Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began acting on television during the 1970s, guest-starring on several television shows. Her film breakthrough came in 1982 for her performance as Stacy Hamilton in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Leigh continued performing past her teen years, receiving critical praise for her roles in the 1990 films "Miami Blues" and "Last Exit to Brooklyn". In 1991, she appeared in Ron Howard's "Backdraft", and in 1992, she acted in the drama-thriller "Single White Female". In 1993, Leigh appeared in the ensemble film "Short
Jennifer Jason Leigh In 1998, she appeared alongside Campbell Scott in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie "The Love Letter". In David Cronenberg's "eXistenZ" (1999), she played a virtual reality game designer who becomes lost in her own creation. Leigh had a brief role as a doomed gangster's wife in Sam Mendes's "Road to Perdition" (2002) and costarred as Meg Ryan's brutally murdered sister in Jane Campion's erotic thriller "In the Cut" (2003). After a long period of avoiding prostitute roles, she played alongside Christian Bale as his prostitute girlfriend in the thriller "The Machinist" (2004). Mick LaSalle of the "San Francisco