Jessica Lange

Triple Crown of Acting winner

She is an American actress and photographer with a career spanning over five decades.^[1][2]

Last updated 2026-09-30 from the source article.

Quick Facts

Birth name: Jessica Phyllis Lange
Born: 20 April 1949
Birthplace: Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1976–present
Partner: Mikhail Baryshnikov (1976–1982); Sam Shepard (1982–2009)
Children: 3, including Shura Baryshnikov

Life and work

She married Spanish photographer Paco Grande in 1970 and dropped out of college to travel.^[3] For her supporting role in Tootsie (1982), Lange received her first Academy Award, in the Best Supporting Actress category.^[4][5] A second Academy Award, this time for Best Actress, was awarded to her for her work in Blue Sky (1994).^[4][6] The 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night earned Lange the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.^[7]

What the cited sources add

The Independent article notes that Lange hated being lumped into the category of model-turned-actress.^[8] The same source states she fostered a handicapped Romanian child.^[8] Marc Jacobs Beauty announced Lange as the new face of the brand in 2014.^[9] Lange had previously provided the spoken-word soundtrack for Jacobs's autumn/winter 2014 show.^[9]

Guardian* critic Michael Billington described Lange's performance as Mary, a magnificently unsentimental one.^[10]

References

Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Today's famous birthdays list for April 20, 2021 includes celebrities George Takei, Andy Serkis", Cleveland.com, April 20, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Only 22 people had ever accomplished this feat. Now, Viola Davis joins the club.", Insider.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jennifer Rodger, "Film: In Focus: Jessica Lange – Arts & Entertainment", The Independent, June 11, 1998; Jennifer Rodger, "Film: In Focus: Jessica Lange – Arts & Entertainment", The Independent, June 11, 1998; McKenna, "Steeled Magnolia : It seems as if Jessica Lange is a supermarket shelf of emotions. And that doesn't even count what she manages to do on the screen", Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1995 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Aquilina, "Scarlett Johansson joins an exclusive club with these Oscar-nominated actors and actresses", January 23, 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Flynn, "Famous Minnesotans: Past and Present", Nodin Press, 2005, p. 137 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: : Lange's performance in Blue Sky "received some of the most glowing reviews of her career…" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Jessica Lange" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gerard, "Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne Will Take Long Day's Journey To Broadway", Deadline Hollywood, May 26, 2015; "Jessica Lange Leads Starry Cast of New Paula Vogel Play on Broadway", The New York Times, September 6, 2023 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Jennifer Rodger, "Film: In Focus: Jessica Lange – Arts & Entertainment", The Independent, June 11, 1998. facts only, no text reused. independent.co.uk
Niven, "Marc's New Woman", February 27, 2014. facts only, no text reused. vogue.co.uk
Gerard, "Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne Will Take Long Day's Journey To Broadway", Deadline Hollywood, May 26, 2015. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com

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