Biography for
Jane Leeves More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

18 April 1961, Ilford, Essex, England, UK

Birth Name

Jane Elizabeth Leeves

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Marshall Coben

(21 December 1996 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Former roommate of Faith Ford.

Plays a tourist in David Lee Roth's "California Girls" video (1985).

Daughter Isabella Kathryn Coben born on Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 2001. The baby was 9lbs. 12oz. "Frasier" (1993) co-star Peri Gilpin was in the delivery room.

"Frasier" (1993) co-star Peri Gilpin is child Isabella's godmother.

Originally trained to be a ballerina, until she suffered an ankle injury. Has also worked as a model.

Although born in Ilford Essex and brought up in East Grinstead in Sussex, she affects completly different accent (Mancunian) from 250 miles away for "Frasier" (1993).

Has a production company called Bristol Cities (cockney rhyming slang) with her sister Kathryn and "Frasier" (1993) co-star Peri Gilpin.

Had her marriage blessed at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex in 1996.

Wears a size 6 dress.

Measurements: 32-22-33 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Son, Finn William Leeves Coben, born 19 December 2003

Appeared as an uncredited dancer in the "Christmas in Heaven" sequence in The Meaning of Life (1983).

Played Sally Bowles on Broadway in "Cabaret" in 2002.

Daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Jane Leeves was born in Ilford, Essex, England. She was raised in East Grinstead, Sussex, along with two sisters and a brother.

During the "Frasier" (1993) episode "Frasier: It Takes Two to Tangle (#8.17)" (2001), "Niles" (David Hyde Pierce) tells "Roz" (Peri Gilpin) that "Daphne" (Leeves) lost 9 lbs and 12 ounces at the spa. Jane Leeves' pregnancy had fed the storyline that Daphne had lost control of her weight, and Pierce was referring to the birth of Leeves' daughter Isabella Kathryn Coben, who was 9lbs. 12oz.

Friend of Valerie Bertinelli.

Ex-girlfriend of Grant Shaud.

Her husband, Marshall Coben, is a CBS Paramount Television executive.

Personal Quotes

I wish James Dean would never have died. Then he'd be fat and acting on "Dynasty" (1981) or something. There wouldn't be this whiny-boy act that's so prevalent everywhere.

I knew I would never be strong enough to be a soloist. And I wasn't going to be stuck in the back with all the other swans. (regarding her leaving ballet for an acting career.)