Jane Sibbett
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Jane Moore Sibbett is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress and producer. Her most notable roles include Heddy on the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 television series Herman's Head
Herman's Head
Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...

, and as Ross Geller
Ross Geller
Ross Eustace Geller, Ph.D. is a fictional character on the popular U.S. television series Friends, portrayed by David Schwimmer. The character is noted for his geeky, lovable demeanor.- Origin :...

's (first) ex-wife, Carol Willick, on the American TV sitcom Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

.

Life and career

Sibbett started her acting career as Jane Wilson on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...

in 1986-87, for which she was nominated for a Best Newcomer award before she moved to CBS' show "The Famous Teddy Z
The Famous Teddy Z
The Famous Teddy Z is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and inspired by the true story of Jay Kantor, who was a mailroom clerk at MCA and later became Marlon Brando's agent.-Synopsis:...

" to co-star with Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer is an American actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink...

 and Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies.-Early life:...

. Starring in more than 200 episodes of TV, including as Morgan Faulkner in The Nanny
The Nanny
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, Sibbett also guest starred on the television show 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...

. She starred in the 1998 movie Noah alongside Tony Danza
Tony Danza
Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...

 and Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn , sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, voice artist, and intellectual. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre , Vizzini in The Princess Bride , and debate teacher Mr...

 as well as in 1998's The Second Arrival
The Second Arrival
The Second Arrival is a 1998 American science fiction movie. It is the sequel to the 1996 movie The Arrival.-Plot:This film takes place two years after the first film. After Zane Ziminski is found dead in a remote Eskimo community. It is believed that he died of a heart attack...

alongside Patrick Muldoon and Michael Sarrazin. She appeared in Dan O'Bannon's
Dan O'Bannon
Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon was an American motion picture screenwriter, director and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.-Early life and career:...

 1992 film The Resurrected
The Resurrected
The Resurrected is a 1992 horror film, released direct to video. It was directed by Dan O'Bannon and starred John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon and Robert Romanus. It is an adaptation of the H. P...

. She co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
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 in It Takes Two (1995), the telefilm, Au Pair
Au Pair (film)
Au Pair is a 1999 telefilm starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Noelle Lenhart.-Plot:Jennifer Morgan is an MBA looking for a job as an executive at Oliver Caldwell’s company...

(1999).

Personal life

Sibbett has co-produced three documentaries on Braco, a Croatia
Croatia
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n healer, with her company, Wild Aloha Studios in 2010 and 2011. The latest The Paradigm Shift is due to be released fall 2011.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Going to the Chapel Jude
1990 Fear
Fear (1990 film)
Fear is a thriller/horror/suspense film. It is directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon and stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe, Lauren Hutton, Keone Young, Stan Shaw, Dean Goodman, Don Hood and Jonathan Prince.-Plot summary:...

Newscaster
1992 The Resurrected
The Resurrected
The Resurrected is a 1992 horror film, released direct to video. It was directed by Dan O'Bannon and starred John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon and Robert Romanus. It is an adaptation of the H. P...

Claire Ward
1995 It Takes Two Clarice Kensington
1997 Just In Time Brenda Hyatt
1998 The Second Arrival
The Second Arrival
The Second Arrival is a 1998 American science fiction movie. It is the sequel to the 1996 movie The Arrival.-Plot:This film takes place two years after the first film. After Zane Ziminski is found dead in a remote Eskimo community. It is believed that he died of a heart attack...

Bridget Riordan
1999 Au Pair
Au Pair (film)
Au Pair is a 1999 telefilm starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Noelle Lenhart.-Plot:Jennifer Morgan is an MBA looking for a job as an executive at Oliver Caldwell’s company...

Vivian Berger
1999 Sealed with a Kiss
Sealed with a Kiss
"Sealed with a Kiss" is the title of a song written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It was first recorded by The Four Voices in 1960 as a single, but their recording was not a hit....

Christina Ethridge
2002 Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs is a 2002 American live-action comedy film that was released in the United States on January 18, 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Brian Levant, and stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Coburn...

Nana Voice
2004 A One Time Thing Casey Hill
2005 Buffalo Dreams
Buffalo Dreams
Buffalo Dreams is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Reiley McClendon and directed by David S. Jackson.Set against the backdrop of New Mexico, the film follows a boy who moves because of his father's job and becomes involved with a group of teens attempting to preserve the buffalo and...

Blaine Townsend
2006 A Merry Little Christmas Madeline Bridges
2008 Pretty Little Devils
Pretty Little Devils
Pretty Little Devils is a 2008 direct-to-video American black comedy film directed by Irving Rothberg. It stars Haylie Duff, Kate Albrecht and Tom Green.The film was released on August 12, 2008 in the United States under the title Legacy....

Mrs. Whittington

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...

Jane Wilson 50 episodes
1988 Cheers
Cheers
Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...

Kim Cooperman 1 episode
1989-1990 The Famous Teddy Z
The Famous Teddy Z
The Famous Teddy Z is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and inspired by the true story of Jay Kantor, who was a mailroom clerk at MCA and later became Marlon Brando's agent.-Synopsis:...

Laurie Parr 20 episodes
1991-1994 Herman's Head
Herman's Head
Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...

Heddy Newman 72 episodes
1995 If Not for You
If Not for You
"If Not for You" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, recorded for his 1970 album New Morning. George Harrison released a version of the song in November 1970 on his album All Things Must Pass...

Melanie 7 episodes
1996 Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

Emily Houghton 1 episode
1997-1998 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher is an American sitcom which aired on the WB from 1996 until 1998. The executive producers of the program, Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, drew on their own experiences as former teachers in New York and actually based the character that Mitch Mullany played on their...

Dr. Katherine Emerson 21 episodes
1994-2001 Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

Carol Willick 15 episodes
2001 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...

Robin Davis 1 episode
2002 Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...

Beth Herman 1 episode
2006 What About Brian
What About Brian
What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...

Tracy 1 episode

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