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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and younger daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right. She is not related to Creator/JasonLee, who became famous years after she did.

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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) 1962) is an American actor. She actor from Los Angeles, California. Leigh was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, from birth, being the second and younger daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right. She is not related to Creator/JasonLee, who became famous years after she did.
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** Her stepfather was Reza S. Badiyi, a prolific TV director. He's probably best-known for designing the title sequences for Series/HawaiiFiveO and Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and younger daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.

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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and younger daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.
right. She is not related to Creator/JasonLee, who became famous years after she did.



* NamesTheSame: No relation to Creator/JasonLee, who became famous years after she did.
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She was once married to filmmaker Creator/NoahBaumbach, but they have since divorced.

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She was once married to filmmaker Creator/NoahBaumbach, but they have since divorced.
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* ''[[Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001 The Man Who Wasn't There]]'' (2001) as Female Inmate ({{uncredited|role}})



* AcclaimedFlop: This was her deal in the 90s. She starred in many critically acclaimed independent films that are not typical box office fare.
* CreatorBacklash: She called ''Backdraft'' the least favourite of her roles.

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* AcclaimedFlop: This was her deal in the 90s.'90s. She starred in many critically acclaimed independent films that are not typical box office fare.
* CreatorBacklash: She called ''Backdraft'' ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'' the least favourite favorite of her roles.



** For ''Margot At The Wedding'' she, Jack Black and Nicole Kidman all moved in together to properly create a dysfunctional family dynamic.
** Also an inadvertent one when she was playing a real antique guitar in Hateful Eight and an unknowing Kurt Russel smashed it before it could be swapped out for a stunt copy. Her character's horrified reaction was real.

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** For ''Margot At The at Wedding'' she, Jack Black Creator/JackBlack and Nicole Kidman Creator/NicoleKidman all moved in together to properly create a dysfunctional family dynamic.
** Also an inadvertent one when she was playing a real antique guitar in Hateful Eight ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' and an unknowing Kurt Russel Creator/KurtRussell smashed it before it could be swapped out for a stunt copy. Her character's horrified reaction was real.



* ProductionPosse: She worked with the Coen Brothers on ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' and ''The Man Who Wasn't There'', also having auditioned for several of their other films.

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* ProductionPosse: She worked with the Coen Brothers on ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' and ''The Man Who Wasn't There'', ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001'', also having auditioned for several of their other films.



* StarMakingRole: ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' got her noticed, but ''Film/MiamiBlues'' and ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'' put her on the map.
* TypeCasting: The 90s typecast her as troubled prostitutes and she had to take special care to avoid those roles until ''Film/TheMachinist''.

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* StarMakingRole: ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' got her noticed, but ''Film/MiamiBlues'' and ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'' ''Literature/LastExitToBrooklyn'' put her on the map.
* TypeCasting: The 90s '90s typecast her as troubled prostitutes and she had to take special care to avoid those roles until ''Film/TheMachinist''.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.

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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest younger daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' (2002) as Bridget (voice)



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* ''Series/{{Baretta}}'' (1977) as Marcie (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Family}}'' (1978) as Jenny Blair (1 episode)
* ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1978) as Heather (1 episode)
* ''Series/TheWaltons'' (1981) as Kathy Seals (1 episode)
* ''Series/TrapperJohnMD'' (1982) as Karen [=McCall=] (1 episode)
* ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' (2009–12) as Jill Pice-Gray (16 episodes)
* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' (2012) as Kara Clarke-Murphy (7 episodes)
* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (2017) as Chantal Hutchens (6 episodes)
* ''Series/{{Atypical}}'' (2017–21) as Elsa Gardner
* ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' (2018) as Eleanor Melrose (5 episodes)
* ''Series/TheAffair'' (2019) as Adeline Taylor (2 episodes)
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (1998) as Amy (1 episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues'' (1998) as Alexandra (1 episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' (1998) as Tempest (4 episodes)
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (1999) as Cetea (1 episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' (1999) as Lily (2 episodes)
* ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' (2002) as Eunice Eulmeyer (1 episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' (2002) as Bridget
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'' (2015) as Lisa
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* ''[[Film/FleshAndBlood1985 Flesh + Blood]]'' (1985) as Agnes

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Jennifer Jason Leigh[[note]] born Jennifer Leigh Morrow[[/note]] (born February 5, 1962) is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California. She was Hollywood royalty before making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.

Some of her movies:
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* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''
* ''Film/EasyMoney''
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]''
* ''Film/TheHitcher''
* ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale''
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''
* ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne''
* ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}''
* ''Film/InTheCut''
* ''Film/TheMachinist''
* ''Film/TheJacket''
* ''Film/TheHatefulEight''
* ''Film/{{Possessor}}''
* ''Film/FleshAndBlood1985''
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She was once married to filmmaker Noah Baumbach, but they have since divorced.

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Jennifer Jason Leigh[[note]] born Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow[[/note]] (born Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actor born 1962 in Los Angeles, California. California) is an American actor. She was Hollywood royalty before even prior to making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.

