Jessica Lange Biography

Biography

the brown-eyed beauty however managed to display her charm on the screen test, therefore changed the man's opinion and subsequently secured the part to appear opposite Jeff Bridges in the 1976 version of that giant ape. Though the picture was a commercial success with over $52 million domestic gross, reviews were mixed while the publicity on her was quite harsh despite her achievement of winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Female by the year 1977. Taking a temporary withdrawal, it was not until 1979 that public could see her back to the screen through Bob Fosse's musical feature of “All That Jazz.”

Slowly but sure, Jessica steered her film career to a better direction with a few yet memorable performances in the two following years, notably that in “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1981) which enabled her to encounter her breakthrough as a result of the rave response either critics or audience had directed toward her. 1983 even saw her star shining more radiantly when she strived to score both Best Actress in Supporting and Leading Role nominations at the 55th Annual Academy Awards, becoming the third actress to do so after ...

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Fay Bainter and Teresa Wright. Won the former one for her enactment in “Tootsie” (1982), this fair-haired lady amazingly once again became the Oscar nominee by 1985 in the category of Best Actress in Leading Role through her 1984 vehicle, “Country”, to then repeat the same attainment in 1986 also 1990, each for her performance in “Sweet Dream” (1985) and “Music Box” (1989).

Finally acquired the honor in 1995 through “Blue Sky”, Jessica continued to collect other prestigious accolades throughout the rest of 1990s, gaining a nomination at Emmy Awards while receiving a Golden Globe Award in 1996 through TV movie feature of “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1995). With all the outstanding accomplishments she had achieved, surely it was easy for her to grab roles in any kind of movies yet she firmly fixed her attention to much smaller productions instead of big-budgeted ones. “I don't do films that gross $100 million or whatever,” she admitted earnestly. “I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view. I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me.” Regardless of her choice, she delightfully ...