Acting

Jane Adams

Born 1965-04-01 · 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 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).

Credits

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Good American Family
as JJ
2025
The Idol
as Nikki
2023
Year of the Fox
as Paulene
2023
Sick
as Pamela
2022
Dog
as Tamara
2022
Hacks
as Nina
2021
Build the Wall
as Sarah
2020
Build the Wall
Screenplay
2020
She Dies Tomorrow
as Jane
2020
Messiah
as Miriam Keneally
2020
Intervene
as Gwendolyn
2018
Brigsby Bear
as April Mitchum
2017
Always Shine
as Summer
2016
Easy
as Annabelle Jones
2016
Digging for Fire
as Woman on Beach
2015
Sneaky Pete
as Maggie Murphy
2015
Poltergeist
as Dr. Claire Powell
2015
All the Light in the Sky
as Marie
2013
All the Light in the Sky
Writer
2013
Stray Bullets
2012
The Lie
as Dr. Bentel
2011
Silver Bullets
as June
2011
Restless
as Mabel Tell
2011
Calvin Marshall
as June Marshall
2009
Hung
as Tanya Skagle
2009
Alexander the Last
as Director
2009
Alexander the Last
Additional Writing
2009
The Wackness
as Eleanor
2008
In Plain Sight
as Ruth Fraser / Ruth Ferguson
2008
Lifelines
as Nancy Bernstein
2008
The Brave One
as Nicole
2007
Little Children
as Sheila
2006
The Sensation of Sight
as Alice
2006
Last Holiday
as Rochelle
2006
Stone Cold
as Brianna Lincoln
2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as White-Faced Women
2004
House
as Bonnie
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Carrie
2004
Carnivàle
as Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited)
2003
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
2002
Orange County
as Mona
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sylvia Campbell
2001
Citizen Baines
as Reeva Baines Eidenberg
2001
Night Visions
as Amanda (segment "The Doghouse")
2001
The Anniversary Party
as Clair Forsyth
2001
Songcatcher
as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Belinda Goff
2000
Wonder Boys
as Oola
2000
From Where I Sit
as Ruth
2000
Mumford
as Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Joanne Parsons
1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
as Ruthie
1999
A Texas Funeral
as Mary Joan
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
You've Got Mail
as Sydney Anne (uncredited)
1998
Happiness
as Joy Jordan
1998
Day at the Beach
as Marie
1998
Music from Another Room
as Irene Swan
1998
Liberty!
as Sara Scott
1997
Relativity
as Karen Lukens
1996
Kansas City
as Nettie Bolt
1996
Father of the Bride Part II
as Dr. Megan Eisenberg
1995
Notes for My Daughter
as Michelle
1995
The Outer Limits
as Mona Bailey
1995
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Ruth Hale
1994
I Love Trouble
as Evans
1994
The Perfect Woman
1993
Frasier
as Mel Karnofsky
1993
Light Sleeper
as Randi Jost
1992
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
1992
Rising Son
as Meg Bradley
1990
Vital Signs
as Suzanne Maloney
1990
Twin Peaks
as Constance Talbot
1990
Taking a Stand
as Elly Robinson
1989
Bombs Away
as Greeting Girl
1985
Tales from the Darkside
as Charlotte Rose Cantrell
1984
Family Ties
as Andrea
1982
Family Ties
as Marty Brodie
1982