Jane Krakowski
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Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is an American actress. Best known for playing Elaine Vassal on the television series Ally McBeal, Krakowski has also appeared in movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Fatal Attraction, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (where she played Betty Rubble), Marci X, Alfie, Go (1999 film), and Pretty Persuasion.
In 1984 she joined the soap opera Search for Tomorrow playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T.R.) Kendall, she played the role until the show ended in 1986. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 1987. Krakowski is currently a member of the cast of 30 Rock, a sitcom based loosely on the behind-the-scenes environment of Saturday Night Live. Krakowski plays the role of the star of 30 Rock 's show-within-a-show, a role played by Rachel Dratch in the show's pilot.
Krakowski appeared in the 1989 Broadway musical Grand Hotel as the typist and would-be-film-star Flaemmchen. Her solo number "I Want to go to Hollywood" is included on the original cast recording. At the 2000 American Comedy Awards, Krakowski won rave reviews when she performed a sexually-charged musical tribute and love letter to Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates.
In January of 2002, Windham Hill Records released a Jim Brickman album entitled "Love Songs & Lullabies" featuring Jane as a vocalist for the song "You".
In 2003, she starred in the Broadway revival of Nine for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. In 2005, she starred as Miss Adelaide alongside Ewan McGregor in the new production of Guys and Dolls[1] in London (Piccadilly Theatre) a role for which she won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
