# List of Jessica Lange performances
**Jessica Lange** (born 1949) is an American actress whose screen and stage work spans six decades, from her debut in [Dino De Laurentiis](https://www.edgepedia.org/dino-de-laurentiis)'s remake of *King Kong* (1976) to the 2026 film adaptation of *Long Day's Journey Into Night*. Her performances have earned two Academy Awards, three [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards), five [Golden Globe Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-globe-awards), a Tony Award, and a Screen Actors Guild (Actor) Award, with four additional Academy Award nominations.[1](https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2026/09/22/two-time-academy-award-winner-jessica-lange-to-receive-2026-virginia-film-festival-visionary-award-following-the-release-of-her-latest-film-long-days-journey-into-night/) The American Film Institute catalog lists 29 titles in her filmography, in cast and producer roles.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Film debut | *King Kong* (1976) as Dwan, in Dino De Laurentiis's remake; won a Golden Globe for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) |
| Oscar wins | Supporting Actress for *Tootsie* (1982); Best Actress for *Blue Sky* (1994)[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) |
| 1982 double nomination | First person in 40 years to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year, for *Frances* (Best Actress) and *Tootsie* (Supporting Actress)[4](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-lange) • [5](https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-lange) |
| Broadway credits | *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1992), *The Glass Menagerie* (2005), *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (2016), *Mother Play* (2024)[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
| Tony Award | Best Actress in a Play, 2016, for *Long Day's Journey Into Night*; nominated in the same category in 2024 for *Mother Play*[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
| Emmy Awards | Three wins from 10 nominations: *Grey Gardens* (2009), *American Horror Story* (2012), *American Horror Story: Coven* (2014)[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) |
| Filmography size | 29 titles in the AFI Catalog filmography, including one producer credit (*Country*, 1984)[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False) |
## Feature films
The AFI Catalog records the following cast credits, with the role name as listed.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False)
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | *King Kong* | Dwan |
| 1979 | *All That Jazz* | Angelique |
| 1980 | *How to Beat the High Cost of Living* | Louise Travis |
| 1981 | *The Postman Always Rings Twice* | Cora Papadakis |
| 1982 | *Tootsie* | Julie Nichols |
| 1982 | *Frances* | Frances Farmer |
| 1984 | *Country* | Jewell Ivy |
| 1985 | *Sweet Dreams* | Patsy Cline |
| 1986 | *Crimes of the Heart* | Meg Magrath |
| 1988 | *Everybody's All-American* | Babs Rogers Grey |
| 1988 | *Far North* | Kate |
| 1989 | *Music Box* | Ann Talbot |
| 1990 | *Men Don't Leave* | Beth Macauley |
| 1991 | *Cape Fear* | Leigh Bowden |
| 1992 | *Night and the City* | Helen |
| 1994 | *Blue Sky* | Carly Marshall |
| 1995 | *Losing Isaiah* | Margaret Lewin |
| 1995 | *Rob Roy* | Mary |
| 1997 | *A Thousand Acres* | Ginny Cook Smith |
| 1998 | *Cousin Bette* | Bette |
| 1998 | *Hush* | Martha |
| 1999 | *Titus* | Tamora |
| 2003 | *Big Fish* | Sandra Bloom, Senior |
| 2003 | *Masked and Anonymous* | Nina Veronica |
| 2005 | *Broken Flowers* | Carmen |
| 2006 | *Don't Come Knocking* | Doreen |
| 2008 | *Bonneville* | Arvilla Holden |
| 2014 | *In Secret* | Madame Raquin |
| 2014 | *The Gambler* | Roberta |
**Early career.** Reviews of *King Kong* were largely negative and focused on Lange's background as a former model, and she did not appear on screen for three years afterward. [Bob Fosse](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-fosse), a close friend, wrote a part for her as the angel of death in *All That Jazz* (1979), and her lead role opposite [Jack Nicholson](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-nicholson) as Cora in *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981) drew the critical attention that preceded her 1982 breakthrough.[5](https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-lange)
**The 1980s and 1990s.** In 1982 she received a Best Actress nomination for playing the actress [Frances Farmer](https://www.edgepedia.org/frances-farmer) in *Frances* and won the Supporting Actress Oscar for Sydney Pollack's *Tootsie* opposite [Dustin Hoffman](https://www.edgepedia.org/dustin-hoffman); no actress had been nominated twice in one year since [Teresa Wright](https://www.edgepedia.org/teresa-wright) in 1942.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) • [5](https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-lange) Further Academy Award nominations followed for *Country* (1984), *Sweet Dreams* (1985), in which she played country singer Patsy Cline, and *Music Box* (1989), in which she played a lawyer defending her father.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001448/fullcredits) Her second Oscar, for Best Actress, came for *Blue Sky* (1994) opposite Tommy Lee Jones.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) Later 1990s credits include Martin Scorsese's *Cape Fear*, *Rob Roy* with Liam Neeson, and *Losing Isaiah* opposite Halle Berry.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange)
**2000s and 2010s.** At the turn of the century she played the vengeful Tamora in [Julie Taymor](https://www.edgepedia.org/julie-taymor)'s *Titus* (1999), an adaptation of Shakespeare's *Titus Andronicus*.[4](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-lange) • [8](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/all-the-times-jessica-lange-did-theatre) She appeared in [Tim Burton](https://www.edgepedia.org/tim-burton)'s *Big Fish* (2003) alongside [Ewan McGregor](https://www.edgepedia.org/ewan-mcgregor), Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, and Helena Bonham Carter, and in Jim Jarmusch's *Broken Flowers* (2005) as a former flame of Bill Murray's character.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) Her most recent AFI-listed film credits are *In Secret* and *The Gambler*, both 2014.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False)
## Stage roles
Lange's four Broadway productions, per the Internet Broadway Database:[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911)
| Run | Play | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12 – Aug 9, 1992 | *A Streetcar Named Desire* (revival) | Blanche Du Bois | Theatre World Award recipient, 1992[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
