Grace, All That Remains (2024)
Jane is best known for her role as Lois on television’s award-winning “Malcolm in the Middle,” for which she received seven consecutive Emmy nominations multiple Golden Globe and S.A.G. nominations, as well as the Television Critics Award two years running – the only woman to be so honored. Her television career began with iconic series “St. Elsewhere,” “The Paper Chase,” and “Hill Street Blues” after graduating from The University of Wisconsin and the Yale School of Drama. She starred in innumerable television series since, and continues in her role as Judge Constance Harm on “The Simpsons.” She co-stars opposite LaKeith Stanfield on the AppleTV limited series “The Changeling,” about which “Entertainment Weekly” said of her:
“Cal is played with wry resolve by the peerless (and woefully underutilized of late) Jane Kaczmarek, whose performance – and the sound of her unmistakable, clarion voice as Cal dresses Apollo down – offers an instant hit of narrative dopamine.”
In New York, Jane has appeared both on- and off Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theatre, Second Stage, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and spent seven seasons at The Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she and Alfred Molina appeared in “And No More Shall We Part,” directed by Annie Kauffman, “The Roommate” by Jen Silverman and directed by Mike Donahue, and “Tell Me I’m Not Crazy,” directed by Moritz von Steulpnagel. Additionally, Jane is a frequent host and reader on Public Radio‘s “Selected Shorts” both on tour and at Symphony Space in New York City, where she also hosts “Movie Night with Jane.” Los Angeles theatre credits include “Kindertransport” (Ovation Award), the premiere of Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning “Dinner With Friends” directed by Dan Sullivan, “Raised In Captivity” (L.A. Drama Critics Award) and “Good People” (Ovation nomination). She and Alfred Molina recorded “A View From The Bridge” for BBC Radio and starred together as James and Mary Tyrone in the Geffen’s production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” which was filmed and is available for viewing on “BROADWAY HD.” Jane has performed “Awake and Sing” directed by Bartlet Sher, and “Death Of A Salesman” opposite Stacey Keach, among others, for L.A. Theatre Works. She also notably shared the role of the Stage Manager with “C.O.D.A.” Oscar winner Troy Katsur in the Pasadena Playhouse/Deaf West co-production of “Our Town.”
Jane is the founder of Clothes Off Our Back, an online auction of celebrity finery that has raised over $4 million for children’s charities. She has traveled throughout Africa and India visiting the children and hospitals that have received help from the organization. A great lover of classical music, she is a trustee of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, The Pasadena Education Foundation, which enhances the Pasadena public schools, and the 2023 Tony Award-winning Pasadena Playhouse under the artistic leadership of Danny Feldman. Jane raised three children in Pasadena and now divides her time between Pasadena, New York, and the Berkshires.