FrameThrower · Actors · Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh
16 films · 988 frames · top-billed in 10 · 1985–2020
Born 5 February 1962 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). She received critical praise for her performances in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Miami Blues (1990), Backdraft (1991), Single White Female (1992), and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994).
Leigh starred in a 1995 film written by her mother, screenwriter Barbara Turner, titled Georgia. She co-wrote and co-directed a film with Alan Cumming titled The Anniversary Party (2001).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 16 films · 988 frames · top-billed in 10 · 1985–2020
- Genie Awards2005
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress1994
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain1993
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress1990
How their films are shot
Measured across 988 frames from the 16 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jennifer takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 16 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Jennifer takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Possessor
2020 · Girder
Annihilation
2018 · Dr Ventress
Anomalisa
2015 · Lisa Hesselman (voice)
The Hateful Eight
2015 · Daisy Domergue
Margot At The Wedding
2007 · Pauline
The Machinist
2004 · Stevie
In The Cut
2003 · Pauline
eXistenZ
1999 · Allegra Geller
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Amy Archer
Flesh+Blood
1985 · Agnes
Good Time
2017 · Corey Ellman
Kill Your Darlings
2013 · Naomi Ginsberg
The Spectacular Now
2013 · Sara Keely
Greenberg
2010 · Beth (Beller's Party)
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Maria
Road To Perdition
2002 · Annie Sullivan
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 988 frames from Jennifer Jason Leigh's 16 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.