17 Facts About Jane Leeves

Jane Elizabeth Leeves was born on 18 April 1961 and is an English actress, best known for her role as Daphne Moon on the NBC sitcom Frasier, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Jane Leeves played Joy Scroggs on TV Land's sitcom Hot in Cleveland.

Jane Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles.

Jane Leeves received further recognition for roles in films such as Miracle on 34th Street, James and the Giant Peach, Music of the Heart and The Event.

The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Jane Leeves was born in Ilford, Essex, England.

Jane Leeves was raised in East Grinstead, Sussex along with two sisters and a brother.

Jane Leeves was a regular on The Benny Hill Show.

Jane Leeves made use of her experience as a dancer in a scene in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

Jane Leeves became somewhat visible as the flighty record company employee Blue on the syndicated sitcom Throb.

Jane Leeves had a recurring role in the television series Murphy Brown as Audrey, the smart but awkward girlfriend of producer Miles Silverberg.

In 1993, Jane Leeves joined the cast of the television series Frasier as the eccentric, forthright and psychic Mancunian Daphne Moon.

Jane Leeves's 2006 show, The WB's sitcom Misconceptions, went unaired.

Jane Leeves provided guest vocals in The Penguins of Madagascar as Lulu, a female chimp, with whom Phil fell in love.

In 2010, Jane Leeves guest starred in two episodes in ABC's Desperate Housewives as Lynette and Tom's therapist, Dr Graham.

From 2010 until 2015, Jane Leeves played the 40-something ex 'eyebrow artist to the stars' Joy Scroggs in the TV Land comedy, Hot in Cleveland, with Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Betty White.

Jane Leeves returned to television in 2018, with her first series regular role in a dramatic series, the Fox medical drama The Resident playing orthopaedic surgeon Kit Voss.

Jane Leeves is married to Marshall Coben, a CBS Paramount Television executive.