Jane Adams
Acting • Born 1965-04-01
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).
Filmography
74 credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
Carrie
Little Children
Movie • 2006
Sheila
Happiness
Movie • 1998
Joy Jordan
The Brave One
Movie • 2007
Nicole
I Love Trouble
Movie • 1994
Evans
Stone Cold
Movie • 2005
Brianna Lincoln
Mumford
Movie • 1999
Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Movie • 1994
Ruth Hale
Father of the Bride Part II
Movie • 1995
Dr. Megan Eisenberg
Year of the Fox
Movie • 2023
Paulene
Light Sleeper
Movie • 1992
Randi Jost
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Last Holiday
Movie • 2006
Rochelle
Music from Another Room
Movie • 1998
Irene Swan
A Texas Funeral
Movie • 1999
Mary Joan
Restless
Movie • 2011
Mabel Tell
The Lie
Movie • 2011
Dr. Bentel
Silver Bullets
Movie • 2011
June
All the Light in the Sky
Movie • 2013
Marie
Sick
Movie • 2022
Pamela
Orange County
Movie • 2002
Mona
The Wackness
Movie • 2008
Eleanor
Day at the Beach
Movie • 1998
Marie
Wonder Boys
Movie • 2000
Oola
Kansas City
Movie • 1996
Nettie Bolt
Rising Son
Movie • 1990
Meg Bradley
Digging for Fire
Movie • 2015
Woman on Beach
Alexander the Last
Movie • 2009
Director
Poltergeist
Movie • 2015
Dr. Claire Powell
Taking A Stand
Movie • 1989
Elly Robinson
Songcatcher
Movie • 2001
Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
Always Shine
Movie • 2016
Summer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Movie • 2004
White-Faced Women
The Anniversary Party
Movie • 2001
Clair Forsyth
Vital Signs
Movie • 1990
Suzanne Maloney
Brigsby Bear
Movie • 2017
April Mitchum
The Sensation of Sight
Movie • 2006
Alice
From Where I Sit
Movie • 2000
Ruth
A Fish in the Bathtub
Movie • 1999
Ruthie
Bombs Away
Movie • 1985
Greeting Girl
You've Got Mail
Movie • 1998
Sydney Anne (uncredited)
Lifelines
Movie • 2008
Nancy Bernstein
Calvin Marshall
Movie • 2009
June Marshall
She Dies Tomorrow
Movie • 2020
Jane
Build the Wall
Movie • 2020
Sarah
Stray Bullets
Movie • 2012
Intervene
Movie • 2018
Gwendolyn
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Dog
Movie • 2022
Tamara
Notes For My Daughter
Movie • 1995
Michelle
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Andrea
Carnivàle
TV • 2003
Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited)
House
TV • 2004
Bonnie
Relativity
TV • 1996
Karen Lukens
Frasier
TV • 1993
Mel Karnofsky
Night Visions
TV • 2001
Amanda (segment "The Doghouse")
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Sylvia Campbell
Citizen Baines
TV • 2001
Lifestories: Families in Crisis
TV • 1992
Hung
TV • 2009
Tanya Skagle
Hacks
TV • 2021
Nina
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Mona Bailey
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Charlotte Rose Cantrell
Easy
TV • 2016
Annabelle Jones
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Joanne Parsons
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Belinda Goff
The Idol
TV • 2023
Nikki
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Constance Talbot
Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
Maggie Murphy
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Marty Brodie
Liberty!
TV • 1997
Sara Scott
Messiah
TV • 2020
Miriam Keneally
Good American Family
TV • 2025
JJ
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Ruth Fraser / Ruth Ferguson