Movies Jessica Chastain Through the Years By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 24, 2017 08:00AM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 40 Jessica Chastain Through the Years Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Born in California on March 24, 1977, Jessica Chastain celebrates her 41st birthday Saturday. Pictured here on October 26, 2014, the actress got her start in her 20s, landing her first roles in episodes of ER and Veronica Mars in the early 2000s. More than a decade later, Chastain is now a bona fide big-screen star with two Academy Award nominations to her name. In honor of Chastain's birthday, see photos of the star through the years, ahead. 02 of 40 Jessica Chastain on May 18, 2005 Djamilla Rosa Cochran/WireImage 03 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Al Pacino at an Afterparty for Salome in Los Angeles on April 27, 2006 Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images 04 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Estelle Parsons at the Creative Coalition VIP Salome Party in Los Angeles on May 3, 2006 Marsaili McGrath/Getty Images 05 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Michael Urie at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 28, 2007 Steve Granitz/WireImage 06 of 40 Jessica Chastain at Dior's Fall/Winter 2008-2009 Haute Couture Fashion Show in Paris on June 30, 2008 Serge BENHAMOU/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images 07 of 40 Jessica Chastain at InStyle's 8th Annual Summer Soiree in West Hollywood on August 20, 2009 08 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Bright Star in New York on September 14, 2009 09 of 40 Jessica Chastain in Los Angeles on March 1, 2010 10 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Rosario Dawson and Ginnifer Goodwin in Beverly Hills on November 19, 2010 Chris Weeks/WireImage 11 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Los Angeles Premiere of Somewhere on December 7, 2010 Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic 12 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2011 Jeff Vespa/WireImage 13 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Coriolanus Press Conference at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2011 Sean Gallup/Getty Images 14 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Wild Salome Premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011 Danny Martindale/FilmMagic 15 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Take Shelter Premiere During the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2011 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 16 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Sean Penn and Brad Pitt at The Tree Of Life Premiere at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2011 Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 17 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Jimmy Fallon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 9, 2011 Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 18 of 40 Jessica Chastain at The Help's Los Angeles Premiere on August 9, 2011 Lester Cohen/WireImage 19 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 15, 2012 Jeff Vespa/WireImage 20 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 26, 2012 George Pimentel/WireImage 21 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Premiere at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2012 Mike Marsland/WireImage 22 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Gabby Douglas at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 27, 2013 Kevin Winter/WireImage 23 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Premiere of Cleopatra During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013 Venturelli/WireImage 24 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the All Is Lost Premiere During the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2013 Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 25 of 40 Jessica Chastain in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy on July 21, 2013 Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images 26 of 40 Jessica Chastain as Brave's Merida For Disney Dream Portrait on September 25, 2013 Scott Brinegar/Disney Parks via Getty Images 27 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Jennifer Lawrence at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 12, 2014 Alberto Rodriguez/NBC/NBC via Getty Images 28 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Foxcatcher Premiere at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2014 Danny Martindale/WireImage 29 of 40 Jessica Chastain in Deauville, France on September 5, 2014 Francois Durand/Getty Images 30 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Photocall For The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby at the 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 23, 2014 Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage 31 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 11, 2015 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images 32 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Anne Hathaway at the China: Through The Looking Glass Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 4, 2015 Michael Stewart/WireImage 33 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2016 Larry Busacca/Getty Images 34 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Cafe Society Premiere and Opening Night Gala at the 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016 Venturelli/WireImage 35 of 40 Jessica Chastain at Her Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 3, 2016 Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images 36 of 40 Jessica Chastain at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle's Celebration of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards Season in West Hollywood on November 10, 2016 Todd Williamson/Getty Images 37 of 40 Jessica Chastain With Chloe Grace Moretz at the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2017 Kevin Mazur/WireImage 38 of 40 Jessica Chastain With James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio on December 4, 2016 Anthony Behar/Bravo 39 of 40 Jessica Chastain attends in New York City on February 13, 2017 Rob Kim/FilmMagic 40 of 40 Jessica Chastain at a Press Conference for The Zookeeper's Wife in Warsaw on March 7, 2017 JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images