Jennifer Jason Leigh

<html> <head> <title>Jennifer Jason Leigh</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/868/000025793/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Jennifer Jason Leigh<img src="jjl-sized.jpg" height=289 width=198 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Jennifer Jason Leigh">AKA Jennifer Lee MorrowBorn: <a href="/lists/553/000106235/" class=proflink>5-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/961/000105646/" class=proflink>1962</a> <a href="#FN1">[1]</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/536/000069329/" class=proflink>Hollywood, CA</a> Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: Fast Times at Ridgemont HighThough her mother tried to talk her out of it, Leigh started taking acting lessons at 14 and, coming from a show business family, she had little trouble getting into film. She won early acclaim as an anorexic in a TV movie, and became famous in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. While that movie was still in first run theaters and getting generally good reviews, her father <a href="/people/110/000043978/">Vic Morrow</a> was killed by a helecopter filming the Twilight Zone movie. At her mother's house the next night, Leigh and the rest of the family paid their respects by watching Morrow's The Blackboard Jungle. <a href="/people/002/000022933/">Robert Altman</a> directed her in two of her best films, Short Cuts and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. She usually appears in small, independent films as opposed to multiplex blockbusters, but her few truly mainstream movies include Single White Female, Road to Perdition, and <a href="/people/221/000024149/">Stephen King</a>'s Dolores Claiborne. Leigh memorably directed herself and an all-star cast in the Hollywood drawing room drama The Anniversary Party, co-starring, co-written, and co-directed by <a href="/people/381/000031288/">Alan Cumming</a>. They played husband and wife believably, but were never romantically linked in real life. Leigh's mother, Barbara Turner, is an accomplished screenwriter, and wrote Leigh's Georgia. Her stepfather, Reza Badiyi, was a TV director for decades in a career stretching from Get Smart to She Spies. He was also good buddies with film director <a href="/people/002/000022933/">Robert Altman</a>. Leigh's on-screen middle name, Jason, is an homage to family friend <a href="/people/224/000032128/">Jason Robards</a>. <hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1">[1] In biographies written before 1990, she is reported to have been born in 1958. In more recent bios, her birthday has been revised to 1962.Father: <a href="/people/110/000043978/">Vic Morrow</a> (actor, m. 1957, div. from Turner in 1964) Mother: Barbara Turner (screenwriter, Pollock, div. 1964) Father: Reza Badiyi (stepfather, TV director, Get Smart, b. 17-Apr-1930, m. 1968, div. 1985) Sister: Carrie Ann Morrow (drug counselor) Sister: Mina Badie (half-sister, actress, Roger Dodger, ) Boyfriend: <a href="/people/341/000111008/">David Dukes</a> (actor, b. 1945, cohabited early 1980s, d. 2000) Boyfriend: <a href="/people/557/000023488/">Eric Stoltz</a> (together 1985-89) Boyfriend: <a href="/people/911/000022845/">Jason Patric</a> Husband: <a href="/people/707/000229020/">Noah Baumbach</a> (filmmaker, together since 2001, m. 3-Sep-2005, sep. 2010) Son: Rohmer (b. 17-Mar-2010)     High School: <a href="/edu/690/000079453/">Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, CA</a>     <a href="/lists/753/000358676/">Camp: Stagedoor Manor</a>     <a href="/lists/591/000044459/">Russian Ancestry</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR     <a href="/films/859/000041736/">The Anniversary Party (23-May-2001)</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/932/000404717/">White Boy Rick (31-Aug-2018)</a>     <a href="/films/741/000405523/">Patrick Melrose (12-May-2018)</a>     <a href="/films/187/000403972/">Annihilation (13-Feb-2018)</a>     <a href="/films/393/000406172/">Amityville: The Awakening (29-Jun-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/124/000404906/">Good Time (25-May-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/284/000404069/">LBJ (9-Sep-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/313/000402104/">Morgan (1-Sep-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/501/000400298/">The Hateful Eight (7-Dec-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/602/000400399/">Anomalisa (4-Sep-2015)</a> [VOICE]     <a href="/films/840/000395652/">Welcome to Me (5-Sep-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/980/000383828/">Jake Squared (27-Sep-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/913/000380770/">Hateship Loveship (7-Sep-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/577/000382428/">The Moment (21-Apr-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/072/000371953/">Kill Your Darlings (18-Jan-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/452/000369342/">The Spectacular Now (18-Jan-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/040/000215392/">Greenberg (14-Feb-2010)</a> · Beth     <a href="/films/062/000178525/">Synecdoche, New York (23-May-2008)</a> · Maria     <a href="/films/450/000164955/">Margot at the Wedding (31-Aug-2007)</a> · Pauline     <a href="/films/114/000266313/">Rag Tale (12-Aug-2005)</a>     <a href="/films/644/000086386/">The Jacket (23-Jan-2005)</a> · Dr. Lorenson     <a href="/films/582/000131189/">Childstar (10-Sep-2004)</a>     <a href="/films/961/000092685/">Palindromes (3-Sep-2004)</a>     <a href="/films/058/000068851/">The Machinist (18-Jan-2004)</a> · Stevie     <a href="/films/409/000037298/">In the Cut (9-Sep-2003)</a> · Pauline     <a href="/films/702/000033603/">Road to Perdition (12-Jul-2002)</a> · Annie Sullivan     <a href="/films/331/000091058/">Hey Arnold! The Movie (May-2002)</a> · Bridget [VOICE]     <a href="/films/857/000269050/">Crossed Over (3-Mar-2002)</a>     <a href="/films/399/000132003/">The Quickie (25-Jul-2001)</a>     <a href="/films/859/000041736/">The Anniversary Party (23-May-2001)</a>     <a href="/films/080/000042951/">Skipped Parts (6-Jun-2000)</a> · Lydia Callahan     <a href="/films/272/000090999/">The King Is Alive (11-May-2000)</a> · Gina     <a href="/films/833/000132437/">Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (17-Aug-1999)</a> [VOICE]     <a href="/films/396/000037285/">eXistenZ (16-Feb-1999)</a> · Allegra Geller     <a href="/films/507/000088243/">The Love Letter (1-Feb-1998)</a>     <a href="/films/353/000033254/">A Thousand Acres (19-Sep-1997)</a>     <a href="/films/574/000063385/">Washington Square (12-Sep-1997)</a>     <a href="/films/490/000036382/">Bastard Out of Carolina (24-Aug-1996)</a>     <a href="/films/550/000037439/">Kansas City (15-May-1996)</a>     <a href="/films/980/000041857/">Georgia (19-May-1995)</a> · Sadie     <a href="/films/922/000034820/">Dolores Claiborne (24-Mar-1995)</a> · Selena St. George     <a href="/films/337/000040217/">Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (7-Sep-1994)</a>     <a href="/films/703/000033604/">The Hudsucker Proxy (11-Mar-1994)</a> · Amy Archer     <a href="/films/190/000033091/">Short Cuts (1-Oct-1993)</a>     <a href="/films/945/000264153/">Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/574/000034472/">Single White Female (14-Aug-1992)</a>     <a href="/films/638/000032542/">Rush (22-Dec-1991)</a> · Kristen     <a href="/films/797/000088533/">Crooked Hearts (31-May-1991)</a>     <a href="/films/606/000043477/">Backdraft (24-May-1991)</a> · Jennifer Vaitkus     <a href="/films/251/000065056/">Buried Alive (9-May-1990)</a>     <a href="/films/586/000036478/">Miami Blues (20-Apr-1990)</a>     <a href="/films/881/000038767/">Last Exit to Brooklyn (12-Oct-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/380/000037269/">The Big Picture (15-Sep-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/479/000084227/">Heart of Midnight (3-Mar-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/842/000261059/">Under Cover (4-Dec-1987)</a> · Tanille Laroux     <a href="/films/546/000084294/">Sister, Sister (13-Sep-1987)</a>     <a href="/films/497/000084245/">The Men's Club (Sep-1986)</a> · Teensy     <a href="/films/414/000036306/">The Hitcher (21-Feb-1986)</a> · Nash     <a href="/films/648/000041525/">Flesh + Blood (30-Aug-1985)</a> · Agnes     <a href="/films/631/000033532/">Grandview, U.S.A. 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