Jessica Chastain was in movies of American production.
A Most Violent Year is a 2014 American crime drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor . Jessica Chastain . Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help earned her an Academy Award nomination . 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 . The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott , based on Andy Weir 's 2011 novel The Martian . Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action-thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal .