Editing Jane Seymour (actress) (section)

==Acting career==
In 1969, Seymour appeared uncredited in her first film, [[Richard Attenborough]]'s ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''. In 1970, Seymour appeared in her first major film role in the war drama ''[[The Only Way (1970 film)|The Only Way]]''. She played Lillian Stein, a Jewish woman seeking shelter from [[Nazi]] persecution. In 1973, she gained her first major television role as Emma Callon in the successful 1970s series ''[[The Onedin Line]]''. During this time, she appeared as the female lead Prima in the two-part television miniseries ''Frankenstein: The True Story''. She appeared as [[Winston Churchill]]'s girlfriend Pamela Plowden in ''Young Winston'', produced by her father-in-law Richard Attenborough.

In 1973, Seymour achieved international fame in her role as [[Bond girl]] [[Solitaire (James Bond)|Solitaire]] in the [[James Bond]] film ''Live and Let Die''. IGN ranked her as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Bond Babes |work=IGN Entertainment |date=16 November 2006 |url=http://stars.ign.com/articles/746/746292p1.html |access-date=20 October 2009}}</ref> In 1975, Seymour was cast as Princess Farah in ''[[Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Is Sinbad Like James Bond?|work=The Cincinnati Post|page=27|first=Ernesto|last=Mendoza|date=July 9, 1975}}</ref> the third part of [[Ray Harryhausen]]'s ''[[Sinbad]]'' trilogy. Filmed in 1975,<ref>Hell, Richard. ''The World of Fantasy Films.'' South Brunswick, N.J.: Barnes, 1980, p. 67.</ref> it was not released until its [[stop motion]] animation sequences had been completed in 1977. In 1978, she appeared as [[Serina (Battlestar Galactica)|Serina]] in the ''[[Saga of a Star World|Battlestar Galactica]]'' film and in the first five episodes of the television series. Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy ''[[Oh Heavenly Dog]]'' opposite [[Chevy Chase]].

[[File:Jane Seymour (1988) cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Seymour at the Emmy Awards, 1988]]
In 1980, Seymour played the role on stage of Constanze in [[Peter Shaffer]]'s play ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', opposite [[Ian McKellen]] as [[Antonio Salieri|Salieri]] and [[Tim Curry]] as [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]. The play premiered on Broadway in 1980, ran for 1,181 performances and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, of which it won five.

Also in 1980, Seymour was given the role of young theatre actress Elise McKenna in the period romance ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]''. Though the film was made with a markedly limited budget, the role enticed Seymour with a character she felt she knew. The effort was a decided break from her earlier work and marked the start of her friendship with co-star [[Christopher Reeve]].

In 1981, she appeared in the television film ''[[East of Eden (miniseries)|East of Eden]]'', based on [[East of Eden (novel)|the novel]] by [[John Steinbeck]]. Her portrayal of main antagonist [[Cathy Ames]] won her a [[Golden Globe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29175|title=Award Search Jane Seymour|publisher=HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION|access-date=7 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118193740/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29175|archive-date=18 January 2008}}</ref> In 1982, she appeared in ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' with [[Anthony Andrews]] and her ''Amadeus'' costar Ian McKellen. In 1984, Seymour appeared nude in the film ''[[Lassiter (film)|Lassiter]]'', co-starring [[Tom Selleck]], but the film was a box office flop. In 1987, Seymour was the subject of a pictorial in ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, although she did not pose nude.

In 1988, Seymour got the female lead in the twelve-part television miniseries ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'', the continued story from the miniseries ''[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|The Winds of War]]''. She played Natalie Henry, an American Jewish woman trapped in Europe during [[World War II]]. That same year, she won an [[Emmy Award]] for playing [[Maria Callas]] in the television movie ''[[Onassis: The Richest Man in the World]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19880829&id=4tFKAAAAIBAJ&pg=840,7171673&hl=en |title=Fox, Kiley Win Best Actor Awards |work=[[Schenectady Gazette]] |date=1988-08-29 |access-date=2018-05-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jane-seymour|title=Jane Seymour|website=Television Academy}}</ref>

In 1989, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the [[French Revolution]], Seymour appeared in the television film ''[[La Révolution française (film)|La révolution française]]'', filmed in both French and English. Seymour appeared as the doomed French queen, [[Marie Antoinette]]; Seymour's two children, Katherine and Sean, appeared as the queen's children.

[[File:Jane Seymour Emmy Awards 1994.jpg|thumb|upright|Seymour at the Emmy Awards, 1994]]
In the 1990s, Seymour earned popular and critical praise for her role as [[Michaela A. Quinn|Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn]] in the television series ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' and its television sequels (1993–2001). Her work on the series earned her a second Golden Globe Award. While working on the series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', she met her fourth husband, actor-director [[James Keach]].

In the 2000s, Seymour continued to work primarily in television. In 2004 and 2005, she made six guest appearances in [[WB Network|The WB]] series ''[[Smallville]]'', playing Genevieve Teague, the wealthy, scheming mother of Jason Teague ([[Jensen Ackles]]). In 2005, Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'', playing Kathleen Cleary, wife of fictional [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] William Cleary, played by [[Christopher Walken]]. In spring 2006, she appeared in the short-lived The WB series ''[[Modern Men]]''. Later that year, Seymour guest-starred as a law school professor on an episode of the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' and as a wealthy client on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] legal drama ''[[Justice (2006 TV series)|Justice]]''. In 2007, she guest-starred in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[In Case of Emergency (TV series)|In Case of Emergency]]''. She also appeared in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''Marple: Ordeal By Innocence'', based on the [[Agatha Christie]] novel. She was a contestant on [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 5)|season five]] of the US reality show ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''; she finished in sixth place, along with her partner [[Tony Dovolani]]. Seymour guest starred in "One Life to Lose", a soap opera-themed episode of the ABC crime dramedy ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''.

Seymour appeared in the Hallmark Channel film ''[[Dear Prudence (2008 film)|Dear Prudence]]'' (2008); the romantic comedy ''[[Love, Wedding, Marriage]]'' (2011); and the Hallmark Movie Channel film ''Lake Effects'' (2012).

In April 2016, she starred as Florence Lancaster in [[Noël Coward]]'s play ''[[The Vortex]]'', presented in Singapore by the [[British Theatre Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/vortex.html|title=The Vortex by Noel Coward|website=www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404103153/http://www.britishtheatreplayhouse.com/vortex.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, Seymour began playing the title role on the Irish<ref name="variety/1234950720">{{cite news |last1=Zorrilla |first1=Mónica Marie |title=Jane Seymour to Star in Irish Drama 'Harry Wild' for Acorn TV Streamer |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jane-seymour-harry-wild-acorn-amc-1234950720/ |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=Variety |date=14 April 2021}}</ref> [[Acorn TV]] series ''[[Harry Wild (TV series)|Harry Wild]].''<ref>{{cite web |title=JANE SEYMOUR IS BACK IN ACORN TV'S HARRY WILD PREMIERING OCTOBER 9 – STREAMER RELEASES ALL-NEW TRAILER & ASSETS |url=https://www.amcnetworks.com/press-releases/jane-seymour-is-back-in-acorn-tvs-harry-wild-premiering-october-9-streamer-releases-all-new-trailer-assets/ |website=amcnetworks.com |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Jane Seymour and 'Harry Wild' beat 'Squid Game' to the punch |url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/29/how-jane-seymour-and-harry-wild-beat-squid-game-to-the-punch/ |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=nypost.com |date=29 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Appelo |first1=Tim |title=Jane Seymour Goes Wild |url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/television/info-2022/jane-seymour-harry-wild.html |website=aarp.org |publisher=AARP |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=April 4, 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, Jane starred in [[Ruby's Choice]], an Australian comedy/drama produced and directed by [[Michael Budd]]. It follows Ruby (played by Seymour) as a woman with early [[dementia]] and its impact on her and her family when she is no longer able to live independently and moves in with her family. Jane won [[Australian screen industry]] Network Award for best actress.

The film was released theatrically across Australia and New Zealand on 3 March 2022. On 7 March 2022, Ruby's Choice premiered in Santa Barbara, California at the 37th Santa Barbara International Film Festival where it was a Nominee Best International Feature Film.<ref>https://keyt.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2022/03/08/jane-seymours-rubys-choice-makes-u-s-premiere-at-sbiff/|title=Jane{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Seymour's 'Ruby's Choice' makes U.S. premiere at SBIFF|first=Joe|last=Buttitta|date=March 8, 2022</ref> On 24 September 2023, at the Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF), won Best Foreign Film and Best Feature Film with Ruby's Choice. The event coincided with the honouring of the legendary filmmaker [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.burbankfilmfest.org/2023-winners-nominees | title=2023 AWARD WINNERS / NOMINEES &#124; Burbank International Film Festival }}</ref> 'Ruby's Choice' will be released nationwide in North America on May 7th, 2024."

She is due to appear in the [[Netflix]] movie, ''[[Irish Wish]] '' in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 14, 2022|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/ed-speleers-alexander-vlahos-ayesha-curry-elizabeth-tan-and-jane-seymour-join-lindsay-lohan-in-irish-wish|title=Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan and Jane Seymour Join Lindsay Lohan in Rom-Com 'Irish Wish' at Netflix|publisher=[[Netflix]]|access-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref> The film was released on March 15, 2024, on Netflix.<ref name="release">{{cite web|title=The Most Anticipated Movies Coming Out: 2024 Release Dates|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/new-movies-coming-out-2024-release-dates-preview.html|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|date=January 2, 2024|url-access=limited|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114132503/https://www.vulture.com/article/new-movies-coming-out-2024-release-dates-preview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It debuted at number one on Netflix's most watched films list two days after its release.<ref name="Mandile">{{cite web|url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/lindsay-lohans-new-movie-tops-netflix-charts-2594730/|title=Lindsay Lohan's new movie tops Netflix charts despite mixed reviews|website=[[Dexerto]]|last=Cullen|first=Jessica|date=March 17, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>