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Birthdate: February 5, 1962

Jennifer Jason Leigh

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,448

285
All Time Actress

of 24,004

116
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  223
- 1990s
  
  of 71,585
  
  190
- 2000s
  
  of 82,712
  
  689
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,620
  
  1,726
- Adventure
  
  of 25,536
  
  3,735
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  788
- Comedy
  
  of 84,829
  
  229
- Crime
  
  of 34,310
  
  71
- Documentary
  
  of 9,413
  
  7,684
- Drama
  
  of 107,166
  
  103
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,837
  
  663
- History
  
  of 5,929
  
  3,450
- Horror
  
  of 36,682
  
  980
- Music
  
  of 9,349
  
  777
- Mystery
  
  of 16,955
  
  3,059
- Romance
  
  of 37,232
  
  395
- Scifi
  
  of 24,983
  
  606
- Teen
  
  of 8,454
  
  72
- Thriller
  
  of 49,529
  
  351
- War
  
  of 9,729
  
  4,869

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1980s

2.4983

1990s

2.7874

2000s

2.5471

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Jennifer Jason Leigh is ranked overall as 2.7999 of of 4 stars

2.7999

Jennifer Jason Leigh Movie Rankings

Jennifer Jason Leigh starring in Short Cuts

Short Cuts (1993)

3.1196

While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. ...more about Short Cuts

DVD from $27.95

(9 sellers)

Jennifer Jason Leigh starring in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

3.0762

'Fast Times' is a high school classic spawning a generation of high school comedies and immortalizing Sean Penn as the forever stoned, Spicoli. Each character struggles with sexuality, authority and responsibility, hoping only to make it through high school alive without humiliation. ...more about Fast Times at Ridgemont High

DVD from $4.99

(15 sellers)

Jennifer Jason Leigh starring in Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition (2002)

3.0685

Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure. ...more about Road to Perdition

DVD from $1.99

(12 sellers)

Hitcher, The (1986)

2.9107

A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of murders. ...more about Hitcher

DVD from $1.96

(12 sellers)

eXistenZ (1999)

2.8617

Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. ...more about eXistenZ

DVD from $6.39

(11 sellers)

Washington Square (1997)

2.8429

Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter for her money. ...more about Washington Square

DVD from $6.39

(9 sellers)

Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

2.8288

Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual. ...more about Last Exit to Brooklyn

Actor Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress

Not Available on DVD

Dolores Claiborne (1995)

2.8144

Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. ...more about Dolores Claiborne

Actor Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress

DVD from $5.24

(10 sellers)

Anniversary Party, The (2001)

2.7935

Celebrity couple Joe and Sally Therrian are going through yet another rough stage in their six-year marriage: while Joe's novels have been climbing higher and higher on the best-seller lists, Sally's film career has been steadily sinking into oblivion. ...more about Anniversary Party

DVD from $3.99

(12 sellers)

Single White Female (1992)

2.7615

When a 'Single White Female' places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she's just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed woman who seems to be just right. ...more about Single White Female

DVD from $5.99

(10 sellers)

Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)

2.7358

When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. ...more about Hudsucker Proxy

DVD from $4.60

(10 sellers)

Big Picture, The (1989)

2.7236

Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high enough profile that he can get Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making. Studio exec Allen Habel is interested. ...more about Big Picture

DVD from $4.99

(5 sellers)

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

2.7020

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair. ...more about Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Actor Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress

DVD from $9.59

(8 sellers)

Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

2.5914

Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. ...more about Bastard Out of Carolina

Not Available on DVD

Jacket, The (2005)

2.5699

The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. ...more about Jacket

DVD from $6.99

(12 sellers)

Childstar (2004)

2.5170

Taylor Brandon Burns, a conflicted twelve-year-old TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems - while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. ...more about Childstar

Actor Awards

Genie Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

DVD from $4.99

(9 sellers)

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

2.5054

Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets. ...more about Margot at the Wedding

Actor Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress

Not Available on DVD

Wrong Is Right (1982)

