Jessica lange He was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States, where his father worked as a traveling salesman. She’s daughter of Doroty Y Al Lange and is of Polish and Finnish descent. He has a younger brother by name George, who is an aviation pilot.
Jessica He obtained, after finishing high school, a scholarship to study at the University of Minnesota, after taking two courses at the university soaking up the hippie atmosphere of the late 1960s, he moved to Paris to study drama. She returned to New York in 1973, where she worked as a model. There the agency represented her Wilhelmina Models, the same one that had discovered Gia carangi.
In 1976 it was discovered by the producer Dino De Laurentiis, who gave her the female role in the movie “King kong“(1976). The film had very unfavorable reviews and, as a result, Jessica it was off the screens for three years.
In 1979 he got a small but striking role in the musical of Bob fosse “All That Jazz“; before her memorable performance as an adulterous waitress in the Bob Rafelson movie”the postman Always calls two times“, co-starring Jack Nicholson.
The following year she earned critical acclaim for her exceptional portrayal of the actress. Frances Farmer on “French“(1982) and, in addition, an award Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for her work portraying a soap opera actress in “Tootsie“(1982), together with Dustin Hoffman.
She also excelled in her portrayal of the singer. Patsy Cline on “Sweet Dreams“(1985), and as a lawyer who must defend her father and discover his past in”The music box“(1989).
Other important films in which he participated were “The cape of fear“(1991), from Martin Scorsese, where she played a terrified wife who together with her husband (Nick nolte) e (Juliette Lewis), suffered the attacks of an unbalanced ex-convict (Robert De Niro); Y “Things that never die“(1994), co-starring Tommy lee jones; film for which he won an award Oscar for Best Actress in her portrayal of the unbalanced wife of a military man.
In 1992, he made his Broadway debut alongside Alec baldwin, in the adaptation of Tennessee Williams from “A Streetcar Named Desire“.
Jessica continued to work over the years on different productions, including “Losing Isaiah“(1995) together with Halle berry; on “Rob Roy: the passion of a rebel“(1995), with Liam Neeson; on “Prozac Nation“(2001) together with Christina Ricci Y Michelle Williams; and in “Big fish“(2003), from Tim Burton, along with an important cast, including Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Billy Crudup Y Albert finney.
Jessica rejoined a cast full of talents, with Aaron Eckhart, Nick nolte, Ian McKellen Y William hurt among others, in “Neverwas“(2005). That same year he could see it in”Broken Flowers“(2006), from Jim Jarmusch, with Bill murray, where he brings to life a past passion of the character he embodies Murray.
Most recently he starred in the comedy “Bonneville“(2006), together with Kathy bates Y Joan Allen; and has two other projects, still in the production stage: the drama starring drew Barrymore Y Jeanne tripplehorn, “Gray Gardens“(2008); and another drama, of which he is the protagonist and which is being filmed in Australia,”One more river“(2009).
In his personal life, Jessica married the Spanish photographer in 1970 Paco Grande, whom he had met in his university stage. The happiness between the two would end in the mid-70s, but they would not divorce until 1982. Jessica had since 1976, a love affair with the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom he had a daughter named Alexandra. He previously had an affair with Bob fosse, the director of his second film, “All that jazz“(1979).
In 1982, she began an affair with her current romantic partner, the actor, director and writer. Sam shepard, with whom he had two children, Hanna jane born in 1985, and Walker samuel born in 1987.