Jane Adams
A Juilliard-trained stage actress who's often cast in scene-stealing character roles, Jane Adams was born in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1965. She made her Broadway debut in 1991, earning an Outer Critics Circle Award for "I Hate Hamlet," and won a Tony Award in 1995 for her portrayal of a suspected murderess in "An Inspector Calls."

Among mainstream moviegoers, Adams is most often remembered as the on-call obstetrician who keeps Steve Martin in check in Father of the Bride II. "Frasier" fans might also recognize her as Niles Crane's second wife, a plastic surgeon plagued with neuroses.

In acting circles, however, her name is far more synonymous with quirkier fare. Film critics praised Adams's work in the ensemble casts of Happiness, Songcatcher and The Anniversary Party, and she scored her first Golden Globe nomination playing an amateur pimp on the HBO dramedy "Hung."

Featured Movies
  • The Brave OneThe Brave One

    Oscar winner Jodie Foster stars in this dramatic thriller as Erica Bain, a New York City radio host who decides to take the law into her own hands after losing her fiancé in a brutal Central Park attack. With a determined cop (Terrence Howard) hot on her trail, Erica hunts down the assailants... Read More

  • HungHung

    Desperate for money after his house burns down, high school basketball coach Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) makes a drastic decision: He becomes a male escort. With his old flame Tanya (Jane Adams) marketing his "winning tool," Ray begins servicing the women of Detroit. Meanwhile, he deals with his... Read More

  • HappinessHappiness

    A bittersweet film that belies its title, Happiness is not for the squeamish, drawing a dark portrait of a supremely dysfunctional family in which each member battles personal demons amid plotlines involving pederasts and masturbation. Stories concern a prank telephone caller (Philip Seymour... Read More

All Jane Adams Movies
Restless (2011)
PG-13
The Lie (2011)
R
NR
R
NR
Hung (2009)
TV-MA
R
Lifelines (2008)
Wherever You Are
NR
R
R
PG-13
R
R
R
PG-13
R
PG-13
R
You've Got Mail (1998)
You've Got M@il
PG
Happiness (1998)
UR
PG-13
R
Father of the Bride 2 (1995)
Father of the Bride: Part II
PG
R
R

 
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