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GenderFemale

Birth DateJun 5, 1943 (83 years old)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthQueens, New York City, New York, USA

Career Span1973 – 2022

Known Credits164 Titles

Official Links

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ProductionPopularity Score 0.8

Jane Jenkins

Also known as:J.J. ChabackJJ Chaback

Total Works

164

160 movies • 4 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

TMDB star index

Biography

Jane Jenkins (born June 5, 1943) is an American casting director best known for her feature film work on Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, The Princess Bride, Ghost, and Home Alone. She has cast more than 190 film and television projects, primarily with her longtime casting partner, Janet Hirshenson.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Jane Jenkins's career

7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001•movie

Role: Casting

8.0

Jurassic Park

1993•movie

Role: Casting

7.5

Home Alone

1990•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Transformers

2007•movie

Role: Casting

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 164 titles featuring Jane Jenkins

7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001•movie

Role: Casting

8.0

Jurassic Park

1993•movie

Role: Casting

7.5

Home Alone

1990•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Transformers

2007•movie

Role: Casting

7.6

Casino Royale

2006•movie

Role: Casting Director

7.9

A Beautiful Mind

2001•movie

as Code-Red Nurse

6.8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

The Da Vinci Code

2006•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.6

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997•movie

Role: Casting

7.4

Beetlejuice

1988•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.2

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Angels & Demons

2009•movie

Role: Casting

7.4

The Godfather Part III

1990•movie

Role: Casting

7.2

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993•movie

Role: Casting

7.8

Stand by Me

1986•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Space Jam

1996•movie

Role: Casting

7.2

Ghost

1990•movie

Role: Casting

7.5

Apollo 13

1995•movie

as Neighbor

6.8

Hook

1991•movie

Role: Casting

7.1

The Holiday

2006•movie

Role: Casting

7.6

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986•movie

Role: Casting

7.8

Misery

1990•movie

Role: Casting

7.7

The Princess Bride

1987•movie

Role: Casting

7.4

When Harry Met Sally...

1989•movie

Role: Casting

7.6

A Few Good Men

1992•movie

Role: Casting

7.2

The Bucket List

2007•movie

Role: Casting

7.3

Bicentennial Man

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Dune

1984•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Surrogates

2009•movie

Role: Casting

6.5

Air Force One

1997•movie

Role: Casting

8.0

Flipped

2010•movie

Role: Casting

6.5

Last Action Hero

1993•movie

Role: Casting

7.3

Labyrinth

1986•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.5

The Perfect Storm

2000•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.6

Outbreak

1995•movie

as Nurse Jane

7.6

Cinderella Man

2005•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Poseidon

2006•movie

Role: Casting

7.0

Willow

1988•movie

Role: Casting

6.4

Licence to Kill

1989•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Ransom

1996•movie

as Woman on Street #2

7.2

Clue

1985•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Filth

2013•movie

Role: Casting

7.0

The Dead Zone

1983•movie

Role: Casting

7.0

In the Line of Fire

1993•movie

Role: Casting

6.6

Something's Gotta Give

2003•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Dennis the Menace

1993•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.7

Backdraft

1991•movie

as Woman Psychiatrist

5.3

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.4

Baby's Day Out

1994•movie

Role: Casting

7.3

Frost/Nixon

2008•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

Rumor Has It...

