Jessica Chastain acted off Broadway.
Interstellar (film) . The film stars Matthew McConaughey , Anne Hathaway , Jessica Chastain , Bill Irwin , Casey Affleck , Ellen Burstyn , John Lithgow , and Michael Caine . Jessica Chastain . Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help earned her an Academy Award nomination . Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress in the same year . The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor , and adapted from Kathryn Stockett 's 2009 novel of the same name .