Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski (/krəˈkaʊski/; née Krajkowski; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and singer. She starred as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock (2006–2013), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Krakowski's other television roles have included Elaine Vassal in the Fox legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal (1997–2002) and Jacqueline White in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020). For the latter, she received another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.

A trained singer, Krakowski has also worked on the stage. At age 18, she played the role of Dinah the Dining Car in the Broadway production of Starlight Express (1987). She has since won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the revival of Nine (2003). Other Tony-nominated roles include Grand Hotel (1989) and She Loves Me (2016). She received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls (2005). She received another nomination for her role in Here We Are (2025). In film roles, she has appeared as Cousin Vicki Johnson in National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) and as Betty Rubble in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000).