Jane Leeves
Gender: Female
Born: 18th April 1961 (currently 51 years old)
Nationality: England, United States of America
TV programs: Frasier, Throb, Misconceptions, Murphy Brown, Hot in Cleveland
Movies: James and the Giant Peach, Music of the Heart, Pandora's Clock, Miracle on 34th Street, The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, The Event, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, To Live and Die in L.A., Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Mr. Write, Endless Bummer, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, The Hunger
Jane Elizabeth Leeves (born 18 April 1961) is an English film, stage, and television actress, comedienne and dancer.
Leeves made her screen debut with a small role in the 1983 popular British comedy television show The Benny Hill Show. Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles until she secured a recurring part in the television sitcom Murphy Brown. In 1986-1988, Leeves garnered her first leading role in the short-lived sitcom Throb and, in 1993, achieved wider fame as Daphne Moon on the television sitcom Frasier for the entire run of the series, from 1993 until 2004, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards during the show's run. She received further recognition for her performances in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Music of the Heart (1999) and The Event (2003).
More recently she has worked in television production, but beginning in June 2010, Leeves returned to acting, as Joy on TV Land's sitcom Hot in Cleveland.
Leeves was born in Ilford, Essex before moving to Crawley, West Sussex and then East Grinstead. Early in her career she trained as a ballet dancer at Bush Davies School of Dance and
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