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Jessica Phyllis Lange (; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. With a career spanning over five decades, she is known for her roles on stage and screen. Her accolades include the Triple Crown of Acting, in addition to five Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for a BAFTA Award and an Laurence Olivier Award.Multiple sources:

Lange made her professional film debut in the remake King Kong (1976) which earned her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Lange went on to receive two , her first for Best Supporting Actress as a star in the comedy (1982) and her second for Best Actress playing a housewife in the drama Blue Sky (1994). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for Frances (1982), Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989). She also acted in films such as All That Jazz (1979), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Cape Fear (1991), Rob Roy (1995), (2003), and (2005).

For her roles on television she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of in the movie Grey Gardens (2009). Lange gained new recognition by starring in FX's horror , American Horror Story (2011–2015, 2018), which earned her two additional Primetime Emmys for its and . She was Emmy-nominated for her roles as in the film A Streetcar Named Desire (1995), a wife in the television movie Normal (2003), and in FX the miniseries (2017). Lange has also acted in the television films O Pioneers! (1992), and The Great Lillian Hall (2024) as well as the series The Politician (2019).

On stage, Lange made her Broadway debut as in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire (1992). Lange won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Mary Cavan Tyrone in the Broadway revival of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). Lange returned to Broadway playing the hardheaded matriarch in the play (2024).

Lange is also a photographer with five published .Multiple sources

  • (2022). 9781648230226, powerHouse Books. .
    She has been a foster parent and holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for , specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia.

Early life and education
Jessica Phyllis Lange was born on April 20, 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota. Her father, Albert John Lange, was a teacher and traveling salesman, and her mother, Dorothy Florence (née Sahlman), was a housewife. She has two older sisters, Jane and Ann, and a younger brother, George. Her paternal ancestry is German and Dutch, her maternal ancestry Finnish.: Paternal ancestry “somewhat unclear,” her grandfather from Żagań, Poland, formerly part of . And p. 2-3: Lang’s mother from “proud Finnish stock,” her father George Sahlman immigrating from Kuopio, FinlandMultiple sources:

  • Due to the nature of her father's professions, her family moved more than a dozen times to various towns and cities in Minnesota before settling down in her hometown, where she graduated from Cloquet High School.: “...a lack of stability and economic security” due to her father’s transience jobs

In 1967, she received a scholarship to study art and photography at the University of Minnesota, where she met and began dating Spanish photographer Paco Grande. After the two married in 1970, Lange dropped out of college to pursue a more bohemian lifestyle, traveling through the United States and Mexico in a with Grande. The pair then moved to Paris, where they drifted apart. While in Paris, Lange studied under the supervision of Étienne Decroux and joined the Opéra-Comique as a dancer. She later studied acting with and at in New York City.

Career
1976–1989: Breakthrough and acclaim
While living in Paris, Lange was discovered by fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez and became a model for the Wilhelmina modelling agency. In 1973, she returned to the U.S. and began work in New York City as A waitress at the Lion's Head Tavern in Greenwich Village. While modeling, Lange was discovered by Hollywood producer Dino De Laurentiis, who was looking to cast an ingenue for his remake of King Kong. Lange made her film debut in the 1976 King Kong, beating actresses and for the role of damsel-in-distress. Despite the film's successit was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1976 and received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effectsit and Lange's performance were widely panned. But film critic wrote, "The movie is sparked by Jessica Lange's fast yet dreamy comic style. She has the high, wide forehead and clear-eyed transparency of in My Man Godfrey, and one liners so dumb that the audience laughs and moans at the same time, yet they're in character, and when Lange says them she holds the eye and you like her, the way people liked Lombard." Lange won the 1976 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. She remained a favorite of Kael, who later wrote, "She has a facial structure that the camera yearns for, and she has talent, too."

At the close of the decade, , whom Lange had befriended and with whom she had carried on a casual romantic affair, cast Lange as Angelique, the Angel of Death, a part he had written for her in his semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz (1979). She was also considered for the role of Wendy Torrance in 's horror film The Shining (1980) before it went to .

