Awards and Honors:
A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, recipient of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the year 2000, which was bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Her love of art and color has led to her great success as a painter in watercolors and oils and as a designer.Latest Work:
In addition to a recent appearance on the Emmy nominated program Dancing with the Stars, Seymour starred in the highly rated Dear Prudence television movie for the Hallmark Channel. In 2005, she joined Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the Newline Cinema feature film The Wedding Crashers playing the sexually charged wife of Christopher Walken. Her upcoming features include the independent films The Assistants, Wake and Driving Lessons. Currently Seymour is hard at work on Freeloaders the upcoming feature for comedy troupe Broken Lizard.Open Hearts:
Seymour teamed with Kay Jewelers in early 2008 to design a special jewelry collection called "Open Hearts by Jane Seymour". Inspired by one of her original paintings of two hearts connected and open at either end, the exclusive designs symbolize that love has no boundaries and flows unconditionally. It is the universal symbol for giving and receiving love. The line features over 20 unique items, available in 14k Gold or Sterling Silver, with and without diamonds.Author:
Open Hearts is a collection of poems, essays and quotes illustrated with a selection of Jane's art. An accomplished writer, Seymour authored Making Yourself at Home, a style book featuring her home and lifestyle tips in 2007. In 2002, she penned Remarkable Changes, profiling stories of positive transformation in the face of life-changing crisis. In addition, Jane Seymour and her husband, actor/director James Keach, have co-authored a series of successful children’s books entitled This One and That One, inspired by her twin boys. She is also the author of “wo At a Time: A Journey through Twin Pregnancy and Birth.Dr. Quinn:
Awarded a Golden Globe for her role as “Dr. Quinn,” Seymour made history with her six seasonDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman series, blazing a trail for family-worthy programming to return to series TV. The program fostered such a devoted audience and such a wide audience demand for fulfilling, informative drama that parents could share and enjoy with their children that a national in fact, international, furor was occasioned by the series’ cancellation even though it had always won its slot in every season.Artist:
With a thriving career as an artist and her own art gallery in Los Angeles, she has exhibited in numerous galleries and venues across the nation. Additionally, she has launched the Jane Seymour Home Collection – a national lifestyle brand inspired by her homes, art and family-centered lifestyle. Her art also serves as inspiration for her designs that include an exclusive collection of handbags and accessories. Over the past eighteen years she has created an intimate world of delicate watercolors, colorful vibrant oil paintings, pastels and bronze sculptures and has accepted select private commissions.Charitable Work:
Jane is a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and an International Ambassador for Childhelp. The organization's "Woman of the World" award is one of many honors she has won for her social and charitable achievements. She is also the Honorary Chairperson for City Hearts and the official spokesperson for Camp Soaring Eagle, a residential camp for children suffering with serious illnesses in Sedona, Arizona. She and husband James Keach are partners in the J&J Foundation to benefit children in need.Producer:
Through Catfish Productions, she and James Keach have produced, starred and directed such programs as Sunstroke, A Passion for Justice, Praying Mantis, The Absolute Truth, Enslavement: The Fanny Kemble Story, Murder in the Mirror, Dr. Quinn, The Movie, A Marriage of Convenience and Blackout. All these films brought both hot reviews and high audience numbers. In addition Seymour has also starred in Yesterday’s Children for CBS.Biography:
Daughter of a British obstetrician and his Dutch wife, Jane was born in Hillingdon, England and raised in Wimbledon. She began training in dance at an early age, and was just thirteen when she made her professional debut with the London Festival Ballet. That same year, she entered the Arts Educational Trust for dance, music and theatre training and danced with the visiting Kirov Ballet at Covent Garden.
After an injury she then turned to acting, dedicating herself to that craft with the same commitment she had given her ballet. Her film debut was as a chorus girl in Richard Attenborough's Oh, What A Lovely War, which resulted in her being discovered by the top agent in the United Kingdom.
She played roles in a range of classical plays and performed in radio dramas. A role in the BBC-TV project, The Onedin Line, led to her casting in the starring role of Solitaire in one of the most popular James Bond films, Live and Let Die. This attracted Hollywood interest, but Seymour opted to return to the boards of English repertory theaters.
She returned to film with a string of America-bound British television specials. Able to convey virtually any accent with accuracy, she demonstrated this with her first Hollywood starring role in the six-hour television mini-series, Captains and Kings. Her portrayal of a proper Bostonian brought her the first of many Emmy nominations.
Jane was soon cast opposite Christopher Reeve in Somewhere in Time, a favorite romantic film for many. She then starred with Chevy Chase in Oh! Heavenly Dog, followed by the highly acclaimed ABC-TV adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, for which she won the Golden Globe Best Actress Award as Cathy/Kate.
On the Broadway stage, she originated the role of Constanza Weber, wife of Mozart in the Broadway hit Amadeus. Television mini-series also proved to be a favorable medium for Jane's talents. She won recognition for her work in Jack, The Ripper, and War and Remembrance, and for the latter, she was nominated on two successive years in the Best Actress category for both the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.
She won the Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Maria Callas in ABC-TV's The Richest Man Alive, based on the life of Aristotle Onassis, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actress Award for her performance as the Duchess of Windsor in the CBS-TV movie The Woman He Loved.
Seymour resides in Malibu, California with Keach and their children.
