Biography
Jane Adams is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of I Hate Hamlet in 1991, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of An Inspector Calls. Her film roles include Happiness (1998), Wonder Boys (2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Little Children (2006). She also had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom Frasier (1999–2000), and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Year of the Fox
2023
as Paulene
A 17-year-old Ivy, who was adopted as an infant into a wealthy and notable Aspen family, is navigating the fallout of her parents’ bitter divorce.
Sick
2022
as Pamela
While quarantining at her family's lake house during the pandemic, Parker and her best friend are threatened by an unexpected visitor.
Dog
2022
as Tamara
An army ranger and his dog embark on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway to attend a friend's funeral.
Build the Wall
2020
as Sarah
Kent is turning 50. He's not thrilled about it. His plans for a fun weekend with Sarah are upended when his friend Kev unexpectedly arrives to build h...
Build the Wall
2020
Screenplay
Kent is turning 50. He's not thrilled about it. His plans for a fun weekend with Sarah are upended when his friend Kev unexpectedly arrives to build h...
She Dies Tomorrow
2020
as Jane
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane disco...
Intervene
2018
as Gwendolyn
INTERVENE is a surreal, hypnogogic parable about an unstable young man whose family feeds his madness by staging religious visions.
Brigsby Bear
2017
as April Mitchum
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and...
Always Shine
2016
as Summer
On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated re...
Digging for Fire
2015
as Woman on Beach
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...
Poltergeist
2015
as Dr. Claire Powell
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the famil...
All the Light in the Sky
2013
as Marie
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
All the Light in the Sky
2013
Writer
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Stray Bullets
2012
A short film by Joe Swanberg included on the DVD of Silver Bullets. "footage from the first month of shooting a film that became Silver Bullets "sev...
The Lie
2011
as Dr. Bentel
A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
Silver Bullets
2011
as June
An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.
Restless
2011
as Mabel Tell
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Calvin Marshall
2009
as June Marshall
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
Alexander the Last
2009
as Director
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Alexander the Last
2009
Additional Writing
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
The Wackness
2008
as Eleanor
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions wit...
Lifelines
2008
as Nancy Bernstein
Mom Nancy, a schoolteacher, is unable to handle the constant barrage of hostility from her three children. Husband Ira is ineffectual in helping his w...
The Brave One
2007
as Nicole
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Little Children
2006
as Sheila
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to ...
The Sensation of Sight
2006
as Alice
An English teacher sells encyclopedias while searching for the meaning of life.
Last Holiday
2006
as Rochelle
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an...
Stone Cold
2005
as Brianna Lincoln
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishin...
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
as White-Faced Women
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and se...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Carrie
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his me...
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
Orange County
2002
as Mona
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional famil...
The Anniversary Party
2001
as Clair Forsyth
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...
Songcatcher
2001
as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who...
Wonder Boys
2000
as Oola
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago....
From Where I Sit
2000
as Ruth
High school sex education teacher Sharon and her husband, overwhelmed family man Bob humorously deal with life's ups and downs in suburban Boston.
Mumford
1999
as Dr. Phyllis Sheeler
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarm...
A Fish in the Bathtub
1999
as Ruthie
A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
A Texas Funeral
1999
as Mary Joan
It's 1968 and the Whit clan are reuniting for the burial of Grandpa Sparta. But Sparta still has some secrets to reveal to his family and wisdom to im...
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by...
You've Got Mail
1998
as Sydney Anne (uncredited)
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware...
Happiness
1998
as Joy Jordan
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might fin...
Day at the Beach
1998
as Marie
An easygoing, darkly funny film about three friends frunning afoul of the mob, a young woman's escape from her overbearing father, the triumph of youn...
Music from Another Room
1998
as Irene Swan
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl h...
Kansas City
1996
as Nettie Bolt
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Father of the Bride Part II
1995
as Dr. Megan Eisenberg
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too...
Notes For My Daughter
1995
as Michelle
A teen girl struggles to deal with her mother's breast cancer.
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Ruth Hale
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...
I Love Trouble
1994
as Evans
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
Light Sleeper
1992
as Randi Jost
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from t...
Rising Son
1990
as Meg Bradley
Gus Robinson loves three things: his job, family, and country; but suddenly he's losing all three. When his factory shuts down, Gus faces unemployment...
Vital Signs
1990
as Suzanne Maloney
As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they mu...
Taking A Stand
1989
as Elly Robinson
Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start ta...
Bombs Away
1985
as Greeting Girl
A cab driver becomes involved in a chase for a misplaced atomic bomb.