Golden Globe-winning actress Jessica Chastain has opened up about her upbringing in a poverty-stricken home with a single mother who struggled to feed her five kids - admitting that she 'grew up with a lot of resentment' because of their difficult circumstances.

But while Chastain - who earns multi-million dollar paychecks for her movie roles - now enjoys a life of wealth and fame, she says that she still gets 'angry' thinking about the fact that there are still people struggling to make ends meet, just as she did during her childhood. .

Tragic: Jessica Chastain has admitted she 'grew up with a lot of resentment' due to her family's poverty, which saw her single mother struggle to feed her five children.

Her determination to speak out on behalf of her fellow leading ladies was sparked by the support she received throughout her childhood, when she attended a local performing arts school in California - something she was only able to do with the help of people 'who saw she was struggling'. .

According to the actress, who now has two children of her own with her husband, her family was unable to afford the tuition for the school, however staff allowed her to work there so that she could pay her way. ?

Following her stint at the local arts school, Chastain went on to land a spot at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City, which she was able to pay for with the help of scholarship, which was funded by the late actor Robin Williams. .

The actress attended a local performing arts school in California, before landing a scholarship to Juilliard in Manhattan (pictured far right while attending the school)

Speaking to James Corden on The Late Late Show, the actress recalled how she hit her head on a marble floor after insisting on doing one of the stunts herself in the spy action movie

Wow: A graduate from the private Juilliard School of performing arts, the Golden Globe winner worked there in return for her education, which her family never could have afforded, she claimed

Uh-oh: Speaking to James Corden on The Late Late Show, Chastain recalled how she hit her head on a marble floor after insisting on doing a stunts herself in spy action movie The 355

Speaking some more about their movie, Jessica, who produced the project, said she had the idea to make it the action/thriller spy movie with all women because she hadn't seen it done before

She said she called all the women, raised the money for it themselves and made the movie for a fraction of the normal cost