Jane Krakowski Net Worth

Jane Krakowski's Quotes

• I've never felt anything so exciting as when this unanimous gasp came from the audience. That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad.
• [on the Broadway show "Once Upon a Mattress"] On paper [it] looked good. Sarah Jessica Parker and the director and the designers--everyone involved was reputable and had had huge successes in the past. What's odd to me is that I could tell from the first day of rehearsal that it was not going to be right; I hoped it would find its way, but I don't think it ever really did.
• I was one of those people who watched and videotaped the Tonys every year and kept a highlight reel every year. I saw every Broadway show as a kid. Basically, I would sit there in the audience and go, "I wish I could do that one day." The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.
• [on having a baby] I learned so much, except how painful labor really is. When I went into real labor, I was like, "Are you kidding me? I worked at a woman-dominated show, and none of you told me it was going to be like this".

Interesting Facts about Jane Krakowski

1. Was the original choice for Judy in Sleepaway Camp (1983), but turned it down because her death was too violent.
2. The first time she performed her famous anti-gravity stunt in "Nine: The Musical", was in front of an audience during the show's first preview performance.
3. Daughter of a teacher mother and an engineer father. They were both active in the New Jersey theater.
4. Learned to skate for the Broadway musical, "Starlight Express". She stills skates.
5. Was encouraged to perform by her father, an engineer, and her mother, a teacher.
6. Attended Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts where she first met her future Ally McBeal (1997) co-star Calista Flockhart.
7. She is the daughter of Barbara (Benoit), a teacher, and Edward Krajkowski, a chemical engineer. Her father's family is Polish; and Jane's maternal grandfather was of half French-Canadian and half Scottish ancestry. Jane dropped the "j" from the family last name when she began working as an actress, as people kept trying to pronounce the letter even though it is considered silent by her. However, it is not silent in the Polish language from which the name Krajkowski originates. 'J' in Polish is always pronounced like 'y' in English words, so in Polish the name spelled Krajkowski would be pronounced the same as English speaking people would pronounce the name spelled Kraykovski (in Polish 'w' is pronounced like 'v', hence the change of w to v).
8. Engaged to clothing-designer Robert Godley [January 6, 2010].
9. Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
10. Son Bennett Robert Godley was born April 13, 2011 in New York City, weighing in at 7 lbs 12 oz. Father is her former fiancé, menswear designer Robert Godley.
11. Was eight months pregnant with her son Bennett when she took maternity leave from filming 30 Rock (2006). She returned to work four months after giving birth.
12. As of 2008, was living in Greenwich Village, New York City.
13. A relatively rare non British winner of a Laurence Olivier Best Musical Actress award for 'Guys n Dolls' in London's West End.
14. Is of French Canadian, Scottish & Polish descent.