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Jessica Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and film producer. She has earned critical praise for he
of strong-willed women in films with feminist themes. Born and raised in Sacramento County, California, Chastain stu
at Juilliard. She made her film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained wide recognition in 2011 for starring role
dozen films, including The Help, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. I
won a Golden Globe Award for playing a CIA agent in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty. Her highest-grossing releases were
fiction films Interstellar (2014) and The Martian (2015). She continued to draw praise for her performances in the dram
Violent Year (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), and Molly's Game (2017). Chastain is the founder of the production company
Films, which promotes diversity in film. She is vocal about mental health issues, and gender and racial equality. (Full a

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century, Scorpius lies between Libra to the west and Sagittarius
constellation has also been likened to a "leaning coconut tree" (

Lithograph: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden

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