Jane Alexander has a distinguished stage career. She has performed in more than 100 plays, been honored with numerous awards including her Tony Award for The Great White Hope, and Obie, Drama League, Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1994. Alexander recently starred at Long Wharf Theater in the world premiere of Matthew Barber’s play Fireflies.
A four-time Oscar nominee for Testament, Kramer Vs. Kramer, All the President’s Men, and The Great White Hope, Alexander has appeared in over 70 screen and television roles.
On television, Alexander won Emmy Awards for Playing for Time and Warm Springs, and a Television Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. She has been seen in recurring roles recently on Bull, The Blacklist, Elementary, and The Good Wife. Alexan
Jane Alexander has a distinguished stage career. She has performed in more than 100 plays, been honored with numerous awards including her Tony Award for The Great White Hope, and Obie, Drama League, Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1994. Alexander recently starred at Long Wharf Theater in the world premiere of Matthew Barber’s play Fireflies.
A four-time Oscar nominee for Testament, Kramer Vs. Kramer, All the President’s Men, and The Great White Hope, Alexander has appeared in over 70 screen and television roles.
On television, Alexander won Emmy Awards for Playing for Time and Warm Springs, and a Television Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. She has been seen in recurring roles recently on Bull, The Blacklist, Elementary, and The Good Wife. Alexander recently shot a guest star role on the new Amazon Original series Modern Love and is shooting a recurring role on the new Amazon Original series Tales from the Loop.
In 1994, President Clinton appointed Alexander Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, a position she served for four years. Her book “Command Performance: An Actress in the Theatre of Politics” documents her tenure.
Alexander has been active as a wildlife conservationist for many years and sits on the national board of the Audubon Society, the Global Advisory Group of BirdLife International, and co-chairs the Conservation Council of Panthera.
Her new book is “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth.”
