Biography
Jayne Atkinson (born February 18, 1959) is an English-born American film, theatre and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24 as well as her Tony Award-nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She is also known for appearing in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Baby Ruby
2023
as Doris
After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mou...
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
2021
as Self
A look at the personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (199...
The Congressman
2016
as Casey Winship
Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out a...
That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
2015
as Self
Actresses talk about their personal lives and dealing with a balance between family responsibilities and being a professional actor.
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
as Receptionist
Harry is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil, to discover that his little dog Jolly......
Handsome Harry
2009
as Kelley's Wife
An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-b...
Recount
2008
as Theresa LePore
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...
12 and Holding
2006
as Ashley Carges
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire...
The Village
2004
as Tabitha Walker
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alte...
Our Town
2003
as Mrs. Gibbs
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth c...
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
as Annie Greenwood
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from ...
Blank Check
1994
as Sandra Waters
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance...
Free Willy
1993
as Annie Greenwood
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy...
In the Best Interest of the Children
1992
as Wanda Birney
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Absolute Strangers
1991
as Eleonor Barcroft
A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a l...
The Revenge of Al Capone
1989
as Elizabeth
After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
Between Two Women
1986
When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very h...