Jessica Lange, 77, Says She Might Retire Soon: ‘I’m Coming to an End’
Legendary actress Jessica Lange has hinted at retirement, stating she feels her long career in film and theater is coming to an end. She reflected on her decades of work and expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the film industry.
Why it matters
Lange is a highly decorated performer whose potential retirement marks the end of a significant era in American cinema.
Jessica Lange in October 2026. Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty NEED TO KNOW Jessica Lange said she's "coming to an end" of her acting career in a new interview
Calling her decades on stage and screen "a great adventure," Lange said, "I'm so grateful that [it] came my way"
Her most recent film, Long Day's Journey Into Night , was "not a bad way to end," she said
Jessica Lange is contemplating the end of her acting career.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone published on Friday, Oct. 30, Lange, 77, hinted at retirement, saying, "I actually feel like I'm coming to an end." She referred to her most recent movie, a new adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night , as "not a bad way to end."
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