Jane Krakowski was born on October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey, USA. She is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.

Jane's first notable big screen appearance was in the 1983 comedy hit National Lampoon's Vacation. Her next job was a recurring role on the TV soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, for which she received an Emmy nomination. In 1987, she played a small role alongside Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in the hit thriller Fatal Attraction and performed in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express.

She had several other roles on Broadway, including a part in Once Upon a Mattress with Sarah Jessica Parker in 1996. Krakowski left New York City for Los Angeles in 1997 to join the cast of Ally McBeal.

She also voiced the part of a female sloth in the animated hit Ice Age (2002) and landed a number of supporting roles in such films as Marci X (2003) and Alfie (2004).

Jane also voiced in Open Season (2006) and returned to series television in the fall of 2006 with 30 Rock, a situation comedy with Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, and Tracy Morgan.

Filmography

• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery (2008)
• "30 Rock" (21 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Open Season (2006)
• Sex, Power, Love & Politics (2006)
• Mom at Sixteen (2005)
• Pretty Persuasion (2005)
• A Christmas Carol (2004)
• Alfie (2004)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2004)
• Taste (2004)
• "Hack" (1 episode, 2004)
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
• Marci X (2003)
• "Everwood" (2 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Just a Walk in the Park (2002)
• "Ally McBeal" (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
• "Rocket Power" (1 episode, 2002)
• Ice Age (2002)
• CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery (2001)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
• "Ally" (1999)
• Go (1999)
• Dance with Me (1998)
• Hudson River Blues (1997)
• "Early Edition" (1 episode, 1996)
• Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
• "Due South" (1 episode, 1995)
• "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1 episode, 1993)
• "Queen" (1993)
• Stepping Out (1991)
• Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
• "Another World" (1989)
• When We Were Young (1989)
• Fatal Attraction (1987)
• "Search for Tomorrow" (1951)
• Vacation (1983)
• "ABC Weekend Specials" (1 episode, 1983)
• No Big Deal (1983)

Awards

• Olivier Award Best Actress in a Musical "Guys and Dolls" 2006
• Tony "Nine" 2003
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series "Ally McBeal" 1998