Jessica Chastain Always Won at the Oscars—Long Before She Really Did

What do you say to someone who has just missed out on an Oscar? The impulse is to offer sympathy, as though at a funeral. I’m sorry for your loss… Jessica Chastain was never down for that nonsense. Years before winning best actress on Sunday for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Chastain was nominated twice before, both times going home empty-handed but with a seemingly full heart. We had talked a few times earlier in her career, and done one of those sprawling interviews at a tea room in Westwood for a magazine profile, just as she was becoming a… Read Full Article