| Mar 22 – Jul 3, 2005 | *The Glass Menagerie* (revival) | Amanda Wingfield | Starring role[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
| Apr 27 – Jun 26, 2016 | *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (revival) | Mary Cavan Tyrone | Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winner, 2016[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
| Apr 25 – Jun 16, 2024 | *Mother Play* (original) | Phyllis | Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner, 2024[6](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911) |
She first played Mary Tyrone in a 2000 West End production of *Long Day's Journey Into Night*, which made her the first American actress to earn an Olivier Award nomination.[4](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-lange) She reprised Blanche Du Bois for television in 1995.[4](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-lange)
## Television
Lange's television work centers on HBO and FX projects. She won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a [Miniseries](https://www.edgepedia.org/miniseries) or Movie for HBO's *Grey Gardens* (2009), playing "Big" Edith Bouvier, the eccentric aunt of Jackie Kennedy, opposite [Drew Barrymore](https://www.edgepedia.org/drew-barrymore).[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) Her Emmy-nominated television roles also include [Blanche DuBois](https://www.edgepedia.org/blanche-dubois) in CBS's *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1996 nomination), Irma in HBO's *Normal* (2003), and Joan Crawford in FX's *Feud: Bette and Joan* (2017), a miniseries created for her by Ryan Murphy and costarring Susan Sarandon; she was also nominated as a producer of the series for Outstanding Limited Series.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) • [9](https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.859465)
**American Horror Story.** Lange starred in the first four seasons of Ryan Murphy and [Brad Falchuk](https://www.edgepedia.org/brad-falchuk)'s FX anthology: Constance Langdon in *Murder House* (Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress, 2012, plus a Golden Globe and SAG Award), Sister Jude Martin in *Asylum* (2013 nomination), Fiona Goode in *Coven* (Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress, 2014), and Elsa Mars in *Freak Show* (2015 nomination).[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) • [10](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/jessica-lange-returns-american-horror-story-set-photos-34948/) She returned as a guest in season 8, *Apocalypse*, reprising Constance Langdon (2019 nomination), and films season 13, her return to the series after eight years, alongside Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, and Kathy Bates.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange) • [10](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/jessica-lange-returns-american-horror-story-set-photos-34948/) She has also appeared in Murphy's *The Politician* and in HBO's *The Great Lillian Hall* (2024).[11](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/jessica-lange/profile/) • [1](https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2026/09/22/two-time-academy-award-winner-jessica-lange-to-receive-2026-virginia-film-festival-visionary-award-following-the-release-of-her-latest-film-long-days-journey-into-night/)
## Recent work
Lange reprises her Tony-winning role as Mary Tyrone on screen in Jonathan Kent's film adaptation of *Long Day's Journey Into Night*, opposite Ed Harris as James Tyrone, with Ben Foster and Colin Morgan; the film marks Kent's directorial debut and received a limited United States release in September 2026 through Quiver Distribution.[12](https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-lange-american-horror-story-long-days-jourtney-into-night) • [1](https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2026/09/22/two-time-academy-award-winner-jessica-lange-to-receive-2026-virginia-film-festival-visionary-award-following-the-release-of-her-latest-film-long-days-journey-into-night/) She is scheduled to receive the 2026 Virginia Film Festival Visionary Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, each tied to screenings of the film.[1](https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2026/09/22/two-time-academy-award-winner-jessica-lange-to-receive-2026-virginia-film-festival-visionary-award-following-the-release-of-her-latest-film-long-days-journey-into-night/) • [13](https://artsandvoices.com/articles/jessica-lange-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-scad-b428dbe0)
## References
1. [Two-Time Academy Award Winner Jessica Lange to Receive 2026 Virginia Film Festival Visionary Award, Virginia Film Festival](https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2026/09/22/two-time-academy-award-winner-jessica-lange-to-receive-2026-virginia-film-festival-visionary-award-following-the-release-of-her-latest-film-long-days-journey-into-night/)
2. [Jessica Lange filmography, AFI Catalog of Feature Films](https://catalog.afi.com/Person/234767-Jessica-Lange?isMiscCredit=False)
3. [Jessica Lange, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-lange)
4. [Jessica Lange On Stage, New York Theatre Guide](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-lange)
5. [Jessica Lange: Biography, Actor, Movies, TV Shows & Age, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/jessica-lange)
6. [Jessica Lange, Broadway Cast & Staff, IBDB](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-lange-48911)
7. [Jessica Lange, Movie & TV Credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001448/fullcredits)
8. [All the times Jessica Lange did theatre, New York Theatre Guide](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/all-the-times-jessica-lange-did-theatre)
9. [Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart, Anthony Uzarowski, University Press of Kentucky (JSTOR)](https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.859465)
10. [Jessica Lange Returns to 'American Horror Story' After 8 Years in Season 13 Set Photos, Variety](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/global/jessica-lange-returns-american-horror-story-set-photos-34948/)
11. [Jessica Lange Biography, Broadway.com](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/jessica-lange/profile/)
12. [Jessica Lange on Returning to American Horror Story—and Mary Tyrone, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/jessica-lange-american-horror-story-long-days-jourtney-into-night)
13. [Jessica Lange to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Arts & Voices](https://artsandvoices.com/articles/jessica-lange-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-scad-b428dbe0)
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