‘I actually feel like I’m coming to an end’: Jessica Lange, 77, on the lack of good roles for her
‘I actually feel like I’m coming to an end’: Jessica Lange, 77, on the lack of good roles for her
Morning Honey Staff Sat, November 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC
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The actress has had a career spanning over five decades. By: MEGA
Jessica Langehas opened up about feeling that her acting career may be nearing its end, linking that sentiment to how difficult it has become to get the kind of films she enjoys making. The two-time Oscar winner, 77, made the comments shortly after the season 13 finale of American Horror Story aired on FX.
Lange plays five characters this season, reprising several roles she portrayed throughout the series’ run.
Lange reflects on the possible end of her acting career
Jessica Lange made her Hollywood debut opposite Jeff Bridges in the 1976 remake of King Kong. By: MEGA
As the season came to a close, the actress addressed whether she had any more projects lined up. She said, “I actually feel like I’m coming to an end.”
Referring to her latest film, she added, “Maybe it’s not a bad way to end, that last film being Long Day’s Journey Into Night and playing Mary Tyrone.”
Lange said a couple of projects had been in development for years, although neither was certain to move forward. “It doesn’t seem easy to get things made anymore,” she went on, “At least not the kind of films that interest me.”
Asked about her legacy, Lange replied, “For some good parts. For some good films. For being an honest actor.” She called herself lucky and said acting had brought her joy for decades.
Balancing a career with family life was difficult at times, she said, and that included taking her children along from location to location. She still described the whole experience as a great adventure and said she was grateful it came her way.
More details about her role in American Horror Story
Lange received six Academy Award nominations throughout her film career. By: MEGA
Lange had initially declined the offer when she was asked whether she would return to the series. She changed course after Ryan Murphy walked her through his idea for a season that revisited characters from the show’s early years.
She said in the interview that “revisiting, reprising these four roles” was what finally convinced her.
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The actress played Constance Langdon from Murder House, Sister Jude Martin from Asylum, Fiona Goode from Coven, and Elsa Mars from Freak Show. The identity of her fifth character was kept under wraps ahead of the September premiere. It was later revealed to be former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Lange said the four parts gave her room to go wild, baroque, and gothic. She said she also enjoyed the repertory-company style of working, in which the same actors came back each season to build new characters in new stories.
She made a similar statement in 2013
Lange won a Tony Award in 2016 for playing Mary Tyrone on Broadway. By: MEGA
The actress, then 64, said in an interview that she was nearing “the end of acting.” Her list at the time included “another stage production, maybe one or two more movies, one more season of ‘American Horror Story’..Because I think that’s enough. I want to go out with a bang … or should I say, a scare?”
In that same interview, Lange said the series had energized her career. “It was the perfect storm. It’s all the tired stuff everybody says — age working against you, films that made your career not being made anymore.”
She received a Golden Globe for her performance in American Horror Story: Murder House. By: MEGA
“But also, I really needed a distraction in my life; I was still getting used to the idea of my kids leaving the nest. I thought it was a good time to go out on a limb because horror is not my thing.”
The Oscar-winner has had an illustrious career in Hollywood, across both TV and films. She has earned nine Emmy nominations and three wins, for Grey Gardens and for the American Horror Story seasons Murder House and Coven.
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