Jane Adams

Biography

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

House

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Frasier

Twin Peaks

Hacks

Family Ties

All Movies (51)

• Year of the Fox2023 · as Paulene
• Sick2022 · as Pamela
• Dog2022 · as Tamara
• Build the Wall2020 · as Sarah
• She Dies Tomorrow2020 · as Jane
• Intervene2018 · as Gwendolyn
• Brigsby Bear2017 · as April Mitchum
• Always Shine2016 · as Summer
• Digging for Fire2015 · as Woman on Beach
• Poltergeist2015 · as Dr. Claire Powell
• All the Light in the Sky2013 · as Marie
• Stray Bullets2012
• The Lie2011 · as Dr. Bentel
• Silver Bullets2011 · as June
• Restless2011 · as Mabel Tell
• Calvin Marshall2009 · as June Marshall
• Alexander the Last2009 · as Director
• The Wackness2008 · as Eleanor
• Lifelines2008 · as Nancy Bernstein
• The Brave One2007 · as Nicole
• Little Children2006 · as Sheila
• The Sensation of Sight2006 · as Alice
• Last Holiday2006 · as Rochelle
• Stone Cold2005 · as Brianna Lincoln
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004 · as White-Faced Women
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 · as Carrie
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self (uncredited)
• Orange County2002 · as Mona
• The Anniversary Party2001 · as Clair Forsyth
• Songcatcher2001 · as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
• Wonder Boys2000 · as Oola
• From Where I Sit2000 · as Ruth
• Mumford1999 · as Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
• A Fish in the Bathtub1999 · as Ruthie
• A Texas Funeral1999 · as Mary Joan
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• You've Got Mail1998 · as Sydney Anne (uncredited)
• Happiness1998 · as Joy Jordan
• Day at the Beach1998 · as Marie
• Music from Another Room1998 · as Irene Swan
• Kansas City1996 · as Nettie Bolt
• Father of the Bride Part II1995 · as Dr. Megan Eisenberg
• Notes For My Daughter1995 · as Michelle
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle1994 · as Ruth Hale
• I Love Trouble1994 · as Evans
• The Perfect Woman1993
• Light Sleeper1992 · as Randi Jost
• Rising Son1990 · as Meg Bradley
• Vital Signs1990 · as Suzanne Maloney
• Taking A Stand1989 · as Elly Robinson
• Bombs Away1985 · as Greeting Girl

All TV Shows (24)

• Good American Family2025 · as JJ
• The Idol2023 · as Nikki
• Hacks2021 · as Nina
• Messiah2020 · as Miriam Keneally
• Easy2016 · as Annabelle Jones
• Sneaky Pete2015 · as Maggie Murphy
• Hung2009 · as Tanya Skagle
• In Plain Sight2008 · as Ruth Fraser / Ruth Ferguson
• House2004 · as Bonnie
• Carnivàle2003 · as Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Sylvia Campbell
• Citizen Baines2001 · as Reeva Baines Eidenberg
• Night Visions2001 · as Amanda (segment "The Doghouse")
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Belinda Goff
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Joanne Parsons
• Liberty!1997 · as Sara Scott
• Relativity1996 · as Karen Lukens
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Mona Bailey
• Frasier1993 · as Mel Karnofsky
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis1992
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Constance Talbot
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Charlotte Rose Cantrell
• Family Ties1982 · as Andrea
• Family Ties1982 · as Marty Brodie