Jane Seymour Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actress , Executive Producer , Executive Producer more
Birth name Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg
Nationalities British, American
Birth February 15, 1951 (Hayes, Middlesex)

BIOGRAPHY
At 17, Jane Seymour – a pseudonym borrowed from the famous third wife of Henry VIII – began her film career thanks to director Richard Attenborough . This first offered him an appearance in his musical comedy Ah! God, war is pretty , then the role of Pamela Plowden, Winston Churchill’s mistress in The Lion’s Claws . Her performances in The Only Way , as well as in the soaps The Legend of Strauss and The Great Adventure of James Onedin attracted the attention of Hollywood producers who asked her to play Solitaire, Roger Moore ‘s James Bond Girl in Live and Let die , in 1973. His sudden notoriety encouraged him to settle in the United States, where a casting director advised him to lose his British accent in favor of an American accent. The budding actress thus plays the role of Beau Bridges in The Four White Feathers , before landing the role of journalist Serina in Battlestar Galactica . In 1980, Jane Seymour distinguished herself on Broadway by playing Mozart’s wife in the play “Amadeus”, before working alongside Christopher Reeve in Somewhere in Time . The following year, her performance as Cathy, antagonist of the mini series East of Eden , earned her the Golden Globe for Best Actress. If we prefer Rachel Ward to play the heroine of The Birds Hide to Die , the young girl quickly forgets this disappointment, accumulating nominations for the Golden Globes , thanks to her interpretations of Wallis Simpson in The Windsors, the strength of a love and Natalie Henry in The Storms of War . In addition, she won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for playing Greek singer Maria Callas in Onassis, the Richest Man in the World . After playing Marie-Antoinette in The French Revolution , Jane Seymour began, with Sunstroke, in 1992, a fruitful collaboration with her future husband, the filmmaker James Keach , which lasted until their divorce in 2015. Furthermore, spectators saw her found for 6 seasons in the title role of Doctor Quinn, female doctor , which allowed her to be crowned with her second Golden Globe for Best Actress.

In 1999, a year after the end of the hit show , Jane Seymour was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II and received her star on the Walk of Fame . This was followed by the spin-off television films A Torn Family and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within . In 2004, spectators found her alongside Jensen Ackles , in the guise of the recurring antagonists of the fourth season of Smallville . Obtaining American citizenship the following year, this did not prevent him from appearing in his own role in the British sitcom The Kumars at No. 42 . The actress then plays the wife of Christopher Walken in Serial noceurs , then the law professor and conquest of Barney ( Neil Patrick Harris ) in season 2 of How I Met Your Mother . In 2007, she finished in sixth position in the show “Dancing with the Stars”, before filming under the direction of Paul Schneider in Enquête de vacances , and its sequel Perfectly Prudence . Four years later, Jane Seymour co-produced and narrated the documentary CinemAbility , which seeks to determine the influence of media on the social inclusion of people with disabilities. On both the big and small screen, she fits into the family vein ( At the Heart of the Family , Austenland , Saige Paints the Sky ) and comedy ( Franklin & Bash , Jake Squared , Fifty Shades of Black , Sandy Wexler ). In addition to her collaboration with Michael Damian in A Love Made to Measure and Free Dance , the actress opposite Malcolm McDowell in Bereave , of which she is also executive producer. In 2017, spectators found her in the shoes of the protagonist of Pray for Rain , a journalist discovering that her hometown farming town is ravaged by drought and gangs. The following year, following the rapid cancellation of the sitcom Let’s Get Physical , Jane Seymour bounced back by landing the lead role in the romantic comedy Mistrust , opposite Parker Stevenson .

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