Frasier actress Jane Leeves unrecognisable decades after joining hit 90s comedy as Daphne
FRASIER actress and Essex legend Jane Leeves is almost unrecognisable decades after being launched into stardom as Daphne Moon on the hit 90s comedy.
The actor, 62, has enjoyed a hugely successful career ever since, starring in a number of hit shows and blockbuster films.
Most recently Jane played orthopaedic surgeon Kit Voss in Fox medical drama The Resident, joining the cast in 2018 for its entire six season run.
Earlier this year it was announced that the show would not be returning for a seventh season after experiencing repeatedly low viewing figures.
Mum-of-two Jane was launched into international stardom when she took the role of quirky psychic Mancunian Daphne Moon in Kelsey Grammar’s Cheers spinoff, Frasier.
Daphne was the live-in physical therapist of Frasier’s dad, Marty Crane, played by John Mahoney, and at first, unsuspecting love interest of his brother Niles, played by David Hyde Pierce.
The bosses of the show were so keen to keep Jane in that the writers incorporated her pregnancy into the eighth season, and also her weight gain as due to her character’s stress from her relationship with Niles.
By the end of Frasier, the actress had been nominated for multiple awards for her talent in the show.
It was announced last year that the long-running hit show was set to be rebooted, with a release date slated as October 2023.
Jane is married to Marshall Coben, a CBS Paramount Television executive and his network is affiliated with the producers of the new instalment of Frasier.
She previously said she wouldn’t leave The Resident if filming for Frasier clashed with it but now it has finished the door is wide open.