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Jane Adams

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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 on Television for the HBO series Hung (2009–11).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Little Children

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

As White-Faced Women

Poltergeist

As Dr. Claire Powell

Last Holiday

As Rochelle

Liberty!

As Sara Scott

Father of the Bride Part II

As Dr. Megan Eisenberg

Orange County

As Mona

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Cracks in the Picket Fence: Suburban Critique Across Generations

From the manicured lawns of 1999 to the glowing screens of today, this chain traces how cinema has dissected the suburban dream, revealing the isolation, confor...

8 films

The Hypnotic Gaze

From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.

8 films

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