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

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2002Searching for Debra Winger — Self (uncredited)
• 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' — Self (archive footage)