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Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.

Jessica Chastain

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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
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Film Actress
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Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
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