Biography
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) 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). She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs Parke...
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Complete Filmography
Crime 101
2026
A series of high level jewelry thefts up and down the Pacific Coast Highway have gone unsolved for years, primarily because the perpetrator has lived ...

Poolman
2024
as Susan Kerkovish
Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting...

Sharp Stick
2022
as Marilyn
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she ...

Awake
2021
as Dr. Murphy
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jil...

The Woman in the Window
2021
as Jane Russell 2
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Possessor
2020
as Girder
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As s...

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Sid & Judy
2019
as Judy Garland (voice)
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, n...

White Boy Rick
2018
as Alex Snyder
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug t...

Annihilation
2018
as Dr Ventress
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

LBJ
2017
as Lady Bird Johnson
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

Good Time
2017
as Corey Ellman
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get ...

Amityville: The Awakening
2017
as Joan Walker
Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother in order to save money to help pay for her brot...

Morgan
2016
as Dr. Kathy Grieff
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment...

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's 2015 stop-motion animated drama Anomalisa.

Anomalisa
2015
as Lisa Hesselman (voice)
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

The Hateful Eight
2015
as Daisy Domergue
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

Alex of Venice
2015
as Maureen
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing fa...

Me
2014
as Kelly
A down and out actress secretly sells a reality show about her friend, a delusional eccentric, a once famous creator of reality shows, who now believe...

Welcome to Me
2014
as Deb Moseley
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own ta...

Jake Squared
2014
as Sheryl
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.

Hateship Loveship
2014
as Chloe
A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's pran...

Open
2014
as Holly
Modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships.

Kill Your Darlings
2013
as Naomi Ginsberg
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

The Spectacular Now
2013
as Sara Keely
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in hi...

The Moment
2013
as Lee
Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappea...

Greenberg
2010
as Beth (Beller's Party)
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...

Greenberg
2010
Story, Producer
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...
Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion
2009
as Self
Documentary about the German director Uli Edel

Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Maria
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...

Margot at the Wedding
2007
as Pauline
Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed ...

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
2006
A wonderful making of featurette that focuses on the controversial novel that inspired the film Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) as well the production hi...

Rag Tale
2005
as Mary Josephine 'MJ' Morton
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

Easter Sunday
2005
as Mother
A sensitive 10-year-old girl, Viv, gets an unexpected visit from her disturbed mother. Despite some difficult feelings and emotion and confusion, Viv ...

Palindromes
2005
as 'Mark' Aviva
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper fr...

The Jacket
2005
as Dr. Beth Lorenson
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he ...

The Machinist
2004
as Stevie
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to ...

Childstar
2004
as Suzanne
An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.

In the Cut
2003
as Pauline
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, an English teacher living in New York City — as if to test the limits of her own s...

Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Road to Perdition
2002
as Annie Sullivan
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, ...

Hey Arnold! The Movie
2002
as Bridget (voice)
Arnold and his friends must recover a stolen document in order to prevent the neighborhood from being bulldozed.

Crossed Over
2002
as Karla Faye Tucker
After her son dies in a hit-and-run accident, a woman forms an unusual friendship with a convicted killer awaiting execution.

The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but hi...

The Quickie
2001
as Lisa
A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival ...

The Anniversary Party
2001
as Sally Nash Therrian
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...

The Anniversary Party
2001
Director, Writer, Producer
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...

Skipped Parts
2000
as Lydia Callahan
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

Skipped Parts
2000
Co-Producer
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

The King Is Alive
2000
as Gina
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by th...

Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
2000
as Self
The invisible art of production designer Carol Spier. The relationship between director and production designer is a special one. FRAME BY FRAME is a ...

eXistenZ
1999
as Allegra Geller
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been dam...

Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
as Teri Small
An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

The Love Letter
1998
as Lizzie Whitcomb
20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartm...

Washington Square
1997
as Catherine Sloper
Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must de...

A Thousand Acres
1997
as Caroline Cook
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Cinema Cinema
1997
as Herself
This is a film about the making of Salaam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf in Tehran and it’s eventual screening in Cannes Film Festival. Viewers are intro...

Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
as Anney Boatwright
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her ti...

Kansas City
1996
as Blondie O'Hara
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and write...

Georgia
1995
as Sadie Flood
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tend...

Georgia
1995
Producer
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tend...

Dolores Claiborne
1995
as Selena St. George
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk ...
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
1994
as Self
Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Park...

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Amy Archer
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Short Cuts
1993
as Lois Kaiser
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Single White Female
1992
as Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boy...

The Prom
1992
as Lana
Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The...

Rush
1991
as Kristen Cates
Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his ne...

Crooked Hearts
1991
as Marriet Hoffman
An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despi...

Backdraft
1991
as Jennifer Vaitkus
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torchi...

Partners in Life
1990
as Blossom
During the Great Depression, a bumbling duo travels the country looking for employment. But they wind up getting into trouble every chance they get.

Buried Alive
1990
as Joanna Goodman
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish...

Miami Blues
1990
as Susie Waggoner
After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds S...

The Big Picture
1989
as Lydia Johnson
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Stu...

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Tralala
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...

Heart of Midnight
1988
as Carol
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. C...

Under Cover
1987
as Tanille Laroux
A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for anoth...

Sister, Sister
1987
as Lucy Bonnard
Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterio...

Picnic
1986
as Madge Owens
A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.

The Men's Club
1986
as Teensy
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.

The Hitcher
1986
as Nash
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a ...

Flesh + Blood
1985
as Agnes
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague ...

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Candy Webster
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to...

Girls of the White Orchid
1983
as Carol Heath
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work ...

Easy Money
1983
as Allison Capuletti
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
1983
as Andrea Fairchild
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.

The First Time
1982
as Bonnie Dillon
An emotionally troubled teenage girl drops out of high school and travels with her boyfriend to San Diego, while the girl's mother enlists the help of...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
as Stacy Hamilton
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. S...

Wrong Is Right
1982
as Young Girl
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in th...

The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Casey Powell
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self...

The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as Amy Wheeler
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...

I Think I'm Having A Baby
1981
as Laurie Mcintyre
Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?

Eyes of a Stranger
1981
as Tracy Harris
A TV newswoman catches a pervert watching her sister who cannot see, hear or speak.

Angel City
1980
as Kristy Teeter
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.

The Young Runaways
1978
as Heather
Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their ...

The Spy Who Never Was
1976
as Girl Playing with Ball (uncredited)
A diabolical tale of romance, murder, and mistaken identity as a treacherous terrorist organization hunts an enemy agent with the intention of killing...
Night Always Comes
N/A
A woman risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her...