Question 1

True or false: She began her acting career in her late 30s after working as a model.

Accepted Answer

False. Lange started acting in her 20s, debuting in 'King Kong' (1976) at age 27, after modeling and studying mime.

Question 2

True or false: Jessica Lange is the first actress in 40 years to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars in the same year.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1983, she won Best Supporting Actress for 'Tootsie' and Best Actress for 'Frances', a rare double win.

Question 3

True or false: She won an Oscar for her role in the 1982 film 'Tootsie'.

Accepted Answer

False. Lange won Best Supporting Actress for 'Tootsie' (1982), but it was for 'Tootsie', not Best Actress—she also won Best Actress that year for 'Frances'.

Question 4

True or false: She has a daughter who is also an actress, named Shura Baryshnikov.

Accepted Answer

False. Lange's daughter with Mikhail Baryshnikov is named Alexandra (Shura) Baryshnikov, but she is a playwright and actress, though less famous than the myth suggests.

Question 5

True or false: Jessica Lange has photographed the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for a book.

Accepted Answer

True. An accomplished photographer, Lange published 'Highway 61' in 2020, documenting post-Katrina Louisiana landscapes and people.

Question 6

True or false: She turned down the lead role in 'Fatal Attraction' because she found the script too violent.

Accepted Answer

False. Lange was offered the role, but Glenn Close took it; Lange later said she regretted passing, but the reason was scheduling, not violence.

Question 7

True or false: Jessica Lange once studied mime in Paris under the legendary Étienne Decroux.

Accepted Answer

True. Before acting, Lange trained in mime with Decroux in Paris in the early 1970s, a surprising background for a future Hollywood star.

Question 8

True or false: Jessica Lange is the only actor to win an Emmy, Oscar, and Tony for a role playing a version of herself.

Accepted Answer

False. No such triple win exists; she has Emmys and Oscars but never won a Tony (nominated once). This is a fabricated myth.

Jessica Lange Trivia Questions