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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 Attenborough
Jane Mary Attenborough (1955-2004), English arts administrator, elder daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim; founding director of Dance UK, creator of the Healthier Dancer Programme, Paul Hamlyn Foundation arts manager; died in the 2004 Khao Lak tsunami.
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 Avril
Jane Avril, born Jeanne Louise Beaudon (1868-1943), French Belle Époque can-can dancer and Moulin Rouge star, nicknamed La Melinite, immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec.
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.
Jane Greer
Jane Greer (born Bettejane Greer, 1924–2001), American actress, queen of film noir and star as Kathie Moffat in Out of the Past (1947); discovered and stymied by Howard Hughes.
Jane Harris (Neighbours)
Jane Harris is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Annie Jones on and off from 1986 to 2025 and nicknamed "Plain Jane Superbrain".
Jane Henson
Jane Henson (née Nebel, 1934–2013) was an American puppeteer and artist, Jim Henson's first performing partner and co-founder of Muppets, Inc., later founder of The Jim Henson Legacy.
Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks (born 1964) is an English actress from Rawtenstall, Lancashire, known for Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous and Little Voice, with Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar nominations.
Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek (born 1955, Milwaukee) is an American actress, Lois on Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), seven consecutive Emmy nominations, two TCA Awards, and Lois again in the 2026 Hulu revival Life's Still Unfair.
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski (born Jane Krajkowski, 1968) is an American actress and singer: Tony winner for Nine (2003), Olivier winner for Guys and Dolls, Elaine on Ally McBeal, Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock, Jacqueline on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!.
Jane Lapotaire
Jane Lapotaire (1944–2026) was a British classical actress, CBE, famous as Édith Piaf in Pam Gems's Piaf, winning the Olivier and Tony Awards; RSC and National Theatre lead, BAFTA-nominated Marie Curie, The Crown's Princess Alice.