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Jayne Atkinson

Television Actress / Film Actress / Actress / Stage Actress | * 02/18/1959 (65) | Bournemouth, Dorset, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Jayne Atkinson (born 18 February 1959) is a British-American actress. She is best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24, as well as her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She has also appeared in Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss, Madam Secretary as United States Vice President Teresa Hurst, and House of Cards as U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant. ()
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Jayne Atkinson (born February 18, 1959) is an English-born American film, theatre and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24 as well as her Tony Award-nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She is also known for appearing in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from h ...

Free Willy

PG

1993 | 3.1/5 | 1h 52min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
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When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever. ...

The Village

Certification unknown

2004 | 3.2/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill. ...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

PG

1995 | 3.0/5 | 1h 35min
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
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Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season. ...

24

TV-14

2001 | 3.9/5 | 45min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Jayne Atkinson

2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Jayne Atkinson as Actress(16)

as Doris2023 Baby Ruby
as Casey Winship2016 The Congressman
as herself2015 That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
as Receptionist2012 Revenge for Jolly!
as Kelley's Wife2009 Handsome Harry
as Theresa LePore2008 Recount
as Ashley Carges2006 12 and Holding
as Tabitha Walker2004 The Village
as Mrs. Gibbs2003 Our Town
as Annie Greenwood1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Sandra Waters1994 Blank Check
as Annie Greenwood1993 Free Willy
as Wanda Birney1992 In the Best Interest of the Children
as Eleonor Barcroft1991 Absolute Strangers
as Elizabeth1989 The Revenge of Al Capone
1986 Between Two Women

TV Shows/Series with Jayne Atkinson as Actress(26)

as Katherine Collier2024 Death and Other Details
as Ruth Martin2021 Clarice
as Della Bedford2019 Bluff City Law
as Amelia Sage2015 Zoo
as Laura Clay2015 Chicago Med
as Jacob's Mother2013 The Following
as Catherine Durant2013 House of Cards
as Helen Paulson2012 Perception
as Georgie2010 The Walking Dead
as Sharon Harris2010 Blue Bloods
as Helen Anderson2009 White Collar
as Dean Reuther2007 Gossip Girl
as Erin Strauss2005 Criminal Minds
2003 Joan of Arcadia
2001 24
as Karen Hayes2001 24
as Marion Springer1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ruth Gibson1997 The Practice
as Willa Ambrose1993 The X-Files
as Melanie Carver1990 Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Hammond1990 Law & Order
as Dr. Claire Snyder1990 Law & Order
1990 Parenthood
1987 Beauty and the Beast
as Lindley Gardner Eisenberg1987 A Year in the Life
1985 Moonlighting

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Full Name: Jayne Atkinson
Born: Wednesday, 02/18 1959 (February) in Bournemouth, Dorset, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 65 years + 67 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale School of Drama, Northwestern University, Northwestern University School of Communication, Pine Crest School
Spouses (current/former): Michel Gill
Jayne Atkinson frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (15x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (14x, Crew)
Michael Gaston (13x, Actor)
John Doman (12x, Actor)
James Biberi (12x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
William H. Burns (12x, Actor)
Michelle Hurst (11x, Actress)
Adam LeFevre (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Robert Clohessy (10x, Actor)
M. Night Shyamalan (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:199479, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024