{"title":"Jessica Lange","role":"Mary Tyrone","image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/roundabout-theatre-company\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,h_880,w_880\/f_auto\/q_auto\/v1542664793\/Headshots\/2015-2016-Season\/Long-Days-Journey\/Jessica-Lange-credit-Frank-Ockenfels?_a=BAAAV6DQ","lede":null,"content":"<p><strong>JESSICA LANGE (Mary Tyrone).<\/strong> Acclaimed as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, two\u2010time Academy Award winner, five-time Golden Globe winner, and three-time Emmy and SAG winner, Jessica Lange has dazzled the screen with more than 30 credits to her name. She permanently put her name on the map by receiving dual Academy Awards and Golden Globe nominations in the same year for her challenging performances in Frances and Sydney Pollack\u2019s memorable comedy <em>Tootsie<\/em> starring opposite Dustin Hoffman, for which she took home the Oscar for Supporting Actress. In 1994, Lange won her second Oscar and Golden Globes for Best Actress in <em>Blue Sky, <\/em>which she starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Following her previous dynamic performances, Lange amazed audiences with projects such as <em>Country,<\/em> which paired her with <em>Frances<\/em> co\u2010star Sam Shepard, to tell the story of a struggling farmer and his wife. Lange\u2019s performance again earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Success continued with <em>Sweet Dreams<\/em> and <em>Music Box,<\/em> both which garnered her Academy Award nominations and an additional Golden Globe nomination for <em>Music Box.<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><p> In 1996 Lange picked up her first Emmy nomination for the made-for-TV adaptation of <em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em> in which Lange played \u201cBlanche DuBois.\u201d In 2009, Lange won an Emmy Award for her performance in HBO\u2019s <em>Grey Gardens. <\/em>Following her Emmy win for <em>Grey Gardens,<\/em> Lange starred in the TV series \u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d with \"Glee\" producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. She won a Golden Globe, SAG Award and Emmy Award in 2012 for her portrayal as character \u201cConstance Langdon.\u201d For the second installment of FX\u2019s \u201cAmerican Horror Story: Asylum,\u201d Lange played \u201cSister Jude,\u201d a no\u2010nonsense nun who runs a mental institution. Yet again, Lange garnered rave reviews for her character portrayal, earning her 2013 Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations. In the third installment, \u201cAmerican Horror Story: Coven,\u201d Jessica starred as \u201cFiona Goode,\u201d Supreme Witch of the Salem descendants. Her mesmerizing performance earned her the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, as well as 2014 Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations. Most recently, Lange starred as Elsa Mars, a German expatriate who owned one of the last remaining freak shows in \u201cAmerican Horror Story: Freak Show.\u201d Her upcoming film, <em>Wild Oats,<\/em> will be released later this year, in which she stars with Demi Moore and Shirley MacLaine.<\/p>","website":"","alt":null}