2.4869

A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. ...more about Wrong Is Right

DVD from $21.99

(2 sellers)

In the Cut (2003)

2.4489

Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. ...more about In the Cut

DVD from $3.08

(15 sellers)

Machinist, The (2004)

2.3550

Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. ...more about Machinist

Not Available on DVD

Thousand Acres, A (1997)

2.3340

A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories. ...more about Thousand Acres

DVD from $7.02

(9 sellers)

Kansas City (1996)

2.3295

Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she lauches a desperate plan to release him. ...more about Kansas City

DVD from $12.71

(8 sellers)

King Is Alive, The (2001)

2.2277

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. ...more about King Is Alive

DVD from $10.99

(9 sellers)

Palindromes (2005)

2.2158

Described as a "fable of innocence," his latest film allows Todd Solondz to savor the profound flavor of moral complexity. ...more about Palindromes

DVD from $12.77

(8 sellers)

Backdraft (1991)

2.1671

A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. ...more about Backdraft

DVD from $8.89

(11 sellers)

Flesh & Blood (1985)

2.1140

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. ...more about Flesh & Blood

DVD from $4.42

(11 sellers)

Easy Money (1983)

2.0774

The life of a young man about town suddenly reaches a turning point. Before this he led a life of debauchery. He will get 10 million dollars as an inheritance if his life has undergone a complete change within a year. ...more about Easy Money

DVD from $9.72

(9 sellers)

Miami Blues (1990)

1.8447

When sociopath Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute Susie Waggoner. ...more about Miami Blues

Actor Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress

DVD from $4.49

(8 sellers)

Crooked Hearts (1991)

1.8291

A young man leaves college and re-enters life with his dysfunctional family. Slowly, long-buried secrets involving their father are unraveled and the animosities between the father and older brother are revealed. ...more about Crooked Hearts

DVD from $5.40

(9 sellers)

Rush (1991)

1.8081

Raynor (Patric) is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen (Jason Leigh). Their ultimate target is Gaines, a renowned but very elusive drug dealer. ...more about Rush

DVD from $4.15

(9 sellers)

Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

1.7195

Enterprising local news anchor Jane Harris (Lauren Tewes) discovers that one of her neighbors is actually the serial killer/rapist who has been terrorizing the city. Jane must prove her suspicions before the killer gets to her. ...more about Eyes of a Stranger

Not Available on DVD

Skipped Parts (2000)

1.6346

It's 1963. Poor little rich girl Lydia and her 14-year-old love child Sam are banished from North Carolina while her powerful father runs for governor. ...more about Skipped Parts

DVD from $4.96

(10 sellers)

Sister, Sister (1987)

1.4336

Sisters, Lucy (Leigh) and Charlotte (Ivey) live in a remote lodge-house surrounded by swampland. ...more about Sister

DVD from $3.99

(2 sellers)

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver Country (1993)

1.2830

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts. ...more about Luck

DVD from $25.57

(10 sellers)

Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)

1.2693

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. ...more about Grandview

Not Available on DVD

Prom, The (1992)

1.0776

Not Available on DVD

Heart of Midnight (1988)

0.7944

Carol(Jennifer Jason Leigh) inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. ...more about Heart of Midnight

Not Available on DVD

Rag Tale (2005)

0.3790

Not Available on DVD

Easter Sunday (2005)

No Reviews Available

One Easter Sunday, a sensitive 10-year-old girl, Viv (Blaire Restaneo) gets unexpected visit from her disturbed mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh). ...more about Easter Sunday

Not Available on DVD

Lymelife (2005)

No Reviews Available

LYMELIFE is a coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. ...more about Lymelife

Not Available on DVD

Men's Club, The (1986)

No Reviews Available

A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night... ...more about Men's Club

Not Available on DVD

Quickie, The (2001)

No Reviews Available

DVD from $7.69

(5 sellers)

Under Cover (1987)

No Reviews Available

A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death. ...more about Under Cover

Not Available on DVD

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