Jane Krakowski

'Jane Krakowski' (qv) was born in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, to Barbara (Benoit), a college theater instructor, and Edward Krajkowski, a chemical engineer. Her father is of Polish descent and her mother is of French-Canadian, Scottish, and half-Polish ancestry.Jane was the winner of the 2003 Tony Award for her stunning and sultry portrayal of "Carla", in the Broadway musical "Nine", opposite 'Antonio Banderas' (qv). Her performance also earned her the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critic's Award. Krakowski also stars in _Alfie (2004)_ (qv), the remake of the famous 1966 film, alongside 'Jude Law' (qv). She has signed on to play 'Liza Minnelli' (qv) in "Simply Halston", the biopic of the famous designer, who will be played by 'Alec Baldwin' (qv). Krakowski recently filmed _Pretty Persuasion (2005)_ (qv) starring 'Evan Rachel Wood' (qv) and 'James Woods' (qv). Other recent film credits include _When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)_ (qv), _Go (1999)_ (qv), _The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)_ (qv) as "Betty Rubble", _Dance with Me (1998)_ (qv), _Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)_ (qv), _Stepping Out (1991)_ (qv), _Fatal Attraction (1987)_ (qv) and _National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)_ (qv). For television, Jane received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her portrayal of "Elaine Vassal" on _Ally McBeal (1997)_ (qv).She also stars in NBC's remake of the 'Charles Dickens' (qv) classic _A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)_ (qv), opposite 'Kelsey Grammer' (qv). Other recent television credits include: _Law & Order (1990)_ (qv), _Everwood (2002)_ (qv), the ABC family movie _Just a Walk in the Park (2002)_ (qv), and the miniseries, _Queen (1993)_ (qv) (aka 'Alex Haley' (qv)'s "Queen"). Other Broadway credits include "Grand Hotel" (Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominee), "Company", "Once Upon a Mattress", "Tartuffe" and "Starlight Express". In Los Angeles, California, she starred at the Mark Taper Forum in "Henceforward", for which she won the LA Drama Critics Award and the Dramalogue 'Awards' (qv), and played "Mabel" in the Reprise production of "Mack and Mabel". In addition to singing on several original Broadway cast recordings of shows in which she appeared, and the _Ally McBeal (1997)_ (qv) Christmas episode compilation CDs, Krakowski also recorded the hit single track "You" with A/C hitman 'Jim Brickman' (qv) on his recent album "Lovesongs and Lullabies".::A. Nonymous