Jayne Eastwood is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in Finders Keepers, Judy the Waitress in The Santa Clause, Mrs White in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise, Mrs Borusewicz in Chicago, Lucy Decker in Welcome to Mooseport and Miss Wimsey in Hairspray.
12 Facts About Jayne Eastwood
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Jayne Eastwood appeared in television roles including Gwen Twining in King of Kensington, Bernice in Material World, Aunt Agatha Flugelschmidt in the PBS Kids children's television series Noddy, Jeannie in Wild Card, Bridget in Train 48, Ronnie Sacks in This Is Wonderland, Maxine Bingly in Billable Hours, Miss Wispinski in Little Mosque on the Prairie and Gloria Verrano in Haven.
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Jayne Eastwood's childhood was spent at a cottage in Muskoka, skiing in Collingwood, Ontario during winter and attending Northern Secondary School.
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Jayne Eastwood had attended a short class at the York Mills Collegiate Institute.
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Jayne Eastwood ventured into acting when a commercial artist and friend of hers had invited her to play a role in a local play, Suddenly, Last Summer.
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Jayne Eastwood was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City comedy troupe and was a semiregular on SCTV.
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Jayne Eastwood was in the original Toronto production of Godspell.
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Jayne Eastwood is currently working in the Toronto theatrical production, Women Fully Clothed.
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Jayne Eastwood has been a voice actor in ALF: The Animated Series, Annedroids, Best Ed, Bob and Margaret, Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures, Half a Pantaloon, JoJo's Circus, Monster by Mistake, Peep and the Big Wide World, and Babar and the Adventures of Badou.
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At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, Jayne Eastwood won the award for Best Supporting Performance in a Digital Program or Series for her appearance in the web series The Writers' Block.
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At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, Jayne Eastwood won the award for Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series for her voice role in PAW Patrol.
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Jayne Eastwood is the widow of David Flaherty, who was a film and television writer, and brother of SCTV alumnus Joe Flaherty.