Jennifer Jason Leigh Biography

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Daughter of actor Vic Morrow and of actress/writer Barbara Turner, actress Leigh is often recognized for her lost, wistful air that allowed her success in such films as Eyes of a Stranger (1981), The Hitcher (1986) and Rush (1991). She was naïve and needy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), creepy in Single White Female (1992) and funny in The Big Picture (1989). Other films include Easy Money (1983), Heart of Midnight (1988), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) , A Thousand Acres (1997), eXistenZ (1999), Skipped Parts (2000), and The Anniversary Party (2001).