Lange began the new decade in the light romp How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980), co-starring and Susan Saint James, which received mostly negative reviews and quickly disappeared from theaters. A year later, director contacted her about a project he was working on with , who had recently auditioned Lange for Goin' South (1978). Rafelson paid Lange a visit in upstate New York, where she was doing summer stock theater and has recounted how he watched her conversing on the telephone for half an hour before their meeting when he decided he had found the lead for his film. After meeting Lange, he wrote her name down on a piece of paper, placed it in an envelope, and sealed it. After several meetings and auditions with other actresses (though Rafelson had already made his decision, he feared he had done so too quickly and wanted to make sure his choice was right), the final choice was between Lange and Meryl Streep. In the end, Rafelson offered Lange the lead role opposite Nicholson in his remake of the classic The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). Upon offering her the part, he gave her the sealed envelope. The film received mixed reviews, but Lange was highly praised for her performance.

While editing The Postman Always Rings Twice, realized he had found the leading lady for his next film, his first as a director: a biographical film of actress , whose disillusionment with Hollywood and chaotic family background led her down a tragic path. Filming Frances (1982), which co-starred and , was a grueling experience for Lange, who pored over the screenplay scene by scene, making deep and often taxing connections between her life and Farmer's to tap into the well of emotions the role required. By the end of the shoot, she was physically and mentally spent, and decided to take Stanley's advice to do "something light," which led her to accept a supporting role opposite in 's (1982).

In 1982, Lange became the first performer in 40 years to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year,

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for Frances and for Tootsie, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the latter, which not only became the second-highest-grossing film of 1982 after 's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, it also scored an additional nine Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. Her performance in the film also earned her a Golden Globe, along with awards from the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics, and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. Lange also won Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival for her performance in Frances.

Lange next produced and starred, again opposite Shepard, in 1984's Country, a topical film depicting a family during the farm crisis. Her performance earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. That same year, she made her television debut as Maggie the Cat, starring opposite Tommy Lee Jones in a Playhouse production of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The following year, she testified before the United States Congress on behalf of the Democratic House Task Force on Agriculture, alongside and , whom she later befriended.

At the close of 1985, she portrayed legendary in 's biopic Sweet Dreams, opposite , , , and . She was nominated a fourth time for an Oscar and came in second for both the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. In several interviews, Meryl Streep has said she "begged" Reisz, who directed her in 1981's The French Lieutenant's Woman, for the role of Cline, but his first choice had always been Lange. Streep has been quite vocal and adamant in her praise for Lange's performance, calling her "beyond wonderful" in the film and saying, "I couldn't imagine doing it as well or even coming close to what Jessica did because she was so amazing in it." In 2012, on an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Streep once again praised Lange's work in the film, saying, "Nobody could do that better than Lange. I mean, it was divine." In 2018, she further commented, "Jessica did it better than any human being could possibly have done it." Streep has also said, "Every job I've ever taken, about three weeks before I begin, I call up my agent and say, 'I don't think I can do this. I don't think I'm right for it. They should call up Jessica Lange.' "Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:

Lange's films in the mid- to late 1980s, which included Crimes of the Heart (1986), Far North (1988), and Everybody's All-American (1989), were mostly low-profile and underperformed at the box office, though she was often singled out and praised for her work. In 1989, she starred in 's Music Box as a Hungarian lawyer defending her father of . Her performance earned her a fifth Academy Award nomination and a sixth Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

1990–2008: Established actress
Lange continued making films throughout the 1990s, periodically taking time off to raise her children and do theater- and television-based projects. She began the decade in 's warmly received Men Don't Leave (1990), for which she earned positive reviews and came in third place for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She was then approached by and Robert De Niro, who had both auditioned her for the role of 's wife in (1980), to star in a remake of Cape Fear (1991). The film was the year's 12th- highest-grossing film. In 1992, Lange once again starred opposite De Niro in 's Night and the City, and in a television adaptation of 's O Pioneers!, receiving her seventh Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Lange made her debut, which met mixed reviews portraying in a production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire opposite . Critics rebuked her performance, with the stating "Jessica Lange is learning a new craft—theatre—at Blanche’s expense, and ours.": "...reviews for were mixed. Most critics were less than kind to Jessica…the Boston Globe summed up the response."

