24 Facts About Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer.

Jane Krakowski starred as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Jane Krakowski has since won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the revival of Nine.

Jane Krakowski received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls.

Jane Krakowski was born and raised in Parsippany, New Jersey, the daughter of Ed Krajkowski, a chemical engineer, and Barbara, a college theater instructor and producing artistic director for the Women's Theater Company.

Jane Krakowski attended Parsippany High School and then the Professional Children's School in New York City and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Jane Krakowski was originally cast in the 1983 horror film Sleepaway Camp, but dropped out just before filming began because she felt her character Judy's death scene with a curling iron was too violent.

Jane Krakowski appeared in several episodes of the soap opera Another World in 1989.

At age 18, Jane Krakowski originated the role of Dinah the Dining Car in the 1987 Broadway production of Starlight Express.

Jane Krakowski 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 for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 44th Tony Awards.

From 1997 to 2002, Jane Krakowski played office assistant Elaine Vassal in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal; she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 56th Golden Globe Awards in 1999.

Jane Krakowski portrayed Betty Rubble in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.

Jane Krakowski appeared in the music video for The Chicks's song "Goodbye Earl" in 2000, and in a recurring role on the drama series Everwood in 2003.

Brickman and Jane Krakowski later recorded a Christmas-themed alternate version of the song.

Jane Krakowski's performance was noted for a "breathtaking" aerial stunt she performed during the number "A Call from the Vatican".

In 2005, Jane Krakowski performed her own cabaret show, Better When It's Banned, at Lincoln Center, and starred as Miss Adelaide in Michael Grandage's West End revival of Guys and Dolls at London's Piccadilly Theatre, for which she received the 2006 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Between 2007 and 2009, Jane Krakowski performed in a workshop production of the musical Xanadu; a New York City Center production of Damn Yankees alongside Sean Hayes and Cheyenne Jackson; and a staged reading at Playwrights Horizons of the musical Mrs Sharp.

From 2006 to 2013, Jane Krakowski played the role of Jenna Maroney, a clueless and narcissistic actress, on the Tina Fey-created NBC comedy series 30 Rock.

Jane Krakowski was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009,2010,2011, and 2013.

Jane Krakowski starred as Ilona Ritter in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 Broadway revival of Jerry Bock's and Sheldon Harnick's She Loves Me.

Jane Krakowski was nominated for the Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Musical at the 70th Tony Awards.

Since 2021, Jane Krakowski has hosted a Fox reboot of the 1950s game show Name That Tune, with former American Idol judge Randy Jackson as bandleader.

In January 2021, the Daily Mail alleged that Jane Krakowski had a nine-month relationship with Mike Lindell, the inventor of My Pillow, between late 2019 and the summer of 2020.

Jane Krakowski released her debut solo album on July 15,2010.