Jane Adams

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Jane Adams

Acting 61 April 1, 1965

Washington, D.C., USA

Jane Adams is an American actress. She made her 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…

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

8.1 2004 Movie
House

House

8.6 2004 TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

6.8 2004 Movie
You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

6.7 1998 Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.6 2000 TV Show
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

8.3 1990 TV Show
Poltergeist

Poltergeist

5.2 2015 Movie
Frasier

Frasier

7.7 1993 TV Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
Dog

Dog

7.3 2022 Movie
Little Children

Little Children

7.1 2006 Movie

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Jane Adams is an American actress. She made her 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 roles include Happiness (1998), Wonder Boys (2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Little Children (2006). She also 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 Television for the HBO series Hung (2009–11).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Good American Family

    TV show JJ

  2. 2023
    The Idol

    TV show Nikki

  3. 2023
    Year of the Fox

    Movie Paulene

  4. 2022
    Sick

    Movie Pamela

  5. 2022
    Dog

    Movie Tamara

  6. 2021
    Hacks

    TV show Nina

  7. 2020
    Build the Wall

    Movie Sarah

  8. 2020
    She Dies Tomorrow

    Movie Jane

  9. 2020
    Messiah

    TV show Miriam Keneally

  10. 2018
    Intervene

    Movie Gwendolyn

  11. 2017
    Brigsby Bear

    Movie April Mitchum

  12. 2016
    Always Shine

    Movie Summer

  13. 2016
    Easy

    TV show Annabelle Jones

  14. 2015
    Digging for Fire

    Movie Woman on Beach

  15. 2015
    Sneaky Pete

    TV show Maggie Murphy

  16. 2015
    Poltergeist

    Movie Dr. Claire Powell

More credits
  1. 2013
    All the Light in the Sky

    Movie Marie

  2. 2012
    Stray Bullets

    Movie

  3. 2011
    The Lie

    Movie Dr. Bentel

  4. 2011
    Silver Bullets

    Movie June

  5. 2011
    Restless

    Movie Mabel Tell

  6. 2009
    Calvin Marshall

    Movie June Marshall

  7. 2009
    Hung

    TV show Tanya Skagle

  8. 2009
    Alexander the Last

    Movie Director

  9. 2008
    The Wackness

    Movie Eleanor

  10. 2008
    In Plain Sight

    TV show Ruth Fraser / Ruth Ferguson

  11. 2008
    Lifelines

    Movie Nancy Bernstein

  12. 2007
    The Brave One

    Movie Nicole

  13. 2006
    Little Children

    Movie Sheila

  14. 2006
    The Sensation of Sight

    Movie Alice

  15. 2006
    Last Holiday

    Movie Rochelle

  16. 2005
    Stone Cold

    Movie Brianna Lincoln

  17. 2004
    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Movie White-Faced Women

  18. 2004
    House

    TV show Bonnie

  19. 2004
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Movie Carrie

  20. 2003
    Carnivàle

    TV show Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited)

  21. 2002
    Searching for Debra Winger

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  22. 2002
    Orange County

    Movie Mona

  23. 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    TV show Sylvia Campbell

  24. 2001
    Citizen Baines

    TV show Reeva Baines Eidenberg