In 1994, Lange was lauded for her performance as a army wife in the 1960s in 's final film, Blue Sky.: Lange's performance in Blue Sky "received some of the most glowing reviews of her career…" In 1995, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this performance, along with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, the Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress. She also came in second place for the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. She became the second actress, after Streep, to follow a Best Supporting Actress Oscar with a Best Actress Oscar, an achievement not repeated until nearly 20 years later by . Despite its critical praise, and despite Lange's Oscar-winning performance Blue Sky was not a box office success.: "...never became a box office hit…" And p. 145: Grossed $3 million, compared to that year's (1994), at $300 million.

In 1995, Lange gave critically lauded performances in , opposite , and Rob Roy, with . The same year, she reprised her role as Blanche DuBois in a CBS television adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Alec Baldwin, , and John Goodman. She received glowing reviews for her performance, which earned her fourth Golden Globe Award and her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

In 1996, Lange made her London stage debut in another performance as Blanche DuBois, which received rave reviews. The next year, she starred opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in a film adaptation of 's -winning novel A Thousand Acres. Lange received her ninth Golden Globe Award nomination and won the Venice Film Festival's Schermi d'Amore award for her performance in the film. In 1998, she starred opposite in a film adaptation of Balzac's Cousin Bette, for which she received strong reviews. The same year, Lange starred opposite in Hush, which generally received negative reviews, though praised Lange's performance, writing, "The film's most intriguing element is the performance by Jessica Lange, who by not going over the top provides Martha with a little pathos to leaven the psychopathology."

Lange received strong reviews for her performance in Titus, 's 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's , co-starring and . Entertainment Weekly critic included Lange in a "for your consideration" article directed at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, writing, "Jessica Lange already has two Oscars and six nominations to her credit, so her appearance near the words 'Academy Awards' should never be a surprise. But everything about her daring performance in Titus as Tamora, the Queen of the Goths, is an astonishment. Donning breastplates, vowing vengeance, tearing into Shakespeare for the first time as if nothing could be more fun, Lange steals the showand when the star of the show is Anthony Hopkins, that's grand theft."

Lange began the new millennium with a London stage production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, playing the part of the -addicted family matriarch Mary Tyrone, for which she became the first American actress to receive an nomination. She appeared mostly in supporting roles thereafter, most notably opposite in the 2001 adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's best-selling memoir on depression, . In 2003, Lange starred opposite in HBO's Normal, a film about a man who reveals to his wife his decision to have a sex change, for which she received nominations for the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. She followed this with performances in the vehicle Masked and Anonymous (2003), 's (2003), 's (2005) and 's Don't Come Knocking (2005), before starring in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie for which she received mixed reviews. She later starred with in a remake of Sybil in 2007.

2009–2015: Career resurgence
In 2009, Lange co-starred as , opposite , in 's Grey Gardens, directed by and based on the 1975 documentary of the same name. The film was a tremendous success, garnering 17 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and winning five. Lange won her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie after two previous nominations in the same category. She also received her 11th Golden Globe Award nomination and second Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance, losing both awards to Barrymore.

In 2011, Lange joined the cast of FX's horror American Horror Story. Series co-creators Ryan Murphy and originally wrote her part as a supporting character, but after Lange acquired the role, they expanded it. Murphy, a long-time admirer of Lange, said he chose her because he wanted to expose her work to a new generation of viewers. He also singled out her performance as Blanche DuBois on Broadway in 1992, which he saw twice, as his favorite performance, citing it as another motivating factor in hiring Lange. The show was a huge success not only for the network and creators but also for Lange, who experienced a resurgence in her popularity, receiving rave reviews and several awards for her controversial role. She was chosen by , Entertainment Weekly, and for giving one of the "best performances of 2011". In addition, she won a second Primetime Emmy Award, a fifth Golden Globe Award, and her first Screen Actors Guild Award, after two previous nominations. She was also awarded a Special Achievement for Outstanding Performance in a Television Series by the International Press Academy and the for Best TV Performance of the Year by the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA). She was further nominated for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, Critics' Choice Television Award, and .

