Jane Adams (actress) Biography
Jane Adams is an American actress known for Broadway debut in the original production of I Hate Hamlet in 1991 and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of An Inspector Calls. Her film characters include Happiness (1998), Wonder Boys (2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Little Children (2006).
She s well had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom Frasier (1999 – 2000) and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on TV for the HBO series Hing. (2009 – 2011).
Jane Adams Age
Jane was born on April 1st, 1965 in Washington D.C. in the United States.
Jane Adams Actress
Adams performed theatre at the Seatle Repertory Theatre. She turned down the chance to work in Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg for the opportunity to work with Arthur Miller onstage. She worked with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride Part II.
She went back to the stage and won the 1994 Tony Award for best performance by a featured actress in a play for the Broadway revival of An Inspector Calls. She also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best debut performance in a play in the Broadway production of Paul Rudnick’s I Hate Hamlet.
In 1996, Adams represented Karen Lukens in the ABC-TV play series Relativity. In 1998, she starred in Happiness with Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing the role of Joy, a sensitive single woman who is struggling with life. She and the cast won many ensemble awards. The next year, she got a recurring character on the hit comedy series Frasier from 1999 – 2000.
She played Dr. Mel Karnofsky, who became Miles Crane’s second wife. She also had a role in the film Mumford. In 2001, she was in the independent film known as SXongcatcher, with Janet McTeer. Jane and the cast won a Sundance Special Jury Prize. She also portrayed Reeva Baines Eidenberg in the CBS drama series Citizen Baines.
In 2007, she featured in The Sensation of Sight and The Brave One. In the latter film, she featured opposite Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Mary Steenburgen, and Naveen Andrews. From 2009 – 2011, she co-starred in the HBO series Hung opposite Thomas Jane. She stared in and co-write the movie All the Light in the Sky.
Jane Adams Net Worth
Jane has an estimated Net Worth of $1.5 million.
Jane Adams Movies
- Happiness – 1998
- Poltergeist – 2015
- Father of the Bride – 1995
- All the Light in the Sky – 2012
- Last Holiday – 2006
- Jesse Stone Cold – 2005
- The Anniversary Party – 2001
- Brigsby Bear – 2017
- Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events – 2004
- Songcatcher – 2000
- The Brave One – 2007
- Silver Bullets – 2011
- Digging for Fire – 2015
- Music from Another Room – 1998
- Always Shine – 2006
- Orange County – 2002
- Light Sleeper – 1992
- Poltergeist – 2015
- All the Light in the Sky – 2012
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004
- Last Holiday – 2006
- Jesse Stone Cold – 2005
- The Anniversary Party – 2001
- Brigsby Bear – 2017
- MasterMinds – 1949
- Rustler’s Round0-Up – 1946
- Bug – 2002
- I Love Trouble – 1994
- Calvin Marshall – 2009
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle – 1994
Jane Adams Height and Weight
Jane stands tall at an average height and has an average body weight.
Jane Adams Education
Adams joined the University of Washington, where she studied political science, and the Comish College of the Arts, where she took theater. She attended the Julliard School’s Drama Division (1985 – 1989, Group 18) where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1989.
Jane Adams Family
Jane was born to Janice, an administrative assistant, and William Adams, an engineer. She was raised up along with her younger brother, Jonathan, and was brought up in Wheaton, Illinois, and Bellevue, Washington.
Jane Adams Husband
Adamshas kept information about her love life away from the public. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.