Krakowski was born Jane Krajkowski in Parsippany, New Jersey, the daughter of Barbara, a college theater instructor, and Ed Krajkowski, a chemical engineer. Krakowski grew up in Parsippany, New Jersey where she attended Parsippany High School. She went to Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts where she met Calista Flockhart.

In her first major television role, Krakowski joined the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984, playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T.R.) Kendall, a role she played until the show ended in 1986. She was nominated for two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for the role in 1986 and 1987.

In 1997, she landed what would become her biggest role, playing office assistant Elaine Vassal on the television Read more...

Krakowski has also appeared in the movies National Lampoon's Vacation, Fatal Attraction, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (where she played Betty Rubble), Marci X, Alfie, Go, Dance with Me, Stepping Out, Pretty Persuasion and will appear in the upcoming movie Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery, and Mom at Sixteen. Krakowski was also originally cast in the horror camp classic Sleepaway Camp Read more...