In 2012, she had a supporting role in her Grey Gardens director Michael Suscy's box-office hit The Vow, opposite and , but also returned to star as the lead in the second season of American Horror Story, titled . Once again, she was chosen by TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly for giving one of the "best performances of 2012". TV Guide, "Cheers & Jeers2012's Best & Worst in TV" issue, December 24, 2012, TV Guide She won a second Dorian Award for Best TV Performance of the Year by the GALECA, and received a fifth Emmy nomination, a thirteenth Golden Globe Award nomination, a fourth Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, a second Saturn Award nomination, and a second Critics' Choice Television Award nomination.

In 2013, the third season of American Horror Story, , garnered the series its highest ratings to that point, and has held the record for garnering the series its highest on-average ratings. Lange was joined by fellow film actors and . For her work on the show, Lange earned a third Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries, a third for Best TV Performance of the Year and her first Critic's Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries. She also received her fourteenth Golden Globe nomination, her fifth Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and her fifth Satellite Award nomination for her performance on the series. In addition, Lange replaced in a film adaptation of Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin, directed by Charlie Stratton and titled In Secret, co-starring , , , and for which she received rave reviews.

Lange began 2014 by being honored with a nomination for a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, though she has yet to claim it. Lange was also recognized by Elle Magazine with the L'Oreal de Paris Legend Award presented to her by her friend during The Women in Hollywood Awards, honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film, spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry, including acting, directing, and producing. She was next honored with and became the first female recipient of the , presented to her by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Later in the year, chose Lange to be the new face of Marc Jacobs Beauty. In addition, Lange was featured in the brand's summer and fall print ad campaign photographed by David Sims, and starred in a short campaign film directed by Jacobs. Previously, Jacobs dressed and interviewed Lange for Love magazine's fifth-anniversary issue, and had her provide a spoken-word version of "Happy Days Are Here Again" as the soundtrack for his autumn/winter 2014 show. She next starred opposite in the remake of the 1970s action-thriller, The Gambler, receiving rave reviews for her work. She also led the fourth season of American Horror Story, titled . The series, once again, topped its and the network's highest ratings, breaking all ratings records for both. Though self-admittedly not a singer, Lange's covers of 's "Life on Mars" and Lana Del Rey's "Gods and Monsters" for the show were both hugely popular, receiving heavy circulation on YouTube and charting in the top 50 on the music charts. For her work on the show, Lange received her seventh Primetime Emmy Award nomination, her fifteenth Golden Globe nomination, and her fourth Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. In 2015, Lange announced that she would not return for the series' fifth season. She followed her final season on American Horror Story with a role opposite and in the road-trip comedy, Wild Oats, which wrapped production at the end of 2014. It premiered on Lifetime on August 22, 2016, before receiving a limited theatrical release on September 16, 2016.

2016–present: Return to Broadway
In 2016, Lange had a supporting role in Louis C.K.'s critically acclaimed and -winning web series Horace and Pete, which debuted on C.K.'s website on January 30, 2016. C.K. told that he had written the part for Lange and had asked her to be in the series at the . The series also starred , , , and . She next returned to Broadway alongside , and John Gallagher Jr. in a revival of Long Day's Journey into Night at the American Airlines Theatre, produced by Ryan Murphy and the Roundabout Theatre Company. Theatre critic of The New York Times wrote of her performance "You can feel Ms. Lange giving her all to each of her big set pieces, but they often feel too exquisitely self-contained, like coloratura arias in an opera. Ms. Lange is often acting beautifully, but she is also often palpably acting. And her final soliloquy is stretched self-indulgently thin." At the 70th Tony Awards the show became the most Tony-nominated play of the season with Lange winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She also won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress with nominations for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance and a Time Out New York Award. She told filmmaker that remained one of her truest inspirations.

On November 12, 2016, Lange was honored at the Film Festival, where she was awarded the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Acting. Lange next starred in FX's anthology series, (2017), also serving as producer alongside , who also co-starred, and executive producers Ryan Murphy and . The first season revolved around the infamous rivalry between Hollywood legends (Sarandon) and (Lange), which came to a head during the making of the classic film, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1963). , , and Catherine Zeta-Jones co-starred. Production began in the fall of 2016 and it was released on March 5, 2017. The series garnered Lange her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, her sixteenth Golden Globe Award nomination, her sixth Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, her fourth Critics' Choice Television Award nomination and her second nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama. Lange was also honored by the Trinity Repertory Company's Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts on May 23, 2017.

