Jessica Chastain shares glimpses of her honorary doctorate ceremony at alma mate

Jessica Chastain recently shared a glimpse of her honorary doctorate ceremony held at her alma mater The Juilliard School reported PeopleThe Oscar winner attended Juilliard from 1999 to 2003 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine ArtsThe Zero Dark Thirty actor received her honorary doctorate from The Juilliard School for her outstanding contributions to the fields of film and theatre the university said in an announcementIn the video she shared a glimpse of the entire ceremony from receiving her official ceremony ticket to putting on her cap and gownView this post on InstagramA post shared by Jessica Chastain jessicachastainAlthough she joked her head was too big for the doctoral tam Its too tight the Oscarwinner could be seen telling staff members who were helping her get ready for her honor I have a huge head Its a shocking thing I think its like longAfter her tam was cut to make it bigger Chastain posed for photos with the rest of the honorees before marching over to the auditorium for the ceremony waving goodbye and blowing the camera a kiss before receiving her hood and honorary degreeDr Chastain has a nice ring to it she wrote in the caption of the post thank you juilliardschool for this honor and for the custom hat congrats class of 2024In addition to being an honorary doctor the Eyes of Tammy Faye actor is a Juilliard graduate having earned her BFA in 2003 In a 2012 interview with The New York Times she discussed going to New York City from her little northern California community for the first time in 1999 when she began schoolIt was hard she told the Times I had never really spent any time in a city like this But everything I was craving was here I had never seen a foreign movie and Lincoln Center was across the street I was sitting in the cafeteria one day and Baryshnikov was at my table It was everything I had dreamed of since I was a little girlChastain also said that Juilliard was notoriously competitive at the time and students could be cut at any moment if they werent doing wellI worried all the time about being cut It was unfounded because in my second year I actually got a scholarship Chastain said in the interview recalling how she hardly hung out with friends because she was studying so much during her college years There was a bar here called Malachys where everyone went to hang out and I think I only went twice in four years Im just obsessive Id be doing my reading or watching movies My whole life I wanted to be here and so when I was I wanted to suck up every bit of itShe also had several renowned classmates at school including Oscar Isaac her Scenes from a Marriage costarSome of Chastains other famous friends chimed in underneath her video to send their congratulations on her big academic achievement Julianne Hough wished her a big congratulations and Tatum ONeal left lots of hearts and praising hands emojis in the commentsAmong the other honorary degree recipients on Thursday were dancer Carolyn Adams members of the Emerson String Quartet and composer and conductor Tania Leon reported PeopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever