Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange is an American actor whose film career began with King Kong in 1976. Her subsequent roles included All That Jazz, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Frances, in which she portrayed the actor Frances Farmer. She later played country singer Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams.

Lange won Academy Awards for her supporting performance in Tootsie and her leading performance in Blue Sky. Her career has also encompassed television, including Grey Gardens and multiple roles in American Horror Story. Across these films and series, she has moved between popular entertainment, biographical drama and psychologically demanding character roles.