Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh's biography

Jennifer Leigh Morrow is 60 years old actor born at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was born on Monday 5th of February 1962. Jennifer is often nicknamed as Jennifer Leigh, JJL. According to year of birth 1962 she belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 5th of February means she is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

She is native english speaker. She is white american. Jennifer is citizen of United States of America. Jennifer is jewish. Jennifer´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as film producer, screenwriter. Jennifer is recently known as film director.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's dad

Jennifer Jason Leigh's father's name is Vic Morrow. Vic is known as actor. Her father was born on Thursday 14th of February 1929. Her father died on Friday 23rd of July 1982. Vic Morrow was 20 years old, when this happened.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's mom

Jennifer Jason Leigh's mother's name is Barbara Turner. She is known as screenwriter. Jennifer´s mother was born on Tuesday 14th of July 1936 in New York. Jennifer Jason Leigh was born when she was 26 years old. Her mother died on Tuesday 5th of April 2016 in Los Angeles. Barbara Turner was 54 years old, when this happened.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's family

Jennifer Jason Leigh's ex husband

Noah Baumbach

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Noah Baumbach have been together since 2005 for 8 years. Noah is known as screenwriter. Jennifer´s ex husband was born on Wednesday 3rd of September 1969 in Brooklyn.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's schools

We found 2 schools Jennifer attended. Complete list of schools: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Palisades Charter High School.

Detailed informations about Jennifer´s schools

Jennifer studied high school - Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jennifer studied university - Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's career

Her main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to her breakthrough role as Stacy Hamilton in the early '80s coming-of-age teen comedy-drama film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982). You could see her also in Single White Female.

Is Jennifer Jason Leigh gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's boyfriend

Jason Patric

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric have been together. He is known as film actor. Jennifer´s boyfriend was born on Friday 17th of June 1966 in Queens.

Awards and competitions

Jennifer Jason Leigh's Awards

• Won two 1990 Critic Society awards for her portrayal of Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), and as Susan Waggoner in Miami Blues (1990).

Jennifer Jason Leigh's Nominations

• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

What else you don't know about Jennifer Jason Leigh ?

Her middle name is Jason.

What Jennifer Jason Leigh has done for a first time

• Counts Dog Day Afternoon (1975) as the very first movie to emotionally impact her. Though only 13-years-old when it was released, she managed to see it numerous times.

Jennifer Jason Leigh's quotes

• I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.
• [on her best friend, Phoebe Cates] Your best friend is the only one who would tell you the person you are in love with is a sexually ambivalent man-child.
• I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.
• I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.
• I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.
• I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.
• But in mainstream movies the woman's role is mostly just to prove that the leading man is heterosexual. I'm not good at that, and I'm not interested in that.
• I like the comparison to Johnny Depp because with him, the way he transforms himself from role to role, he's just this miraculous changeling and people really get behind it. But with me, people sometimes have a problem.
• I think I live in this mythical world where doing the parts I do is not going to hurt me, and telling people my age is not going to hurt me. And it actually does. It's a bit sick-making but, you know, I can't change who I am.
• [1982: on the death of her father, actor Vic Morrow] I always hoped we could work together and, through that, resolve whatever needed to be resolved between us. Now that chance is lost. That's the real tragedy.
• I remember I once went to a nutritionist who said I come from good Russian- Jewish peasant stock, which means I can hold a potato in my body for a week, if need be.
• So much of the joy of seeing Quentin [Tarantino]'s movies is just how explosively imaginative they are, and how you don't really know where things are going, and you don't really know who's who and what's what and what the truth is.
• I think I am talented -- but I also think I'm very lucky.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Jennifer Jason Leigh looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. Jennifer is tall as 5' 3" (160 cm). She weights 128lbs (58 kg). Body build is slim. Jennifer´s eyes are tinted hazel. Her hair is shade of blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Jennifer´s shoe size is 7.