Jane Levy Biography

Date of Birth

29 December 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Jane Colburn Levy

Height

5' 1½" (1.56 m)

Mini Biography

Jane Levy was born on 29 December 1989. She was born in California, USA. Jane attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California. While in school, she was on the hip hop dancing team and was captain of the soccer team. During that time, she also appeared in Community Theater productions of Annie and The Wizard of Oz. She attended Goucher College for a semester. After that, she attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.

Levy's parents and siblings supported her in her career. She moved back to Los Angeles after two years of living in New York City. Levy was cast as "Mandy Milkovich" in a five-episode role on the Showtime series Shameless (2011) within a few weeks of returning to the West Coast. In March 2011, she landed the first lead role of her career on the sitcom Suburgatory (2011), with Jeremy Sisto and Cheryl Hines. On May 9, 2014, Suburgatory (2011) was canceled by ABC after three seasons.

Levy was named by both TV Guide and TheInsider.com as one of the breakout stars of 2011, and was included on the top eleven list of funniest women compiled by AOL. Forbes named her as one of the handful of entertainment stars on their list of 30 under 30 who are "reinventing the world" (a list of the brightest stars of the future). She appeared in two films in 2012, Fun Size (2012) and Nobody Walks (2012). Released before Halloween, Fun Size (2012) co-starred Victoria Justice and comedian Chelsea Handler. While filming it, Levy was disappointed that she failed to meet co-star Johnny Knoxville, as he was on set for the one week of shooting that she was not.

Levy later starred in the 2013 remake of the horror classic Evil Dead (2013), as the drug-dependent Mia, replacing Lily Collins, who had originally been cast. The following year, she starred in two independent films, About Alex (2014) and Bang Bang Baby (2014). In 2015, Levy co-starred opposite Rene Russo in Frank and Cindy (2015). In 2016, she starred in her Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez's horror film Don't Breathe (2016), the story of friends who break into the house of a wealthy blind man. That same year, she co-starred with Lucas Till in Monster Trucks (2016), Paramount Animation's first live-action/CGI film, directed by Chris Wedge.

In 2017, Levy appeared in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. (2017) directed by Macon Blair, and will star in zombie comedy Office Uprising (2018). She played the female lead in the The Pretenders (2018), a romantic drama directed by James Franco. Also in 2017, Levy appeared in the Showtime series Twin Peaks (2017).

Trivia

Grew up in Marin County in Northern California.

At age 7, she was in the musical, "Oklahoma". Quit acting at age 13. Played soccer.

Attended Goucher College (Baltimore, Maryland) for one year and transferred to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Replaced Lily Collins in Evil Dead (2013).

(April 16, 2013) Filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Jaime Freitas following a 18-month-long separation.

Her father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her mother is of mostly English descent, with more distant Irish and Scottish roots.

She is a popular choice among fans to play the DC Comics character Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in a live-action adaptation.

Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Though known as a redhead, she is natural blonde.

Quotes

[on her Suburgatory (2011) character] I think she's a pretty dynamic character, and I get to do a whole range of things. In the first episode, I'm playing guitar and singing. I'm not very good, but I did that. Last season, there was a dance. I got to do this retarded dance and make a fool of myself. I got to dress up as Dallas and talk like her. On a television show, there's so much I get to do. I got to ride a Vespa with a poodle and a baby bjorn on my baby, with Carly Chaikin behind me. I get to do a lot of fun stuff. I think that might be my favorite part.