In 2018, Lange was honored with the Award for Excellence in Theater by the Roundabout Theater Company. In addition, she starred opposite in the series The Politician and reprised her role as Constance Langdon in , for which she earned a tenth Emmy nominationher first in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series categoryin 2019. Lange's first film of the 2020s was 's Marlowe, based on the novel The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel by and co-starring and . The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 24, 2022. During a press conference at the festival, director Jordan noted, "I was desperate to work with Jessica Lange. The thought of her playing a retired screen goddess was amazing. Thankfully she agreed to play the part." The film was released in theaters on December 2, 2022. On June 6, 2023, Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart, a biography by film scholar, historian, and journalist Anthony Uzarowski, was released.

Lange returned to Broadway to originate the lead role in a Second Stage Theater presentation of 's new play, , which premiered at the in April 2024. The production was directed by and co-starred and Celia Keenan-Bolger. The story takes place in 1962 and centers on Phyllis (Lange), as she oversees her son (Parsons) and daughter's (Keenan-Bolger) relocation to a new apartment, prompting all three to face and reflect on their shared and individual lives and relationships with one another. Alexis Soloski of The New York Times described the role as a "showcase for Lange" adding, "Another actress as Phyllis might have done more to communicate the small ravages of time, but Lange concentrates instead on her ageless ferocity and charm". Lange received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination for the role.

Also in 2024, she starred in The Great Lillian Hall, a film directed by Michael Cristofer, written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone, and co-starring , , and . The film, which premiered on on May 31, 2024, centers on Lillian Hall (Lange), a renowned Broadway actress who, while rehearsing for her next Broadway production, "is forced to reckon with the past and the price she has paid for the choices she made in her life and her art." The film was initially set to star , who backed out of the project for unspecified reasons. The project is loosely based on the acclaimed stage actress who battled dementia in her later years. Lange earned her sixth Critics' Choice Television Award nomination.

She also acted in the FX on Hulu miniseries (2024) as 's deceased mother Lillie Mae Faulk. The series Jon Rabin Baitz said that casting her was a direct homage to her role as the Angel of Death in the film All That Jazz (1979).

Lange will star in director Jonathan Kent's film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, edited for the screen by David Lindsay-Abaire and co-starring , Ben Foster, and . In an interview published on November 2, 2022, Lange spoke of her "bouts with depression" and "overwhelming sense of loneliness" and referred to the aforementioned project, noting, "I could be feeling that even more acutely right now because I'm starting to play drug-addicted Mary Tyrone again." Kent previously directed the 2016 Broadway stage production of O'Neill's play, for which Lange garnered a , among other accolades. Additionally, Kenwright produced the 2000 London stage production of O'Neill's play, which earned Lange an nomination, and also produced London stage productions of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie, both starring Lange.

Additionally, Lange has three other filmed projects in development: a biopic produced by Ryan Murphy for centered on Dietrich's late-career period in , 's adaptation of Jean Nathan's memoir The Search for Dare Wright: The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll co-starring which chronicles the life of and her tempestuous relationship with her mother Edith Stevenson Wright, and a film adaptation of The Year of Magical Thinking to be filmed in 2025 where she would portray alongside . Lange will reprise her role in the West End production of 's play, in 2026.

Style and reception
Lange is often included in the milieu of America's finest and most respected actresses. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Lange has come to be associated with playing intelligent women who often have a troubled internal life. She has been credited for her ability to deliver emotional intensity without resorting to excessive melodrama. Critics have frequently pointed out her tendency to play women on the edge of a nervous breakdown, a notion that Lange herself has also acknowledged. Nicholas Bell of Ioncinema writes that her Oscar-winning role of Carly in is reminiscent of her signature performances, as "Lange excels here at the small tics hinting at the madness always lurking below the surface".

