Jane Adams

ActorWriterCrew Apr 1 (age 60) Washington, D.C., USA 1982–2025 (43 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Carrie

Film

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

White-Faced Women

Film

You've Got Mail

Sydney Anne (uncredited)

Film

Dog

Tamara

Film

Happiness

Joy Jordan

Film

Little Children

Sheila

Film

Last Holiday

Rochelle

Film

The Brave One

Nicole

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (50)

Year of the Fox

as Paulene

Dog

as Tamara

Sick

as Pamela

She Dies Tomorrow

as Jane

Build the Wall

as Sarah

Intervene

as Gwendolyn

Brigsby Bear

as April Mitchum

Always Shine

as Summer

Poltergeist

as Dr. Claire Powell

Digging for Fire

as Woman on Beach

All the Light in the Sky

as Marie

Stray Bullets

The Lie

as Dr. Bentel

Restless

as Mabel Tell

Silver Bullets

as June

Calvin Marshall

as June Marshall

Alexander the Last

as Director

Lifelines

as Nancy Bernstein

The Wackness

as Eleanor

The Brave One

as Nicole

Last Holiday

as Rochelle

Little Children

as Sheila

The Sensation of Sight

as Alice

Stone Cold

as Brianna Lincoln

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004

as Carrie

8.1

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

as White-Faced Women

Orange County

as Mona

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self (uncredited)

6.3

Songcatcher

2001

as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric

6.1

The Anniversary Party

2001

as Clair Forsyth

5.6

From Where I Sit

2000

as Ruth

Wonder Boys

2000

as Oola

6.8

Mumford

1999

as Dr. Phyllis Sheeler

6.5

A Texas Funeral

1999

as Mary Joan

4.8

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999

as Ruthie

6.6

You've Got Mail

1998

as Sydney Anne (uncredited)

6.7

Music from Another Room

as Irene Swan

Happiness

as Joy Jordan

Day at the Beach

as Marie

Kansas City

1996

as Nettie Bolt

6.1

Father of the Bride Part II

1995

as Dr. Megan Eisenberg

6.3

Notes For My Daughter

1995

as Michelle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as Ruth Hale

I Love Trouble

as Evans

Light Sleeper

as Randi Jost

Vital Signs

as Suzanne Maloney

Rising Son

as Meg Bradley

Taking A Stand

as Elly Robinson

Bombs Away

1985

as Greeting Girl

3.5

Television (24)

Good American Family

as JJ

The Idol

as Nikki

Hacks

as Nina

Messiah

as Miriam Keneally

Easy

as Annabelle Jones

Sneaky Pete

as Maggie Murphy

Sneaky Pete

as Maggie Murphy

Hung

as Tanya Skagle

In Plain Sight

as Ruth Fraser / Ruth Ferguson

House

as Bonnie

Carnivàle

as Mother of Dead Baby (uncredited)

7.9

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Sylvia Campbell

7.6

Night Visions

2001

as Amanda (segment "The Doghouse")

7.2

Citizen Baines

2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Belinda Goff

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Joanne Parsons

Liberty!

as Sara Scott

Relativity

as Karen Lukens

The Outer Limits

as Mona Bailey

Frasier

as Mel Karnofsky

Lifestories: Families in Crisis

Twin Peaks

as Constance Talbot

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Charlotte Rose Cantrell

7.2

Family Ties

1982

as Andrea

7.2

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Build the Wall

2020

Screenplay

2.7

All the Light in the Sky

Writer

Alexander the Last

Additional Writing