And 2026, Leigh signed open letters written by pro-Israel organization Creative Community for Peace supporting Israel's inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), and was nominated for a Golden G…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1962) · actor · film producer · screenwriter · film director · also Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Leigh Morrow, Leigh
Born 5 February 1962 · Q232902
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2024· 1 entry
2022· 1 entry
Leigh was cast in a lead role as Lorraine Lyon in the fifth season of the FX black comedy crime drama anthology series Fargo
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2019· 1 entry
Leigh appeared in two episodes of Showtime's last season of The Affair and narrated the audiobook for Quentin Tarantino's novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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2017· 1 entry
Leigh was reunited with her Hateful Eight co-star Tim Roth when the pair played a husband-and-wife team of contract killers in six episodes of Showtime's revival of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks
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2015· 2 entries
Leigh starred in Quentin Tarantino's western film The Hateful Eight
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Said of the candidates for the 2016 United States presidential election, "I really like Bernie, though I didn't love his gun control answer [in the debates]
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2011· 1 entry
Played Bunny in the Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves in New York City alongside Ben Stiller and Edie Falco
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2010· 1 entry
In Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences
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2009· 1 entry
Leigh was cast in the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds, becoming a regular guest in the eighth season
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Genie Awards (2005).
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The Guardian characterized Leigh's political views as left-wing and "fiercely anti-Bush"
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2001· 1 entry
Leigh co-wrote and co-directed The Anniversary Party, an independently produced feature film about a recently reconciled married couple who assemble their friends at their Hollywood Hills house, ostensibly to celebrate t
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1998· 3 entries
When she became the replacement for the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret
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Leigh took on the lead role of Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes's Broadway revival of the musical Cabaret, succeeding Natasha Richardson, who originated the role in Mendes's production
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Appeared alongside Campbell Scott in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television film The Love Letter
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1997· 1 entry
Was featured in Faith No More's music video for "Last Cup of Sorrow"
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994).
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Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for Single White Female (1993).
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A special award for her contribution to independent cinema from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2002, and a week-long retrospective of her film work held by the American Cinematheque at Los Angeles's Grauman's Egyp
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990).
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Leigh made a significant career breakthrough when she was awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayals
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1982· 3 entries
Leigh's father, Vic Morrow, was accidentally killed along with child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renée Shin-Yi Chen when a helicopter stunt went wrong during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie
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Leigh played the role of Stacy Hamilton in Amy Heckerling's high school film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which served as a launching pad for several of its young stars
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In 1982, Leigh's father, Vic Morrow, was accidentally killed along with child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renée Shin-Yi Chen when a helicopter stunt went wrong during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-02-05.
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