Regarding to her acting style, Lange has said that she performs on "pure emotion" rather than relying on a specific technique. Director , who has directed her in , noted that "Jessica reminds me of what someone once said of . Whatever emotion or whatever small nuance you want, she is like a supermarket. Her shelves are stocked full and it's all accessible to her". This sentiment was echoed by actress who, after working with Lange on the 2005 stage production of The Glass Menagerie as well as five seasons of American Horror Story, described the actress as being "like a cat on a wire" and added that "she is very instinctual, she doesn't come up with an entire plan on how to play a scene". As a result, Lange's performance style has positively been referred to as unpredictable, since she acts out the trajectory of her characters' emotional journey with unexpected turns.

Personal life
Marriage and relationships
Lange was married to photographer Francisco "Paco" Grande from 1970 to 1982. Though they separated not long after moving to Europe during the mid-1970s, they did not divorce until the early 1980s, after which Lange paid him an undisclosed sum in . According to biographer Anthony Uzarowski, the former couple “remain close friends.”

From 1976 to 1982, she was partnered with renowned ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom she had her first child, Aleksandra Lange "Shura" Baryshnikov (born 1981). During that time, she was also sporadically linked with , with whom she remained friends until his death.

In 1982, she met and entered a relationship with playwright . They had two children: daughter Hannah Jane Shepard (born 1986) and son Samuel Walker Shepard (born 1987). They lived together in Virginia, New Mexico, Minnesota, and eventually New York City, before separating in 2009.Multiple sources:

Lange often returns to Duluth, Minnesota, and has said of the city, "It's the one place that has remained constant in my life... After living all over the and traveling everywhere I've wanted to go, I keep coming back here."

Activism and beliefs
Lange is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), specializing in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in spreading awareness of the disease in Russia. Lange fostered a Romanian child with disabilities during the early 1990s.

Though she does not follow any set religion, she periodically practices . She once admitted, "It's been a discipline that makes sense more than anything because it's like a science. I've never been a religious person. I've always looked for some kind of spiritual meaning. I didn't grow up going to church. My mother's family were atheists and my father's side was confused." She is also a vegetarian.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Txeh7pl1JU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Wayback Machine: Lange has joined the opposition to Minnesota's wolf hunt. "More than anything else, the cruel methods allowed for hunting and trapping wolves are deeply disturbing," the Cloquet native wrote in a letter to Governor .

Health issues
Lange has also revealed that she suffers from severe bouts of depression, once admitting, "I have never been a believer in psychoanalysis or therapy or anything like that. I've never done that." She confessed, "Though my dark side is dormant right now, it continues to play a big role in whatever capacity I have to be creative. That's the well I'm able to tap into, where all the anguish, rage and sadness are stored." In 2022, Lange shed more light on her dark moods, admitting, "I've suffered bouts of depression my whole life. They ebb and flow. I have a hard time separating the sadness, and the depression, from my overwhelming sense of loneliness."

Photography
In 2008, Lange published a collection of her photographs, 50 Photographs (), with an introduction by . In 2009, an exhibition of her work, along with a series of her films, was presented at the George Eastman House, the oldest international museum of photography and film, which honors distinguished contributions to film with the George Eastman Award. Lange received the first George Eastman Honors Award, an award given to an artist whose life work embodies the traditions and values championed by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. In 2010, she published a second collection of photographs, . In 2013, she released a children's book of photography, It's About a Little Bird. In 2014, she exhibited at Moscow's Multimedia Art Museum. In 2019, she published her fourth book of photography, Highway 61, composed of photographs of U.S. Route 61.

Lange's fifth book of photography Dérive will be published by and distributed by Simon & Schuster on October 11, 2022.

Acting credits and accolades
She has earned two , three Emmys Awards, and a . She has also earned five Golden Globe Awards among sixteen nominations. Along with , Lange holds the record for most nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.

Lange has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the following films:

  • 55th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for Frances (1982)
  • 55th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, win, for (1982)
  • 57th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for Country (1984)
  • 58th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for Sweet Dreams (1985)
  • 62nd Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, for Music Box (1989)
  • 67th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, win, for Blue Sky (1994)

See also
  • Jessica Lange bibliography
  • List of actors with Academy Award nominations
  • List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories
  • List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories
  • List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars

Notes
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