Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American film and stage actress. Leigh worked in her first film at the age of nine, in a nonspeaking role for the film Death of a Stranger (The Execution) (1973). She known for Rush (1991), Dolores Claiborne (1995), eXistenZ (1999), Road to Perdition (2002), The Machinist (2004), The Jacket (2005).