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| Born | Jane Krajkowski October 11, 1968 Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
Jane Krakowski (born October 11, 1968) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, commonly called simply Parsippany, is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She is known for her roles as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal and Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock. Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Jenna Maroney is a Fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Jane Krakowski. 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey.
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Biography
Early life
Krakowski was born Jane Krajkowski in Parsippany, New Jersey, the daughter of Barbara, a college theater instructor, and Ed Krajkowski, a chemical engineer. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, commonly called simply Parsippany, is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. [1] Krakowski grew up in Parsippany, New Jersey[2] where she attended Parsippany High School. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, commonly called simply Parsippany, is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Parsippany High School is a four-year comprehensive Public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, as [3] She went to Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts where she met Calista Flockhart. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Mason Gross School of the Arts is the arts conservatory at Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey named for Mason W Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11 1964) is an American Actress, primarily on Television.
Television
In her first major television role, Krakowski joined the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984, playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Search for Tomorrow is a Soap opera which started airing on Monday September 3, 1951 on CBS. R. ) Kendall, a role she played until the show ended in 1986. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 1987. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy
In 1997, she landed what would become her biggest role, playing office assistant Elaine Vassal on the television series Ally McBeal for five seasons until 2002. Her role on Ally McBeal earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner In 2004, she guest starred on Law and Order: SVU as Emma Spevak, the sister of a suspect who is believed to have murdered 3 elderly women. Law & Order Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order SVU or simply SVU) is an American Drama In 2006, Krakowski joined the cast of the new NBC sitcom 30 Rock, where she plays Jenna Maroney, a cast member of the fictional late night sketch show TGS with Tracy Jordan. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey.
Film
Krakowski has also appeared in the movies National Lampoon's Vacation, Fatal Attraction, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (where she played Betty Rubble), Marci X, Alfie, Go, Dance with Me, Stepping Out, Pretty Persuasion and will appear in the upcoming movie Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery. National Lampoon's Vacation is a 1983 Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has a weekend Affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and who becomes The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a 2000 feature film based on Hanna-Barbera 's animated television classic The Flintstones, produced Betty Rubble (maiden name McBricker is a Fictional character in the popular Television Animated series The Flintstones, is the Marci X is a 2003 Romantic comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Paul Rudnick. Alfie is a 2004 American-British Romantic comedy film starring Jude Law as the title character Go is a 1999 film directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal. Dance with Me is a 1998 comedy on love and dance directed by Randa Haines and starring Vanessa L Stepping Out is a 1991 musical-comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Liza Minnelli, written by Richard Harris and based on a play also Pretty Persuasion is a 2005 Black comedy / satirical film focusing on themes of sexual harassment and discrimination in schools, and Kit Kittredge An American Girl is a 2008 American comedy - Drama film directed by Patricia Rozema. Krakowski was also originally cast in the horror camp classic Sleepaway Camp as the role of "mean girl" Judy but dropped out just before filming began because she felt her character's death scene with a curling iron was too violent. This page is about the horror movie For the summer activity see Summer camp.
Stage
A trained singer, Krakowski has made numerous appearances on stage. At age 18 she originated the role of Dinah the dining car in the 1987 Broadway production of Starlight Express. Dinah is the sweet Southern and lovable dining car from Starlight Express. Starlight Express is a Rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics with later revisions by Don Black She appeared in the 1989 Broadway musical Grand Hotel as the typist and would-be-film-star Flaemmchen for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional Her solo number "I Want to go to Hollywood" is included on the original cast recording. At the 2000 American Comedy Awards, Krakowski won rave reviews when she performed a sexually-charged musical tribute and love letter to Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates. The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of Comedy, with Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy
In 1995, she played the ditzy flight attendant April in The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Company. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew Company is a musical with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. In 1996 she starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress. Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American Actress and producer with a portfolio of Television, Film Once Upon a Mattress is a musical Comedy that opened Off-Broadway on May 11, 1959, and then moved to Broadway
In January of 2002, Windham Hill Records released a Jim Brickman album titled Love Songs & Lullabies featuring Jane as a vocalist for the song "You", which became a hit on adult contemporary radio stations. Windham Hill Records was an Independent record label, founded in 1976 by Guitarist and Carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Jim Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American Composer and Pianist. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in Brickman and Krakowski also recorded an alternate Christmas version of "You". She also appeared on the album Broadway Cares: Home For The Holidays singing the song Santa Baby. "Santa Baby" is a 1953 Christmas song written by Joan Javits (the niece of Jacob K
In 2003, she starred in the Broadway revival of Nine for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. In 2005, she starred as Miss Adelaide alongside Ewan McGregor in the new production of Guys and Dolls[4] in London (Piccadilly Theatre) a role for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971 ˌjuːən məˈgrɛgər is a Scottish Actor, who has had significant success in mainstream indie and art Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre
Krakowski performed in a January 2007 workshop production and backers' audition for a Broadway musical adaption of the 1980 film, Xanadu, with music from the film's soundtrack and a book by Douglas Carter Beane. Xanadu is a 1980 musical / Romance film directed by Robert Greenwald. Douglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter Xanadu premiered on Broadway summer 2007, although Krakowski's role is played by Kerry Butler. Kerry Butler (born June 18, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York She notes that growing up "When I saw Annie.
Other works
- Krakowski played "Wanda" in the video for the Dixie Chicks' song "Goodbye Earl" in 2000. The Dixie Chicks are a multiple Grammy Award -winning Country music group composed of three women Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, and Emily " Goodbye Earl " written by Dennis Linde, is a Country music song
- Guest starred in an episode of Due South opposite Paul Gross. This article concerns the television program For the television listings magazine see Due South Magazine Due South is an award-winning Paul Michael Gross (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian Actor, producer, director, Singer and
References
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/52/Jane-Krakowski.html
- ^ Nash, Margo. "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS", The New York Times, March 19, 2006. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Accessed November 13, 2007. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "So, on March 12, Ms. Krakowski, who grew up in Parsippany but lives in New York City, took the stage at the Bickford Theater in Morristown to perform Better When It's Banned: A Sinful Songbook, the cabaret act she first performed at Lincoln Center last year. "
- ^ Leave It to Jane, TheaterMania. com, March 10, 2006. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ http://www.guysanddollsthemusical.com/
External links
- Jane Krakowski at the Internet Movie Database
- Jane Krakowski at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jane Krakowski's Interview on FOX News Radio
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Harriet Harris for Thoroughly Modern Millie |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2003 for Nine |
Succeeded by Anika Noni Rose for Caroline, or Change |
| Preceded by Cady Huffman for The Producers |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical 2002-2003 for Nine |
Succeeded by Isabel Keating for The Boy from Oz |
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| NAME | Krakowski, Jane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krajkowski, Jane |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969-10-11 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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