Jennifer Jason Leigh life and biography

Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American film and stage actress. Leigh is known for her emotionally raw and often sexually explicit portrayals of vulnerable and damaged women, and for her intensive method inspired research into her roles.

Leigh was born on 5 February 1962 in Hollywood, California. She is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow and screenwriter Barbara Turner. Leigh's birth name was Jennifer Leigh Morrow. She changed her surname early in her acting career, taking the middle name "Jason" in honor of the actor Jason Robards, a family friend. Leigh's parents were Jewish, of Russian descent on her father's side.

Leigh has an older sister, Carrie Ann Morrow, who was credited as a "technical advisor" in Georgia, and on whom the role of Sadie Flood was reputedly based. Leigh also has a half-sister actress Mina Badie, from her mother's marriage, who acted alongside Leigh in The Anniversary Party. The director Reza Badiyi was her mother's second husband and was at the time her step-father.

Filmography:

1990: Last Exit to Brooklyn; Miami Blues; Buried Alive
1992: The Prom; Single White Female
1994: The Hudsucker Proxy; Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1995: Georgia;
Montreal World Film Festival Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Nominated Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
Dolores Claiborne;
2001: The Anniversary Party
2007: Margot at the Wedding

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