Chastain was raised in Sacramento by her mother and stepfather, Michael Hastey, a firefighter.
Also that year, she worked with on a production of 's Rodney's Wife as the daughter of a troubled middle-aged film actor.
Chastain made her film debut in the drama 2008 , and gained wide recognition in 2011 for starring roles in half a dozen films, including the dramas and.
She read the novel by disgraced former lobbyist to research the practice of lobbying in America, and met with female lobbyists to study their mannerisms and sense of style.