Jennifer Jason Leigh - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh is an actress, director and producer. Last year, she marked her directional debut with The Anniversary Party, which she co-wrote, co-directed and starred in with Alan Cumming. A critical success, the film received a citation for Excellence in Filmmaking from The National Board of Review, and Leigh was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay. Also in 2001, she won Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival for her role in The King is Alive. In 2002, Leigh stars in Sam Mendes' The Road to Perdition, opposite Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law. The drama, based on the DC Comics novel of the same name, is set in the depression and revolves around a hit man bent on avenging the murder of his wife and son. Leigh first came to prominence in 1990, winning both the New York Film Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Last Exit to Brooklyn and Miami Blues. 

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Jennifer Jason Leigh Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Candid	30
Glamour	35
Glamour	10
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	50
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Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	50