Jessica Lange
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Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in film, theater, and television. The recipient of several awards including two Oscars, two Emmys, five Golden Globes, and one SAG Award, Lange is one of the most celebrated actors of the modern era.Lange was discovered by producer Dino De Laurentiis while modeling part-time for the Wilhelmina modelling agency. She made her professional film debut in his 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic, ''King Kong''. In 1982, she became the first performer in forty years to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year; she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in ''Tootsie'' and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress, Frances Farmer, in ''Frances''. Lange received three more nominations, for ''Country'' (1984), ''Sweet Dreams'' (1985) and ''Music Box'' (1989), before being nominated a sixth time and winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a manic depressive housewife in ''Blue Sky'' (1994). She later won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' famed aunt, Big Edie, in HBO's ''Grey Gardens'' (2009) and won her first Screen Actors Guild Award, along with a second Primetime Emmy Award for her performance...
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