Jessica Lange Bio | Wiki
Jessica Lange is an American actress. She is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and five Golden Globe Awards.
Jessica made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis’s 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. In 1979, she starred in the acclaimed musical film All That Jazz. She is also a photographer with five published books of photography.
Jessica Lange Age
Jessica was born on April 20, 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States. She is 73 years old.
Jessica Lange Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.73 m).
Jessica Lange Family
She was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, to her parents Albert John Lange and Dorothy Florence. Jessica’s father was a teacher and traveling salesman, and her mother was a housewife. She has two older sisters, Jane and Ann, and a younger brother, George.
Her paternal ancestry is German and Dutch, and her maternal ancestry is Finnish. Due to the nature of her father’s professions, Jessica’s family moved more than a dozen times to various towns and cities in Minnesota before settling down in her hometown.
Jessica Lange Husband | Sam Shepard
Jessica was married to photographer Francisco “Paco” Grande from 1970 to 1982. Though they separated not long after moving to Europe during the mid-1970s, they did not divorce until the early 1980s. From 1976 to 1982, she was partnered with renowned Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom she had her first child, Aleksandra Lange “Shura” Baryshnikov.
In 1982, Jessica met and entered a relationship with playwright Sam Shepard. They had two children: daughter Hannah Jane Shepard and son Samuel Walker Shepard. They lived together in Virginia, New Mexico, Minnesota, and eventually New York City, before separating in 2009. Jessica often returns to Duluth, Minnesota.
Jessica Lange Education
She graduated from Cloquet High School. In 1967, Jessica received a scholarship to study art and photography at the University of Minnesota. Later, she left college to pursue a more bohemian lifestyle, traveling in the United States and Mexico in a microbus with Grande.
Jessica then moved to Paris and studied mime theatre under the supervision of Étienne Decroux and joined the Opéra-Comique as a dancer. She later studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.
Jessica Lange In King Kong
While modeling, Jessica was discovered by Hollywood producer Dino De Laurentiis, who was looking to cast an ingenue for his remake of King Kong. Jessica made her film debut in the 1976 King Kong, beating actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn for the role of damsel-in-distress. Despite the film’s success – it was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1976 and received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects – it and Lange’s performance were widely panned.
Jessica Lange In American Horror Story
In 2011, she joined the cast of FX’s horror anthology series American Horror Story. Series co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk originally wrote her part as a supporting character, but after Jessica acquired the role, they expanded it. Murphy, a long-time admirer of hers, said he chose her because he wanted to expose her work to a new generation of viewers.
Jessica returned to star as the lead in the second season of American Horror Story, titled American Horror Story: Asylum. Once again, she became chosen by TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly for giving one of the “best performances of 2012”.
Jessica Lange Patsy Cline
At the close of 1985, Jessica portrayed legendary country singer Patsy Cline in Karel Reisz’s biopic Sweet Dreams, opposite Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, and John Goodman. She was nominated a fourth time for an Oscar and came in second for both the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.
Jessica Lange Frances
Filming Frances in 1982, which co-starred Kim Stanley and Sam Shepard, was a grueling experience for Jessica, who pored over the screenplay scene by scene. She made deep and often taxing connections between her life and Farmer’s to tap into the well of emotions the role required. By the end of the shoot, she was physically and mentally spent.
Jessica Lange Oscar | Awards
Jessica is the 13th actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having won two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and five Golden Globe Awards.
Additionally, she is the second actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress after winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jessica is also the third actress and first performer since 1943 to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year. She is the fifth actress and ninth performer to win Oscars in both the lead and supporting acting categories and tied for the sixth most Oscar-nominated actress.
Jessica holds the record for most nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She is the only performer ever to win Primetime Emmy Awards in both the Outstanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Lead Actress categories for the same miniseries.
Jessica Lange Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Jessica’s estimated net worth is $20 million.
Who Is Jessica Lange’s Partner Now
She met and entered a relationship with playwright Sam Shepard in 1982. They had two children: daughter Hannah Jane Shepard and son Samuel Walker Shepard. The two separated in 2009.