RECENT CREDITS
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (FILM)  Jun. 20, 2008
The Amateurs (FILM)  Dec. 7, 2007
Raising Flagg (FILM)  Feb. 2, 2007
Monk (TV)  Jan. 27, 2006


HIGHLIGHTS
Attended the American College of Switzerland on a scholarship and then returned to the U.S., where she joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company.
At Steppenwolf, she worked alongside a number of soon-to-be stars including Gary Sinise, Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich, whom she would later marry and divorce.
Breakout film role was in Arthur Penn's Four Friends (1981), a drama about a young immigrant growing up in the '60s.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl  2008 -Mrs. Howard
Actor
Film


The Amateurs  2007 -Helen Tatelbaum
Actor
Film


Raising Flagg  2007 -Ann Marie Purdy
Actor
Film


Eulogy  2004 -Samantha
Actor
Film


Around the Bend  2004 -Katrina
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Timecode  2000 -Therapist
Actor
Film


Breakfast of Champions  1999 -Francine Pefko
Actor
Film


Babe: Pig in the City  1998 -Zootie
Voice
Film


The X-Files  1998 -Barmaid
Actor
Film


Mortal Thoughts  1991 -Joyce Urbanski
Actor
Film


Dick Tracy  1990 -Tess Trueheart
Actor
Film


Paperhouse  1989 -Kate
Actor
Film


Stars and Bars  1988 -Cora Gage
Actor
Film


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  1988 -Janet Colgate
Actor
Film


Nadine  1987 -Renee Lomax
Actor
Film


Making Mr. Right  1987 -Trish
Actor
Film


A Girl Thing   -Helen McCormack
Actor
TV


And the Band Played On   -Mary Guinan
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation   -Vivianna Conway
Actor
TV


Encore! Encore!   -Francesca Pinoni
Actor
TV


ER  1996 -Abby Keaton, Keaton
Actor, Actor
TV
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Grand Isle   -Adele Ratignolle
Actor
TV


Grey's Anatomy   -Elizabeth
Actor
TV


Actor
TV
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Monk  
Actor
TV
Expand


My Own Country   -Vickie Talley
Actor
TV


Pronto   -Joyce Patton
Actor
TV


The Sandy Bottom Orchestra   -Ingrid Green
Actor
TV


Women vs. Men   -Brita
Actor
TV


Bartleby  2002 -Vivian
Actor
Film


2 Days in the Valley  1996 -Susan Parish
Actor
Film


Sgt. Bilko  1996 -Rita Robbins
Actor
Film


Mr. Holland's Opus  1996 -Iris Holland
Actor
Film


Getting Even with Dad  1994 -Theresa
Actor
Film


The Purple Rose of Cairo  1985 -Hooker
Actor
Film


The Sandy Bottom Orchestra   -Ingrid Green
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


My Own Country   -Vickie Talley
Actor
Film


Ordinary Magic   -Charlotte
Actor
Film


Pronto  
Actor
Film


Seize the Day   -Olive
Actor
Film


Winchell   -Dallas Wayne
Actor
Film


Women vs. Men   -Brita
Actor
Film


Grand Isle   -Adele Ratignolle
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Comeback Season   -Deborah Pearce
Actor
Film


Fandango   -Trelis
Actor
Film


Four Friends   -Lola
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Doctor Detroit   -Miss Debbylike
Actor
Film


Eleni   -Joan
Actor
Film


A Girl Thing   -Helen McCormick
Actor
Film


And the Band Played On   -Dr. Mary Guinan
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Attended the American College of Switzerland on a scholarship and then returned to the U.S., where she joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company.
At Steppenwolf, she worked alongside a number of soon-to-be stars including Gary Sinise, Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich, whom she would later marry and divorce.
Breakout film role was in Arthur Penn's Four Friends (1981), a drama about a young immigrant growing up in the '60s.
Mastered American Sign Language for her role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus.


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Jane Krakowskiat the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Red Carpet. Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, CA. 9-21-08
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Released: Jul. 2, 2008

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The Amateurs
Released: Dec. 7, 2007

Alan Arkin at the 81st Annual Academy Awards Press Room held at the Kodak Theatre. Hollywood, CA - 02/22/09
Raising Flagg
Released: Oct. 5, 2007

Tony Shalhoub
Monk
Aired: Jan. 27, 2006

Christopher Meloni
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Aired: Mar. 29, 2005


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