NAME THAT TUNE
JANE KRAKOWSKI
as Host
Jane Krakowski is an award-winning triple-threat actress best known for her role as “Jenna Maroney” on the Emmy Award-winning network comedy 30 Rock. She was honored with four Emmy nominations for her work on the show, as well as a collective 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In addition to hosting Name That Tune, she was most recently seen on the hit streaming series Dickinson and the streaming musical series Schmigadoon, the second season of which, Welcome to Schmicago, premiered in 2023.
Other iconic performances include her Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of “Elaine Vassal” on the award-winning Ally McBeal; her Critics Choice Award-winning and Emmy-nominated role of “Jacqueline White” on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and “Miss Shields” on FOX’s A Christmas Story LIVE, as well as guest-starring roles on Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, At Home with Amy Sedaris, The Simpsons, American Dad, Drunk History, Younger and Sesame Street.
In 2016, Krakowski starred on Broadway in the Roundabout Theater Company’s production of She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Award, Drama Desk Award and Tony nomination). She earned a 2003 Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of “Carla” in the Broadway musical Nine, and a Tony nomination for Grand Hotel. Other Broadway credits include Company, Once Upon a Mattress, Tartuffe and Starlight Express. She won an Olivier Award while starring in Guys and Dolls in London’s West End and starred in the Encores! revival of Damn Yankees. She also played the role of “Mrs. Potts” in the Hollywood Bowl’s 2018 production of Beauty and the Beast.
In 2012, Krakowski released her solo debut album, The Laziest Gal in Town, a CD recording captured during her cabaret nightclub debut at the Park Avenue hotspot, Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. In 2012, she performed a one-woman cabaret act to a sold-out crowd at NYC’s legendary Town Hall.
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Bio
Jane Krakowski is an award-winning triple-threat actress best known for her role as “Jenna Maroney” on the Emmy Award-winning network comedy 30 Rock. She was honored with four Emmy nominations for her work on the show, as well as a collective 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In addition to hosting Name That Tune, she was most recently seen on the hit streaming series Dickinson and the streaming musical series Schmigadoon, the second season of which, Welcome to Schmicago, premiered in 2023.
Other iconic performances include her Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of “Elaine Vassal” on the award-winning Ally McBeal; her Critics Choice Award-winning and Emmy-nominated role of “Jacqueline White” on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; and “Miss Shields” on FOX’s A Christmas Story LIVE, as well as guest-starring roles on Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, At Home with Amy Sedaris, The Simpsons, American Dad, Drunk History, Younger and Sesame Street.
In 2016, Krakowski starred on Broadway in the Roundabout Theater Company’s production of She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Award, Drama Desk Award and Tony nomination). She earned a 2003 Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of “Carla” in the Broadway musical Nine, and a Tony nomination for Grand Hotel. Other Broadway credits include Company, Once Upon a Mattress, Tartuffe and Starlight Express. She won an Olivier Award while starring in Guys and Dolls in London’s West End and starred in the Encores! revival of Damn Yankees. She also played the role of “Mrs. Potts” in the Hollywood Bowl’s 2018 production of Beauty and the Beast.
In 2012, Krakowski released her solo debut album, The Laziest Gal in Town, a CD recording captured during her cabaret nightclub debut at the Park Avenue hotspot, Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. In 2012, she performed a one-woman cabaret act to a sold-out crowd at NYC’s legendary Town Hall.