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Jessica Lange

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Jessica Lange: Biography

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Birth Name: Jessica Phyllis Lange
Birth Place: Cloquet, MN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/20/1949, Aries
Profession: Actor

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Jessica Lange Fast Facts:

Won an art scholarship to the University of Minnesota, but dropped out to marry and travel with Spanish photographer Paco Grande.
Became interested in acting through studying mime in Paris with Etienne Decroux, Marcel Marceau's teacher.
Worked as a model for the Wilhelmina Agency and from that was asked to audition for the 1976 remake of King Kong.
Breakthrough role was as a femme fatale opposite Jack Nicholson in The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1981.
Became the first actress in over four decades to be nominated for Best Actress (Frances) and Best Supporting Actress (Tootsie) at the Academy Awards in the same year (1982).
Made Broadway debut in a 1992 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire; has memorably played Tennessee Williams' three greatest heroines: Blanche DuBois (Streetcar); Maggie (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof); and Amanda Wingfield (The Glass Menagerie).
Won her first Emmy for playing Edie Beale in Grey Gardens.
Made first appearance as a TV regular on American Horror Story in 2011.
Is an accomplished photographer and has published two books of photos (50 Photographs; In Mexico).
Is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
Has a Celtic knot tattooed on her left wrist.

Jessica Lange Relationships:
Al Lange - Father
Alexandra (Shura) Baryshnikov - Daughter
Bob Fosse - Ex-significant Other
Dorothy Lange - Mother
George Lange - Brother
Hannah Jane Shepard - Daughter
Jane Lange - Sister
Mikhail Baryshnikov - Ex-significant Other
Paco Grande - Ex-husband
Sam Shepard - Ex-significant Other
Samuel Walker Shepard - Son
Jessica Lange Awards:
1983 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Winner
2012 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
1977 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Winner
2003 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Miniseries or a Special - Nominee
1982 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1984 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1985 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1989 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1994 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1982 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1983 BAFTA Awards: Best Actress - Nominee
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Nominee
1994 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
2004 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1983 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1985 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1990 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1995 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN