Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American actress. She is one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, having received two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, along with five Golden Globe Awards and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Lange made her professional film debut in the remake
King Kong (1976) which, despite receiving mixed reviews, earned her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Lange went on to receive two Academy Awards, her first for Best Supporting Actress as a soap opera star in the comedy
Tootsie (1982) and her second for Best Actress playing a bipolar housewife in
Blue Sky (1994). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were for
Frances (1982),
Country (1984),
Sweet Dreams (1985), and
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