Jessica Chastain Delivers Passionate Speech After Winning First Best Actress Oscar

Anne Hathaway knows the true meaning of friendship. While Hollywood can surely lend itself to tough competition and snarkiness, Anne clearly wouldn't let that get in the way of her friendships.MORE: Anne Hathaway's Californian home is totally unexpected - see insideThe star proved what an ever supporting friend she is following Jessica Chastain's win for Best Actress during the 2022 Academy Awards for her role as Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.This is the first Oscar win for the actress, who spent ten years researching and producing the movie.

last night’s Oscars long before she won Best Actress for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” When Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, the camera showed Chastain looking overwhelmed and mouthing the words “I love you.” In the days leading up to the Oscars, Chastain had said that she would skip the red carpet if necessary so she could be in the Dolby Theater when the Makeup and Hairstyling award were announced. (It was one of the eight categories relegated to the pre-show.) And indeed, when the moment arrived, she was seated right in front of the stage, her eyes brimming with tears.In her acceptance speech, Dowds thanked Chastain right away, calling her “our biggest, most dedicated collaborator.” That was no exaggeration: The actress has worked with Dowds and Ingram since 2013’s “Mama,” where they crafted her character’s goth-light look.

Two years after Jessica Chastain and husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo welcomed their second child, the actress revealed the toddler’s name.

Jessica Chastain is celebrating her Oscar win with her husband Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo by her side!

An award season like no other has finally come to a close with the 94th Academy Awards rolling up the virtual red carpet on a year of movie-watching at home. Today, the latest crop of winners are basking in Oscar’s glow, getting ready to tackle their first post-win projects.

LOS ANGELES -- The Oscars looked kindly on Jessica Chastain.Chastain won the Academy Award for best actress Sunday night for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” in which she portrays the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.Chastain emerged as the Oscar favorite late in the season, earning an upset victory at the SAG Awards before adding a Critics’ Choice trophy for a movie that was released six months ago.Besides acting, Chastain is one of the film’s producers. She shepherded the project for years after first acquiring the rights to Bakker’s life in 2012, when she saw the documentary the film is based on.

Jessica Chastain has just won her first Oscar!

suicide and discrimination at the Oscars 2022 tonight (March 27).The actor won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye.While accepting the award, Chastain made reference to the difficulties of the last two years and the injustices being faced by many around the world.“Right now, we are coming out of a lot of difficult times that have been filled with a lot of trauma and isolation,” she said. “And so many people out there feel hopelessness and they feel alone.

The 94th Academy Awards have blessed Jessica Chastain with her first career Oscar. The actress accepted the best lead actress prize for her work in The Eyes of Tammy Faye on Sunday. During her acceptance speech, Chastain touched on current social issues of discrimination, violence, bigotry and division.

The Oscars looked kindly on Jessica Chastain.

Jessica Chastain won the best actress Oscar for her performance as televangelist and queer icon Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”During her speech, Chastain addressed several issues plaguing the nation, including “discriminatory and bigoted legislation,” a nod to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.“We’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us. There’s violence and hate crimes being perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world. And in times like this, I think of Tammy and I’m inspired by her radical acts of love,” Chastain said in her speech.

won the Oscar for Best Actress, awarded by presenter Anthony Hopkins.In her speech, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Chastain drew large applause and thanked her “brilliant” co-star Andrew Garfield.“So many people out there feel hopelessness and alone and suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States,” she noted.“It’s touched many families. It’s touched mine and especially members of the LGBTQ community…we’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us.

For Jessica Chastain, the third time is the charm. After two previous nominations – one for Best Supporting Actress in “The Help,” another for Best Actress in “Zero Dark Thirty” – Chastain has been named Best Actress at the 94th Academy Awards for her portrayal of infamous televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in Michael Showalter’s “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” View Our Complete List of 2022 Oscar Winners Even before the nominees were announced, Chastain had been considered one of the leading candidates for the Best Actress award; she made our shortlist all the way back in September 2021.

Jessica Chastain had the best reaction to “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” hair and makeup team winning Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 2022 Oscars.

Jessica Chastain didn’t skip the 2022 Academy Awards red carpet!

There is one thing we know for sure about the winners of the 94th Academy Awards. Many of them will have contributed to Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (when do we start referring to it as “Dune: Part One”?).