edgepedia

Film and television

58,047 articles

Jana Gana Mana (ജനഗണമന) (2022 film)

Jana Gana Mana (ജന ഗണ മന) is a 2022 Malayalam political thriller directed by Dijo Jose Antony, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu, about a professor's murder, fake encounters, and courtroom justice; released April 28, 2022, streamed on Netflix.

Jana Nayagan

Jana Nayagan (ஜன நாயகன், People's Leader) is a 2026 Tamil political action thriller, Vijay's 69th and final film, directed by H. Vinoth with music by Anirudh Ravichander. Delayed from Pongal 2026 by a CBFC and Madras High Court battle, it released 23 July 2026 after Vijay became Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Jana: Marked for Life

Jana: Marked for Life (Jana – Märkta för livet) is a 2024 Swedish six-part Nordic noir thriller on Viaplay and Prime Video, adapted from Emelie Schepp's Jana Berzelius novels, starring Madeleine Martin as a prosecutor and former child soldier.

Janaan (جانان)

Janaan (جانان) is a 2016 Pakistani Urdu romantic comedy directed by Azfar Jafri, written by Osman Khalid Butt, starring Armeena Rana Khan, Bilal Ashraf, and Ali Rehman Khan, about a Pakhtun girl returning from Canada to Swat.

Janaawar – The Beast Within

Janaawar – The Beast Within is a 2025 Hindi ZEE5 Original crime thriller web series directed by Shachindra Vats, starring Bhuvan Arora as SI Hemant Kumar investigating a headless corpse in Chhand, Chhattisgarh; seven episodes premiered 26 September 2025.

Janagaraj

Janagaraj, also known as Janakaraj, is an Indian actor born in 1955 in Chennai. He appeared in over 100 Tamil films in comedy and supporting roles.

Janaka Aithe Ganaka (జనక ఐతే గనక)

Janaka Aithe Ganaka (జనక ఐతే గనక) is a 2024 Telugu comedy-drama, Sandeep Reddy Bandla's directorial debut, starring Suhas as a middle-class man who sues a condom company after an unplanned pregnancy; released October 12, 2024 by Dil Raju Productions.

Janardhanan (ജനാർദ്ദനൻ പിള്ള) (actor)

Janardhanan (ജനാർദ്ദനൻ പിള്ള), also known as Janardhanan Pillai, is a Malayalam film actor born 1946 in Vaikom, Kerala; a former Air Force trainee who became the industry's regular villain, then a comedian after Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), with 478 listed films from 1969 to 2026.

Janatha Garage

Janatha Garage (జనతా గ్యారేజ్), 2016 Telugu vigilante action drama by Koratala Siva, starring Jr NTR and Mohanlal; Mythri Movie Makers, music Devi Sri Prasad, released 1 September 2016, over ₹41 crore opening day.

Janda Pai Kapiraju

Janda Pai Kapiraju (జెండా పై కాపిరాజు), also spelled Jenda Pai Kapiraju, is a 2015 Telugu political action drama by Samuthirakani, starring Nani in his first dual role with Amala Paul; shot bilingually as Nimirndhu Nil.

Jane

Jane (2017) is Brett Morgen's National Geographic documentary on Jane Goodall, built from 140 hours of 16 mm footage by Hugo van Lawick rediscovered in 2014, scored by Philip Glass; distinct from the 2017 Korean drama Jane, The Janes, and Jane by Charlotte.

Jane (2023 TV series)

Jane (2023 TV series), Apple TV+ children's show created by J.J. Johnson with the Jane Goodall Institute; live-action/CGI series about 9-year-old Jane Garcia saving endangered animals, three seasons 2023-2025.

Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)

Jane Adams, born 1965, is an American actress who won a Tony Award for An Inspector Calls and starred in Happiness and HBO's Hung and Hacks.

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander (born Jane Quigley, 1939) is an American actress, author, and conservationist, Tony winner for The Great White Hope, four-time Oscar nominee, and the first artist to chair the National Endowment for the Arts (1993-97).

Jane Asher

Jane Asher (born 1946, London) is an English actress, author, and entrepreneur, sister of Peter Asher and former girlfriend of Paul McCartney; known for Mandy, Alfie, Deep End, Festen, and her Party Cakes business.

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Jane Austen a gâché ma vie) is a 2024 French bilingual romantic comedy, Laura Piani's feature debut, starring Camille Rutherford as a Paris bookseller at a Jane Austen writers' residency; TIFF 2024 premiere, Metascore 73, 2026 César nomination.

Jane Badler

Jane Badler (born 1953) is an American and Australian actress and singer, best known as the villainous alien leader Diana in NBC's 1983 miniseries V and its sequels.

Jane Beale

Jane Beale (Lesley Jane Beale, née Clarke) is a fictional character in the BBC soap EastEnders, played by Laurie Brett in 1,112 episodes from 2004–2012, 2014–2017 and 2024; Ian Beale's ex-wife, Bobby's adoptive mother, and the cover-up figure in the Who Killed Lucy Beale storyline.

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin (1946–2023), British-born singer and actress based in France, famous for duets with Serge Gainsbourg including "Je t'aime… moi non plus," films such as Blow-Up and La Belle Noiseuse, and as namesake of the Hermès Birkin bag.

Jane Boulton

Jane Boulton is the British former easyJet check-in supervisor who starred in ITV's fly-on-the-wall series Airline at London Luton Airport, later becoming a TikTok viral figure and touring live shows under An Audience with Jane Boulton.

Jane Campion

Jane Campion (born 1954, Wellington) is a New Zealand director and screenwriter, first woman to win the Cannes Palme d'Or (The Piano, 1993) and Oscar-winning director of The Power of the Dog (2021).

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin (born 1947, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American actress and comedian, an original Saturday Night Live cast member (1975–1980), first female Weekend Update anchor, two-time Emmy winner for Kate & Allie, and star of 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Jane Danson

Jane Danson (Jane Elizabeth Dawson, born 1978, Bury) is an English actress who has played Leanne Battersby on Coronation Street since 1997, won the 2011 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance, and married actor Robert Beck in 2005.

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell (1879–1967), born Patti Woodard, was an American character actress who won the Academy Award for playing Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940).

Jane Elliot

Jane Elliot (born 1947) is an American actress, not the diversity educator Jane Elliott, best known as Tracy Quartermaine on General Hospital since 1978, with a 1981 Daytime Emmy and roles on Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives, and Knots Landing.

Jane Eyre (2011 film)

Jane Eyre is a 2011 romantic drama directed by Cary Fukunaga, adapted from Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, starring Mia Wasikowska as Jane and Michael Fassbender as Rochester.

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda (born 1937, New York City) is an American actress and activist, daughter of Henry Fonda, two-time Best Actress Oscar winner for Klute and Coming Home, infamous as 'Hanoi Jane' from a 1972 North Vietnam photo, and creator of the 1982 Jane Fonda's Workout videos.

Jane Foster

Jane Foster is a Marvel Comics character, first appearing in Journey into Mystery #84 (1962), Thor's love interest, who became the female Thor (Mighty Thor) in Jason Aaron's 2014 run, later Valkyrie, and is played by Natalie Portman in Thor: Love and Thunder.

Jane Foster (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Jane Foster (MCU), played by Natalie Portman, is Thor's astrophysicist ex-girlfriend who becomes the Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), wields a reformed Mjolnir while fighting stage 4 cancer, dies, and appears in Valhalla.

Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun is a 2016 American Western directed by Gavin O'Connor, starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, and Ewan McGregor, set in 1871 New Mexico Territory; notorious for its director and cast upheavals and a $1.5 million gross on a $25 million budget.