JENNIFER JASON LEIGH
Name: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Born: 5 February 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is a Golden Globe- and NYFCC Award-winning
American actress.
Her work has drawn high critical praise. Salon praised her as "one of America's
best actors", Paul Verhoeven, who directed her in Flesh & Blood, similarly
claimed, "There is no greater actress working in America", and in 1994, Vogue
claimed, "Leigh sets a standard that all future film actresses must attempt to
match… (She has) an extraordinary range and power. The proof is in her diverse,
courageous and mesmerizing body of work." She has already received three
separate career tributes – at the Telluride Film Festival in 1993, a special
award for her contribution to independent cinema from the Film Society of
Lincoln Center in 2002, and a week-long retrospective showing of her film work
held by the American Cinematheque at Los Angeles’ Egyptian Theatre in June 2001.
In addition to these achievements, Leigh was selected as one of "America's 10
Most Beautiful Women" by Harper's Bazaar in 1989.
Name: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Born: 5 February 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is a Golden Globe- and NYFCC Award-winning
American actress.
Her work has drawn high critical praise. Salon praised her as "one of America's
best actors", Paul Verhoeven, who directed her in Flesh & Blood, similarly
claimed, "There is no greater actress working in America", and in 1994, Vogue
claimed, "Leigh sets a standard that all future film actresses must attempt to
match… (She has) an extraordinary range and power. The proof is in her diverse,
courageous and mesmerizing body of work." She has already received three
separate career tributes – at the Telluride Film Festival in 1993, a special
award for her contribution to independent cinema from the Film Society of
Lincoln Center in 2002, and a week-long retrospective showing of her film work
held by the American Cinematheque at Los Angeles’ Egyptian Theatre in June 2001.
In addition to these achievements, Leigh was selected as one of "America's 10
Most Beautiful Women" by Harper's Bazaar in 1989.