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Jane Leeves

Jane Elizabeth Leeves (born 18 April 1961) is an English actress, best known for her role as Daphne Moon on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 50th Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 52nd Golden Globe Awards. She also played Joy Scroggs on TV Land's sitcom ''Hot in Cleveland''.

Leeves made her screen debut with a small role in 1983 on the British television comedy programme ''The Benny Hill Show'', and appeared as a dancer in ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life''. She moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles. From 1986 to 1988, she played her first leading character in the sitcom ''Throb'', then secured brief recurring parts in the sitcoms ''Seinfeld'' and ''Murphy Brown''. She was cast in films such as ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1994), ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Music of the Heart'' (1999) and ''The Event'' (2003). In 2018, she began appearing in the Fox medical drama ''The Resident''. Provided by Wikipedia