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The first movie/show you saw her in


I first saw her in Take Shelter and had absolutely no idea who she was. Thought she was pretty and a good actress. But once I saw her in Lawless, Zero Dark Thirty and even Mama...that was pretty much it. Damn she's smokin' hot and damn she can act was all I could think after that. Now she's one of the few actresses that I look forward to watching no matter what she's in. I think a crush is beginning. Anyone else?

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The Tree of Life.

It was the discovery of a major talent. You know you're good when you can make a ponderous Terrence Malick film infinately watchable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmGXemaMoI

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The Tree of Life. The moment when she's angry at one of her sons proves she can do body language like no other.

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Take Shelter

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The Help.

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In an episode of E.R. as a guest star in a minor but very powerful performance.Only when I saw The Dept, where she blew me away, did I remember her from 5-6 years earlier from E.R. So, both of those, I guess, to answer your question:)

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The Tree of Life, followed immediately by The Help. And I became a fan for life. :-)

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The debt and I liked her since then but she really Impressed me in the help.

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The reason she gets compared to Meryl Streep is that Terrence Malick had her do a Sophie's Choice type scene at the beginning of The Tree of Life.

Chastain Supernova.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3C7DECI0jU

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