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Jane Wheeler

Jane Wheeler

Birthday: 1962-06-11 | Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jane Wheeler (born June 11, 1962, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, voice actress, and casting director whose exact birthday and height are not publicly confirmed in major sources. She entered the industry in 1989 as part of the loop group on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and made her feature film debut as Dr. Wayborn in the psychological thriller The Neighbor (1993, with James Woods). She has accumulated over 90 film and television credits, frequently portraying authority figures, mothers, and edgy everywomen across both thriller and family genres, and also works as an ADR voice director and casting director. Her most notable film credits include Elizabeth Anderson in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008, with Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson), TV Host in I'm Not There (2007, directed by Todd Haynes, with Cate Blanchett), Catherine Darcy in A Different Loyalty (2004, with Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett), Mrs. Henderson in Stonewall (2015), a Bartocci customer in Brooklyn (2015, with Joel Edgerton and Alicia Vikander), Harvard Mother in Brad's Status (2017, directed by Mike White), and Aunt Anne in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018, directed by Xavier Dolan). On television she is best known as Sally Dawkins in Big Wolf on Campus (1999–2002, 13 episodes), with additional credits in The Dead Zone (1996, 1 episode), Red Creek (2017, 10 episodes), This Life (2015, 5 episodes), The Bold Type (2017, 1 episode), and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990, 1995). As a voice actress she provided the voice of Mrs. Barnes in Arthur (2000–2010, 11 seasons), and she served as ADR voice director on Blue Beetle (2023) and Deep Impact (1998).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
A Royal Queens Christmas

as    Queen Alexandra

2020
Swept Up by Christmas

as    Linda

2018
Lemonade

as    Principal

2017
Red Creek

as    Mallory Coxx

2016
The New Life of Paul Sneijder

as    Dr. Walcott

2013
Exploding Sun

as    Simone Mathany

2010
Dog Pound

as    Davis’ Mother

2009
Blue Seduction

as    Joyce

2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth

as    Elizabeth Anderson

2007
The Secret

as    Maggie Adams

2006
My Goldfish Is Evil

as    Beanie's Mom (voice)

2005
Crimes of Passion

as    Emily Poole

2004
Tripping the Rift

as    (voice)

2004
Saving Emily

as    Dr. Marshall

2002
Obsessed

as    Claire Stillman

2002
The Kid

as    Doreen Albright

1998
Captive

as    Female Administrator

1998
Barney's Great Adventure

as    Mom

1997
Marked Man

as    Kate Gallagher