Some of her movies:
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* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''
* ''Film/EasyMoney''
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]''
* ''Film/TheHitcher''
* ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale''
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''
* ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne''
* ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}''
* ''Film/InTheCut''
* ''Film/TheMachinist''
* ''Film/TheJacket''
* ''Film/TheHatefulEight''
* ''Film/{{Possessor}}''
* ''Film/FleshAndBlood1985''
[[/index]]
She was once married to filmmaker Noah Baumbach, Creator/NoahBaumbach, but they have since divorced.divorced.


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* ''Film/EyesOfAStranger'' (1981) as Tracy Harris
* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' (1982) as Stacy Hamilton
* ''Film/EasyMoney'' (1983) as Allison Capuletti
* ''[[Film/FleshAndBlood1985 Flesh + Blood]]'' (1985) as Agnes
* ''Film/TheHitcher'' (1986) as Nash
* ''Literature/LastExitToBrooklyn'' (1989) as Tralala
* ''Film/MiamiBlues'' (1990) as Susie Waggoner
* ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'' (1991) as Jennifer Vaitkus
* ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'' (1992) as Hedy Carlson/Ellen Besch
* ''Film/ShortCuts'' (1993) as Lois Kaiser
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' (1994) as Amy Archer
* ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'' (1995) as Selena St. George
* ''Film/BastardOutOfCarolina'' (1996) as Anney Boatwright
* ''Literature/WashingtonSquare'' (1997) as Catherine Sloper
* ''Literature/AThousandAcres'' (1997) as Caroline Cook
* ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'' (1999) as Allegra Geller
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' (2002) as Bridget (voice)
* ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002) as Annie Sullivan
* ''Film/InTheCut'' (2003) as Pauline
* ''Film/TheMachinist'' (2004) as Stevie
* ''Film/{{Palindrones}}'' (2004) as Mark Aviva
* ''Film/TheJacket'' (2005) as Dr. Beth Lorenson
* ''Film/SynecdocheNewYork'' (2008) as Maria
* ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' (2013) as Sara
* ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' (2013) as Naomi Ginsberg
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'' (2015) as Lisa (voice)
* ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' (2015) as Daisy Domergue
* ''Film/{{Morgan}}'' (2016) as Dr. Kathy Grieff
* ''Film/GoodTime'' (2017) as Corey
* ''Film/AmityvilleTheAwakening'' (2017) as Joan Walker
* ''Film/{{Annihilation|2018}}'' (2018) as Dr. Ventress
* ''Film/WhiteBoyRick'' (2018) as FBI Agent Alex Snyder
* ''Film/{{Possessor}}'' (2020) as Girder
* ''Film/{{Awake}}'' (2021) as Murphy

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Jennifer Jason Leigh[[note]] born Jennifer Leigh Morrow[[/note]] (born February 5, 1962) is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California. She was Hollywood royalty before making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Barbara Turner. Her younger half-sister Mina Badie is an actor in her own right.

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Jennifer Jason Leigh[[note]] born Jennifer Leigh Morrow[[/note]] (born February 5, 1962) is an American actor born in Los Angeles, California. She was Hollywood royalty before making her debut in 1976, being the second and youngest daughter of the late actor Creator/VicMorrow and the late screenwriter Barbara Turner. Creator/BarbaraTurner. Her younger half-sister Mina Badie Creator/MinaBadie is an actor in her own right.

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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'', ''Film/EasyMoney'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]'', ''Film/TheHitcher'', ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'', ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'', ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'', ''Film/InTheCut'', ''Film/TheMachinist'', ''Film/TheJacket'', ''Film/TheHatefulEight'', and ''Film/{{Possessor}}''.

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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'', ''Film/EasyMoney'', Some of her movies:
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* ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''
* ''Film/EasyMoney''
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''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]'', ''Film/TheHitcher'', ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'', ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'', ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'', ''Film/InTheCut'', ''Film/TheMachinist'', ''Film/TheJacket'', ''Film/TheHatefulEight'', and ''Film/{{Possessor}}''.
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* ''Film/TheHitcher''
* ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale''
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''
* ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne''
* ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}''
* ''Film/InTheCut''
* ''Film/TheMachinist''
* ''Film/TheJacket''
* ''Film/TheHatefulEight''
* ''Film/{{Possessor}}''
* ''Film/FleshAndBlood1985''
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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'', ''Film/EasyMoney'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]'', ''Film/TheHitcher'', ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'', ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'', ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'', ''Film/TheMachinist'', ''Film/TheJacket'', ''Film/TheHatefulEight'', and ''Film/{{Possessor}}''.

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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'', ''Film/EasyMoney'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie The Movie]]'', ''Film/TheHitcher'', ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale'', ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'', ''Literature/DoloresClaiborne'', ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'', ''Film/InTheCut'', ''Film/TheMachinist'', ''Film/TheJacket'', ''Film/TheHatefulEight'', and ''Film/{{Possessor}}''.



* AcclaimedFlop: This was her deal in the 90s. She starred in many critically acclaimed films that audiences stayed away from.

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* AcclaimedFlop: This was her deal in the 90s. She starred in many critically acclaimed independent films that audiences stayed away from.are not typical box office fare.

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