, someone near and dear to her was a father-to-be: her brother. "I . [18] She relocated to Los Angeles and started auditioning for jobs. All Rights Reserved. The Dark Phoenix star, 41, recalled the director, 65, thought he'd seen Bryce, 37, when they bumped into each other during a chance meeting at an Apple Store event because they look 'so much alike'. [192], Time magazine named Chastain one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. Although something is wrong when people stop mistaking me for her. ", and then they said "Yes, The Village was such a great movie". Her mother, Jerri Chastain, was a 16-year-old high school student and her father, Michael Monasterio, was a 20-year-old aspiring rock musician, per the Daily Mail. The family honored the late matriarch by placing beautiful pink, yellow, and white flowers near the headstone. Even Ron Howard Mistook Jessica Chastain For His Daughter It has been a running gag for years in Hollywood that Bryce Dallas Howard bears a striking resemblance to her fellow redheaded The Help co . [75][76] It did not find a wide audience,[77] but the critic A.O. Scott praised Chastain for "short-circuit[ing] conventional distinctions between tough and vulnerable, showing exquisite control even when her character is losing it, and keeping her balance even when the movie pitches and rolls toward melodrama". George & Tammy Showtime & Paramount Network, 9pm New Series! Bryce Dallas Howard is reflecting on her filmmaker father, Ron Howard, mistaking Jessica Chastain for his own daughter. Monasterio's sister-in-law told the publication that the acclaimed actress never offered to help her biological father out financially. How Harry's chat with guru who compared Hamas terrorists to Jews who battled the Nazis has appalled Rabbis: What DOES Duke know about man who defended Corbyn, called for ALL drugs to be legal and will want intimate detail of his upbringing? [72] During the film's opening weekend in North America, Chastain became the first performer in fifteen years to have leading roles in the top two films (Mama and Zero Dark Thirty) at the box office. [34] William Thomas of Empire termed the film a "smart, tense, well-acted thriller", and noted that Chastain "pulses with strength and vulnerability" in her part. [200] She has cited the actress Isabelle Huppert as an influence, for managing a family, while also playing "out-there roles" on screen. Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain have all the time been regarded as twins. [78], Chastain appeared in three films in 2014. [35] She also appeared as Mary Debenham in an episode of the British television series Agatha Christie's Poirot, based on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express. [47][95] Chastain next starred as a woman who plots with her brother (Tom Hiddleston) to terrorize his new bride (Mia Wasikowska) in Guillermo del Toro's gothic romance Crimson Peak. [152] Emma Fraser of The Playlist was appreciate of the chemistry between the actors, and took note of the "fragility and toughness" in Chastain's portrayal. Reed Howard. [205] In 2018, the couple had a daughter through surrogacy. In fact, she admits she's even gotten mixed up herself. [201], Chastain is an animal lover, and has adopted a rescue dog. Chastain won an Academy Award in the Best Actress category for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), and has been nominated two more times: Best Supporting Actress for The Help and Best Actress for Zero Dark Thirty. Published In a new video interview, Jessica Chastain revealed the one other actress who she most often gets confused with --Bryce Dallas Howard. [190] From 2012 to 2014, she was featured in AskMen's listing of the most desirable women,[191] and in 2015, Glamour magazine ranked her as one of the best-dressed women. She played Celia Foote, an aspiring socialite in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, who develops a friendship with her Black maid (played by Spencer). Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. At first he was like, You really look so much alike. And I mean, obviously, Im incredibly flattered, so its great, she continued. She has two younger sisters; twins Jocelyn and Paige, and a younger brother named Reed. [86] Drew McWeeny of HitFix took note of how much Chastain had stood out in her supporting role. [98][100] She read the novel Capitol Punishment by disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to research the practice of lobbying in America, and met with female lobbyists to study their mannerisms and sense of style. appreciated. [79] It tells the tragic tale of a sexually repressed Anglo-Irish aristocrat who wishes to sleep with her father's valet (Colin Farrell). Legit. . She acquired the rights to Faye's life in 2012, and produced the film under her company Freckle Films. Ron Howard and his wife, Cheryl Alley, married on June 7, 1975. [123][124] It grossed over $470 million worldwide. Jessica Chastain told her Dark Phoenix costar Sophie Turner in a new interview that she and Bryce Dallas Howard look so similar, Howard's own father, Ron Howard, once mistook her for the Jurassic World star! A serious case of mistaken identity! [45] The Help grossed $216million at the box office to become her most widely seen film to that point. He appeared like some of his other siblings on his dad's show Arrested Development in 2018. Even Howard's father, famed actor-director Ron Howard has reportedly mistaken Jessica Chastain for his daughter. "Another time I was at the Apple store and Ron Howard was there,"she shares. [63] Her television roles include the miniseries Scenes from a Marriage (2021) and George & Tammy (2022). Confusing things even more, the two also starred in The Help together. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for Zero Dark Thirty, and has been nominated seven more times: Best Actress in a Drama for Miss Sloane, Molly's Game, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye; Best Supporting Actress for The Help and A Most Violent Year; and Best Actress for a Miniseries or Television Film for Scenes from a Marriage and George & Tammy. ', Chris Pratt Reveals He Prefers to Go by 'CP' or Just 'Pratt': 'No One Calls Me Chris', Chris Hemsworth Recalls Kristen Stewart Accidentally Punching Him in the Face on 'Snow White' Set, Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde's Relationship Timeline. Ron Howard isn't the only person to point out the similarities between Bryce Dallas and Chastain. The first time we met, we went to the table read and looked at each other, because we both get it all the time, and we grabbed each others hands and said, Lets go to the mirror, Chastain recalled. According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site Box Office Mojo, Chastain's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are Take Shelter (2011), Coriolanus (2011), The Tree of Life (2011), The Help (2011), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Mama (2013), Interstellar (2014), A Most Violent Year (2014), The Martian (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017), and It Chapter Two (2019).