Claim: Jessica Chastain was in a movie.

Miss Sloane is a 2016 political thriller film directed by John Madden and written by Jonathan Perera . The film stars Jessica Chastain , Mark Strong , Gugu Mbatha-Raw , Michael Stuhlbarg , Alison Pill , Jake Lacy , John Lithgow and Sam Waterston .   The film had its world premiere on November 11 , 2016 at the AFI Fest and was released in the United States on November 25 , 2016 by EuropaCorp on a limited release before opening wide on December 9 , 2016 , and was released in France on March 8 , 2017 . It received generally positive reviews and Chastain 's performance was acclaimed by critics . Chastain also received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture Drama .