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American film, television and stage actress, Jessica Lange has an estimated net worth of $15 million. Born Jessica Phyllis Lange on April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota, she graduated from Cloquet High School and earned a scholarship to study art and photography at the University of Minnesota. There she met and dated Spanish photographer Paco Grande. She left the university when they got married in 1971.

Lange first worked as a model until she was discovered by film producer, Dino De Laurentiis and she became a part-time for the Wilhelmina modelling agency. She made her first film appearance in the 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she won her first Golden Globe Award. Six years after, she became the first performer to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year in 40 years.

The award-winning actress is most widely recognized for her Oscar-winning roles in Tootsie, where she played the role of a soap opera star, and Blue Sky, where she played the part of a manic depressive housewife.. She also won an Emmy for her work in Grey Gardens for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' famed aunt, Big Edie. She has appeared as well in productions on Broadway and in the West End in London.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

1994

Salary

Salary with Losing Isaiah

$1,500,000

1985

Salary

Salary with Crimes of the Heart

$2,000,000