30 Facts About Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski is an American actress, comedienne, and singer.

Jane Krakowski is best known for her starring role 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 made her feature film debut as Cousin Vicki Johnson in the road comedy National Lampoon's Vacation, which was followed by roles in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ice Age, Alfie, Open Season, Pixels, and The Willoughbys.

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 nominated for two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in 1986 and 1987.

From 1997 to 2002, Jane Krakowski played office assistant Elaine Vassal in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal; her role earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999.

In 2006, Jane Krakowski was cast in the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, where she played Jenna Maroney, a cast member of the fictional late night sketch comedy show TGS with Tracy Jordan.

In 2015, Jane Krakowski was cast in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Jacqueline White, for which she received her fifth Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Jane Krakowski guest starred in an episode of Due South, and in multiple episodes of Modern Family.

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

Jane Krakowski appeared in When Zachary Beaver Came to Town as a mother who wants to become a singer.

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.

Brickman and Jane Krakowski recorded an alternate Christmas version of the song.

Jane Krakowski appeared on the album Broadway Cares: Home for the Holidays, singing the song "Santa Baby".

Jane Krakowski is known for an anti-gravity stunt during the number "A Call from the Vatican".

Jane Krakowski recalled that the material took a long time to arrive, and the second time she did it was on the first performance.

Jane Krakowski received the 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance and performed a cabaret show called Better When It's Banned, which featured various songs from the 1920s and '30s that were all deemed racy at the times of their original popularity.

Jane 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 in Summer 2007, although Jane Krakowski's role is played by Kerry Butler.

In 2008, Jane Krakowski starred as Lola in New York City Center's production of Damn Yankees alongside Sean Hayes and Cheyenne Jackson.

On July 30 and 31,2009, Krakowski performed the title character in a reading of Mrs Sharp, whose music was composed and whose lyrics were written by Ryan Scott Oliver, and whose book was written by Kirsten A Guenther, at Playwrights Horizons.

Jane Krakowski performed the role of Ilona Ritter in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Jerry Bock's and Sheldon Harnick's Jane Krakowski Loves Me.

Jane Krakowski won the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award as Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show, the Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, and the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Jane Krakowski was nominated for the Tony Award, Featured Actress in a Musical.

Jane Krakowski played Wanda in the music video for the Dixie Chicks' song "Goodbye Earl" in 2000.

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.