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Jane Leeves
Jane Leeves portrays
the eccentric Daphne Moon in the top-rated comedy series FRASIER,
a Grub Street Production in association with Paramount Network
Television for NBC-TV. Daphne is a warmhearted and semi-psychic
home-care worker from Manchester, England who cares for Frasier's
(Kelsey Grammer) crusty father (John Mahoney) and adds spice to the
Crane household.
Born on April 18 in
London, Leeves, who received her first Emmy nomination for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series this year, was raised in East
Grinstead, Sussex, England, the daughter (along with two sisters and a
brother) of a contracts engineer and a nurse. Her first dream was to be
a ballerina,but that career was cut short by an injury when she was 18.
She bounced back with modeling and less strenuous dancing in commercials
and rock videos.
Leeves moved to Los
Angeles to break into acting and was soon cast in the role of Blue in
the syndicated series "Throb." She gained much attention for
her role as Audry Cohen, the girlfriend of Miles Silverberg on
"Murphy Brown," and later appeared in one of the most
memorable episodes of "Seinfeld," as the virgin who seduced
John F. Kennedy, Jr. She reprised her role in the highly-touted
"Seinfeld" season finale.Her other television work includes
the NBC miniseries "Pandora's Clock" starring opposite Richard
Dean Anderson as well as guest starring on such series as "Murder,
She Wrote," "My Two Dads," "Blossom,"and
"Who's the Boss?"
Her feature film
credits include the upcoming "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
opposite Anthony Edwards, the voice of the Ladybug in the animated film
"James and the Giant Peach" based on the Roald Dahl book,
"Miracle on 34th Street," "To Live and Die in L.A.,"
"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," "The Hunger"
and "Mr. Write," opposite Paul Reiser.
Leeves resides in Los
Angeles.
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