I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

Leigh was inspired by her recent experience filming the low-budget Dogme 95 film The King Is Alive. Leigh has an older sister Carrie Ann Morrow who was credited as a "technical advisor" in Georgia. Leigh won New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress and Best Actress from the Montreal World Film Festival as well as an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5 1962) is an American film and stage actress best known for her roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Hudsucker Proxy Single White Female Last Exit to Brooklyn Georgia and Short Cuts. She is also the co-writer and co-director of the film The Anniversary Party made with fellow actor Alan Cumming.