Jane Kaczmarek Net Worth
Jane Kaczmarek is an Emmy-nominated American actress best known for playing Lois Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle from 2000 to 2006. Additionally, she can be found on other popular shows and movies such as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, All’s Fair (1989), Chamber (1996) and Pleasantville (1998-present). Additionally, her voice can also be heard as Judge Constance Harm from 2001-10 in The Simpsons animated sitcom series.
She was previously part of Lookingglass Theatre Company and continues to appear on stage today. She has earned numerous acting accolades – Ovation Award nomination and Gold Derby Award recognition among them – while she has made appearances in several Broadway hit productions like Lost in Yonkers and Raised in Captivity.
Kaczmarek has also done much to give back. She founded Clothes Off Our Back, an organization that auctions celebrity clothing to benefit children’s charities, as well as appearing regularly at major film and television awards shows where she often supports other female colleagues in the industry.
Kaczmarek was born December 21st 1955 in Milwaukee Wisconsin to Evelyn (nee Gregorska), a teacher, and Edward Kaczmarek who worked for the US Department of Defense. She hails from Polish ancestry. She has two siblings – Bill (elder) and Mary (younger sister).
After graduating with a BA from UW-Madison with a major in theater, she attended graduate school at Yale. There she became part of the Yale School of Drama’s company; furthermore, she studied at Moscow Art Theater School.
Kaczmarek first came to public notice with her role as Dr. Annabel Bliss on Lie to Me in 1999, which lead her into many other acting roles on television and film. Since then she has received four Golden Globe and seven Primetime Emmy nominations (winning three). Additionally she was nominated for both Screen Actors Guild Awards and Television Critics Association awards.
She has appeared in multiple films and television series, such as Pleasantville with Tobey Maguire as Toby Maguire’s mother; Raising the Bar on TNT legal drama series; 6 Bullets movie lead role and has often guest starred on popular shows like Law & Order and Felicity.
As of 2023, this actor had amassed an estimated net worth of $9 Million, which included real estate properties, lucrative endorsement deals and a fragrance line designed specifically for women. She remains active in entertainment – she recently appeared as Killing Eleanor actress; other recent projects include television series The Detour as lead protagonist as well as being director for Good People stage productions.