Jennifer Jason Leigh
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| Name: | Jennifer Jason Leigh | |
| Status | Alive | |
| Age: | 62 (February 5, 1962) | |
| IMDB: | IMDb | |
| TMDB: | TMDB | |
| Smoking Status: | Unknown | |
| Type of Celebrity: | Actor | |
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| TMDB Popularity | 28.931 | |
| Biography (TMDB): | Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress and producer. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough as Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She later received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and Short Cuts (1993). Leigh was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). She starred in a 1995 film written by her mother, screenwriter Barbara Turner, titled Georgia. In 2001, she co-wrote and co-directed a film with Alan Cumming titled The Anniversary Party. In 2002, Leigh appeared in the neo-noir crime drama film Road to Perdition. In 2007, she starred in the family drama film Margot at the Wedding. She had a recurring role on the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds as Jill Price-Gray. In 2015, she received critical acclaim for her voice work as Lisa in Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa, and for her role as Daisy Domergue in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2017 to 2021, she starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series Atypical. Leigh starred in the science-fiction horror films, Annihilation (2018) and Possessor (2020). For her stage work, Leigh was nominated for a Drama Desk award for her off-Broadway performance as Beverly Moss in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party. Her Broadway debut occurred in 1998, when she became the replacement for the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Jason Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. |
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Movies
Buried Alive
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smokingsides
She smokes a lot, as if her character is a virtual chain smoker, mostly early in the movie. |
Dolores Claiborne
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smokes Camels throughout. Some pretty interesting close-ups along the way, but I don't find her particularly attractive... |
Georgia
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Just one scene in which she asks for a cigarette and lights it. |
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As is usually the case in Jennifer's movies, she smokes incessantly but in relatively ordinary fashion; there are several very nice scenes in this one, however; one shot profile in a dark bar, the other shot against a black couch. |
Girls of the White Orchid
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In Japan, where [Leigh] has been virtually kidnapped (suckered in by a phony modeling job and unfree to leave), she resigns herself to her fate, spots a cigarette pack in her room, and decides to light up. It's probably supposed to be the character's first cigarette, but it definitely was not JJL's first. |
Grandview, U.S.A.
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Two or three good scenes with Jamie Lee and one long drag with Jennifer. Curtis was smoking Winstons 100's |
Heart of Midnight
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A couple of Marlboro Lights smoking scenes. Boring movie though. |
Kansas City
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One preview scene of Leigh lighting up in a car. |
Last Exit to Brooklyn
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Many smoking scenes throughout the movie, several of them in a seductive context. Leigh demonstrates great style, with several excellent inhales and exhales, along with some great dangling. The smoke is very visible, and there are several scenes when she is talking straight into her man's face while smoking; too bad we can't smell smoky breath from film! Overall, a classic. |
Maquinista, El
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Two Light ups early in the film, no visible exhales. Creepy film. |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
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Lots of smoking, most of it by Jennifer Jason Leigh, but others pitch in. |
Rag Tale
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A drag early on for Leigh. Later a lightup, and near the end smokes a joint with a lightup and inhale. Stockbridge holds a cig in a restaurant and has a drag on a cigar. Shortly after, dangles unlit and holds in a bar. And finally a lightup. All pretty quick shots as the movie is annoyingly filmed in such a way that there are cuts or changes in camera angle practically every 1-2 seconds. |
Rush
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smokingsides
Several scenes smoking cigarettes or drugs. |
Short Cuts
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Jennifer: many scenes smoking either Marlboro Lights or pot. Lili Taylor: many scenes smoking cigarettes or pot. Lily Tomlin: one or two scenes. Julianne: 2 scenes. Madeleine: a few scenes and she even inhales a few drags. Frances: two good scenes. [Cusack] close to the end of the film riding bike in a park |
Skipped Parts
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smokingsides
[Leigh] Smokes constantly about 12 times throughout the movie. Smokes at home, restaurants, bars, at the rodeo, while driving etc. Because of editing and filming conditions there are precious few exhales but there is an excellent one about at the 1:30 point. Definitely appears IRL like in most of her previous movies. |
The Hitcher
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smokingsides
Two scenes. In the first, she lights up, drags and exhales. In the second, she accepts a lighted cigarette passed to her and takes a drag. The exhale is shown in close-up, but doesn't stand out much. |
The Hudsucker Proxy
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smokingsides
Two scenes in which she removes a cigarette from a male reporter's mouth. In the first she takes a drag, though there is no clear exhale. In the second she talks with the cigarette in the corner of her mouth (brief drag). Two other lighting scenes - in one, a bonus whisp belatedly follows what appeared to be a completed exhale. |
The Jacket
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smokingsides
Knightley has a couple of decent exhales, though one is barely visible. Leigh has one good exhale outside. Lynch looks IRL in her exhale scene. |
The Men's Club
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smokingsides
Jennifer smokes Marlboro Lights in a couple of scenes (not memorable) and Ann smokes More cigarettes in many scenes. |
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