Jessica Chastain's 'beautiful year'

Jessica Chastain arrives at "Take Shelter" Premiere at Ryerson Theatre
during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2011
in Toronto, Canada.

TORONTO - Her high cheekbones and sea-green eyes can seduce the lens in a single glance, but Jessica Chastain's screen presence isn't really rooted in the physical.


The suddenly ubiquitous breakout star of The Help, The Debt and Terrence Malick's Tree of Life has an ethereal quality that makes her one of the most compelling young talents of her generation, landing the California native at the top of the ever-changing A-list in the space of a single year.

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