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What Is Jane Kaczmarek's Net Worth and Salary?

Jane Kaczmarek is an American actress who has a net worth of $9 million. Kaczmarek is best known for her Emmy-nominated performance as Lois on the Fox sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000–2006). Jane has more than 70 acting credits to her name, including the films "Falling in Love" (1984) and "Pleasantville" (1998) and the television series "The Paper Chase" (1983–1984), "Hill Street Blues" (1984), "Hometown" (1985), "Equal Justice" (1990–1991), and "Raising the Bar" (2008–2009).

She had recurring roles as Karen Fisher on "Big Wave Dave's" (1993), Helene Thompson on "Party of Five" (1995–1999), Holly on "Cybill" (1996–1997), and Carol Anderson on "Felicity" (1999), appeared in the films "The Chamber" (1996) and "Wildly Available" (1996), and co-starred withTobey Maguire,Reese Witherspoon,Jeff Daniels, andWilliam H. Macyin 1998's "Pleasantville."

Kaczmarek made her television debut in the 1982 TV movie "For Lovers Only." In 1983, she had a recurring role as Sandy Burns on "St. Elsewhere," guest-starred on "Remington Steele" and "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," and appeared in the film "Uncommon Valor." From 1983 to 1984, Jane played Connie Lehman on the drama "The Paper Chase," and in 1984, she had a recurring role as Officer Clara Pilksy on "Hill Street Blues, appeared in the film "Door to Door," and co-starred withRobert De NiroandMeryl Streepin "Falling in Love."

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Jane Kaczmarek was born Jane Frances Kaczmarek on December 21, 1955, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother, Evelyn, was a teacher, and her father, Edward, worked for the United States Department of Defense. Jane grew up in a Roman Catholic household with sister Mary and brothers Bill and Jim. Kaczmarek majored in theatre at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she became friends with future Emmy-winnerTony Shalhoub. After graduating from UW–Madison, Jane earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, where she was a member of the Yale Repertory Company.

She starred as Mary Newell Abbott on the 1985 CBS series "Hometown," and that year she also appeared in the romantic comedy "The Heavenly Kid." Kaczmarek then starred in the TV movies "The Right of the People" (1986), "The Christmas Gift" (1986), "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987), "The Three Kings" (1987), and "Spooner" (1989) and the films "D.O.A" (1988), "Vice Versa" (1988), and "All's Fair" (1989). From 1990 to 1991, Jane played Linda Bauer on the ABC legal drama "Equal Justice," then she guest-starred on "Monty" (1994), "Law & Order" (1994), "L.A. Law" (1994), "Picket Fences" (1995), "Touched by an Angel" (1996), "Frasier" (1996–1997), and "The Practice" (1997).

Malcolm in the Middle Salary

From 2000 to 2006, Kaczmarek played Lois on "Malcolm in the Middle" alongsideBryan Cranston,Frankie Muniz,Christopher Masterson,Justin Berfield, andErik Per Sullivan. The series aired 151 episodes over seven seasons, and Jane's performance led "TV Guide" to describe her as a "true breakout; a female Homer Simpson." She reprised her role in an alternate ending featurette on the "Breaking Bad: The Complete Series" DVD box set in 2013, in which the plot of "Breaking Bad" turns out to be a nightmare that Bryan Cranston's "Malcolm in the Middle" character, Hal, was having. From 2006 to 2007, Kaczmarek played Anne Hoffman on ABC's "Help Me Help You," then she starred as Judge Trudy Kessler on the TNT legal drama "Raising the Bar" from 2008 to 2009. She guest-starred on "Wilfred" (2011), "Whitney" (2011–2012), "The Middle" (2012–2013), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2013), "The McCarthys" (2015), "The Big Bang Theory" (2015), "This Is Us" (2018), "Carol's Second Act" (2019), and "Mixed-ish" (2020), and from 2014 to 2017, she had a recurring role as Gwen Crawford on the USA Network's "Playing House." Jane appeared in the films "The Boat Builder" (2015), "Wolves at the Door" (2016), "CHiPs" (2017), "6 Balloons" (2018), and "Killing Eleanor" (2020), and in 2021, she was featured in the TV series documentary "History of the Sitcom."

She has voiced Judge Constance Harm on "The Simpsons" (2001–2010) and Red Jessica on "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" (2012–2015), and she has also lent her voice to "Phineas and Ferb" (2014), "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero" (2015), "Animals." (2018), and "Trolls: The Beat Goes On!" (2019). Kaczmarek has appeared in numerous stage productions, and she made her Broadway debut as Bella in Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" in 1991.

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