Jessica Chastain honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Jessica Chastain receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Jessica Chastain was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday for her successful movie career.

LOS ANGELES - Jessica Chastain was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday for her successful movie career, which includes an Oscar win and two other Academy Award nominations. 

The star is the 2,819th to be installed since the Walk of Fame was completed in 1961. 

The honor comes 22 days before the premiere of her new Apple TV+ limited series, "The Savant," in which she also serves as an executive producer.

Jessica Chastain attends her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on September 04, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The backstory:

Born in Sacramento in 1977, Chastain's interest in acting began at age seven. 

She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before being accepted into Juilliard on a scholarship funded by Robin Williams. 

Her professional career started on the stage as Juliet in a production of "Romeo and Juliet."

She made her television debut in a 2004 pilot for "Dark Shadows" and her film debut in the 2008 drama "Jolene."

Chastain received her first Oscar nomination for best supporting actress for "The Help," in 2011, followed by a best actress nomination for "Zero Dark Thirty" in 2013. She won the best actress Oscar in 2022 for her role in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."

Her recent accolades also include an Emmy nomination in 2023 for "George & Tammy" and a Tony nomination in 2023 for "A Doll's House."

What they're saying:

"You just look at her, and you get inspired, as she just does these crazy things, (this) natural, outrageous talent," Al Pacino said during the ceremony.

Chastain has called Pacino her "acting godfather." She co-starred with him in a 2006 production of the Oscar Wilde one-act tragedy "Salomé" at the Wadsworth Theatre at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus.

Chastain was reunited with Pacino in "Lear Rex," an adaptation of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," which is in post-production.

(L-R) Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Kit Hoover, and Steven Nissen attend the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony Honoring Jessica Chastain on September 04, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

"You see Jessica and you know it. She's one of those. She's got `it.' ... I love `it,' and I love her," Pacino said.

Viola Davis, who starred in "The Help" alongside Chastain, applauded her for breaking down barriers.

"The only words I can think when I think of you, Jessica ... is no more walls. None," Davis said at the ceremony. "You have busted them down through the luminescent art of your work, and that makes you immortal."