| Profile | |
| Born | Jessica Phyllis Lange April 20, 1949 (1949-04-20) (age 59) Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Awards won | |
| Academy Awards | |
| Best Actress 1994 Blue Sky Best Supporting Actress 1982 Tootsie | |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
| Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Female 1977 King Kong Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1983 Tootsie Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1995 Blue Sky Best Actress - Miniseries 1996 A S | |
More about Jessica Lange(From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Lange, the third of four children, was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, the daughter of Dorothy Florence (née Sahlman) and Albert John Lange, who was a teacher and salesman. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent, while her paternal grandparents were German and Dutch. She studied art briefly at the University of Minnesota before going to Paris where she studied mime with Étienne Decroux. Read more...
Career
In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis cast her in his motion picture remake King Kong, which started and almost ended her career. Although the King Kong remake was a top moneymaker for Paramount Pictures, critics were not kind to the film and Lange did not appear in another film for three years, when Bob Fosse cast her as the glamorous figure of death in All That Jazz. The unfavorable reviews were devastating Read more...
Personal Life
Lange was married to photographer Paco Grande from 1970-1981. Since 1982, she has lived with playwright/actor Sam Shepard. She has three children, Alexandra (born 1981) with dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Hannah Jane (born 1985) and Walker Samuel (born 1987) with Shepard. Lange currently lives in New York City.
Lange is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. She has also been a public critic Read more...

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