Jane Sibbett
| Jane Sibbett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jane Moore Sibbett November 28, 1962 Berkeley, California U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse(s) | Karl Fink (1992–present; 3 children) |
Jane Moore Sibbett (born November 28, 1962) is an American actress and producer. Her most notable roles include Heddy Newman on the Fox television series Herman's Head, and as Ross Geller's first ex-wife, Carol Willick, on the NBC sitcom Friends.
Career
Sibbett started her acting career as Jane Wilson on the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara in 1986-87, for which she was nominated for a Best Newcomer Soap Opera Digest Awards.[1] In 1989, she won the role of Laurie Parr on the CBS comedy The Famous Teddy Z, co-starring with Jon Cryer and Alex Rocco. The series lasted one season. In 1991, Sibbett was cast as status-conscious bombshell Heddy Newman on the Fox sitcom Herman's Head,[2] which quickly gained a cult following on the young broadcast network and lasted three seasons. Beginning in 1994, she played the occasional role of Carol Willick on Friends, a part-time stint that lasted until the end of the show's seventh season in 2001. During her Friends association, Sibbett had regular roles on the short-lived CBS sitcom If Not for You (1995), playing the jilted fiancee of her former Herman's Head co-star Hank Azaria, and in the second season of The WB's Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997-98), playing school headmaster Dr. Katherine Emerson.
Sibbett has appeared in more than 200 episodes of multiple TV series, including 21 Jump Street and The Nanny. She starred in the 1998 movie Noah alongside Tony Danza and Wallace Shawn as well as in 1998's The Second Arrival, alongside Patrick Muldoon and Michael Sarrazin. She appeared in Dan O'Bannon's 1992 film The Resurrected. She co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in It Takes Two (1995),[3][4] the telefilm, Au Pair (1999).[5][6]
Sibbett has co-produced four documentaries on Braco, a Croatian faith healer, with her company, Wild Aloha Studios, in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The latest, Evolution, was released on August 30, 2013.
Personal life
In 1992, Sibbett married Karl Fink, a TV writer and producer who worked on the first two seasons of Herman's Head. They have three children.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel | Jude | |
| 1990 | Fear | Newscaster | |
| 1992 | The Resurrected | Claire Ward | |
| 1995 | It Takes Two | Clarice Kensington | |
| 1997 | Just in Time | Brenda Hyatt | |
| 1998 | The Second Arrival | Bridget Riordan | |
| 1999 | Au Pair | Vivian Berger | |
| 1999 | Sealed with a Kiss | Christina Ethridge | |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Nana | Voice |
| 2004 | A One Time Thing | Casey Hill | |
| 2005 | Buffalo Dreams | Blaine Townsend | |
| 2006 | A Merry Little Christmas | Madeline Bridges | |
| 2008 | Pretty Little Devils | Mrs. Whittington |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Santa Barbara | Jane Wilson | 50 episodes |
| 1988 | Cheers | Kim Cooperman | 1 episode |
| 1989–1990 | The Famous Teddy Z | Laurie Parr | 20 episodes |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Diane Frost | 1 episode |
| 1991–1994 | Herman's Head | Heddy Newman | 72 episodes |
| 1995 | Matlock | A.D.A. Katie Clark | 1 episode |
| 1995 | If Not for You | Melanie | 7 episodes |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Emily Houghton | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Nanny | Morgan Faulkner/Marcy Feldman | 1 episode |
| 1997–1998 | Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Dr. Katherine Emerson | 21 episodes |
| 1994–2001 | Friends | Carol Willick | 15 episodes |
| 2001 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Robin Davis | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Ally McBeal | Beth Herman | 1 episode |
| 2006 | What About Brian | Tracy | 1 episode |
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