Jane Leeves (born 18 April 1961) is an English actress.
After beginning her career on the Benny Hill Show, Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles until she secured a recurring part in the television sitcom Murphy Brown.
She is best known for playing the co-starring role of Daphne Moon on the television sitcom Frasier for the entire run of the series, from 1993 until 2004. She shared an Outstanding Performance by an ...
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Jane Leeves (born 18 April 1961) is an English actress.
After beginning her career on the Benny Hill Show, Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles until she secured a recurring part in the television sitcom Murphy Brown.
She is best known for playing the co-starring role of Daphne Moon on the television sitcom Frasier for the entire run of the series, from 1993 until 2004. She shared an Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with other principal cast members in 1999, and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
More recently she has worked in television production.
Born in Salford, Leeves moved to Essex, England and later to East Grinstead. Early in her career she trained as a ballet dancer and also worked as a model, until she made her first film appearance as a topless angel in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
She was a regular on The Benny Hill Show (as one of "Hill's Angels"), a dancer in the famous "Christmas in...
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