2005•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Miracle on 34th Street

1994•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

A Man Apart

2003•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Body Double

1984•movie

Role: Casting

5.5

The Last Days on Mars

2013•movie

Role: Additional Casting

5.4

The Dilemma

2011•movie

Role: Casting

6.3

Red Dawn

1984•movie

Role: Casting

6.9

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993•movie

Role: Casting

6.5

The American President

1995•movie

Role: Casting

6.9

Adventures in Babysitting

1987•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Parenthood

1989•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

Nine Months

1995•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

EDtv

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.3

The Missing

2003•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

Air America

1990•movie

Role: Casting

6.4

Lord of the Flies

1990•movie

Role: Casting

6.9

Friday Night Lights

2004•movie

Role: Casting

6.3

Tom and Jerry: The Movie

1992•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.3

Mystic Pizza

1988•movie

Role: Casting

6.4

Curly Sue

1991•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Real Genius

1985•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Sgt. Bilko

1996•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.9

Reds

1981•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Presidio

1988•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

The Story of Us

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.7

The Beautician and the Beast

1997•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

Rebound

2005•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

My Favorite Martian

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.5

The Sure Thing

1985•movie

Role: Casting

6.3

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.2

Emperor

2012•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

Cherry 2000

1987•movie

Role: Casting Director

5.0

North

1994•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Breathless

1983•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

Night Shift

1982•movie

Role: Casting

6.6

The Paper

1994•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.2

Shattered

1991•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

The Gravedancers

2006•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

She's Having a Baby

1988•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.5

Dutch

1991•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

Armed and Dangerous

1986•movie

Role: Casting

5.2

Alex & Emma

2003•movie

Role: Casting

6.3

Shock and Awe

2017•movie

Role: Casting

5.5

In Dreams

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.4

LBJ

2017•movie

Role: Casting

5.0

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

1997•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.8

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

Being Charlie

2016•movie

Role: Casting

6.6

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996•movie

as Assistant D.A.

6.0

Tough Guys

1986•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Gardens of Stone

1987•movie

Role: Casting

6.9

Frances

1982•movie

as Dame à l'hôtel Roosevelt

5.9

One Magic Christmas

1985•movie

Role: Local Casting

6.2

The Mean Season

1985•movie

Role: Casting

6.8

Iron Jawed Angels

2004•movie

Role: Casting Director

7.4

My Family

1995•movie

Role: Casting Director

6.1

Helen of Troy

2003•series

Role: Casting

6.0

The Kindred

1987•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Hammett

1982•movie

Role: Casting

6.5

The Black Stallion Returns

1983•movie

Role: Casting

4.1

Mr. Wrong

1996•movie

Role: Casting

5.0

Quicksand

2003•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Back to the Beach

1987•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984•movie

Role: Casting Director

4.7

National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer

2009•movie

Role: Casting Director

5.6

Hansel & Gretel

2002•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Last of the Finest

1990•movie

Role: Casting

5.3

Side Out

1990•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

Red Shoe Diaries

1992•series

Role: Casting

5.8

It's My Turn

1980•movie

Role: Casting

5.4

Jersey Girl

1992•movie

Role: Casting

5.4

Out of Bounds

1986•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

1995•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father

1996•movie

Role: Casting

4.7

Walk Like a Man

1987•movie

Role: Casting

5.6

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986•movie

Role: Casting

5.7

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

1994•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.9

Blume in Love

1973•movie

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.3

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

2000•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.5

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920

1999•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

The Escape Artist

1982•movie

Role: Casting

4.5

Illegally Yours

1988•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life

2000•movie

Role: Casting

5.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000•movie

Role: Casting

5.2

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

2000•movie

Role: Casting

6.0

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance

2000•movie

Role: Casting

5.4

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

2000•movie

Role: Casting

4.2

Welcome to Hollywood

2000•movie

as Casting Director

4.5

Body Language

1995•movie

Role: Casting

4.5

Hard to Hold

1984•movie

Role: Casting

6.1

Dirty Pictures

2000•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

There Goes My Baby

1994•movie

Role: Casting

5.3

Pirates of the Plain

1999•movie

Role: Casting

5.2

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

2022•movie

as Self

6.7

Live! From Death Row

1992•movie

as Angry Mother

6.7

America's Dream

1996•movie

Role: Casting

7.0

Coast to Coast

2004•movie

Role: Casting

4.7

Kiss My Grits

1982•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Pink Elephants

2018•movie

as Self

5.2

2012•movie

Role: Casting

7.0

On the Nickel

1980•movie

Role: Casting

6.2

Century Falls

1993•series

Role: Production Assistant

4.0

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

2021•movie

as Self - Casting Director (voice)

7.0

Signs and Wonders

1995•series

Role: Casting