Jane Krakowski - Actresses
Summary
"Jane Krakowski" (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Elaine Vassal on "Ally McBeal" and Jenna Maroney on "30 Rock".
Krakowski attended Parsippany High School. (Leave It to Jane) , TheaterMania.com, March 10, 2006.
Television
In her first major television role, Krakowski joined the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" in 1984, playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T.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.
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.
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. (In the pilot, the fictional show is called The Girlie Show.)
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, "Pretty Persuasion" and will appear in the upcoming movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery." 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.
Stage
A trained singer, Krakowski has made numerous appearances on stage. 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. 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.
In 1995, she played the ditzy flight attendant April in The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of "Company".
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. Brickman and Krakowski also recorded an alternate Christmas version of 'You'.
In 2003, she starred in the Broadway revival of "Nine" for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. In 2005, she starred as Miss Adelaide alongside Ewan McGregor in the new production of "Guys and Dolls" (... more) in London (Piccadilly Theatre) a role for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
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" premiered on Broadway summer 2007, although Krakowski's role is played by Kerry Butler.
Other Works
Krakowski played 'Wanda' in the video for the Dixie Chicks' song Goodbye Earl in 2000.
External links
(Jane Krakowski's Interview on FOX News Radio)
Credit
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