
Jayne Atkinson
Department: Acting
Biography
Jayne Atkinson (born February 18, 1959) is an English-born American film, theatre and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24 as well as her Tony Award-nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She is also known for appearing in the CBS drama, Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss.
Known For

Free Willy
1993

Handsome Harry
2009

The Village
2004

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995

Blank Check
1994

Our Town
2003

Baby Ruby
2023

In the Best Interest of the Children
1992

Absolute Strangers
1991

That Gal...Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2
2015

The Congressman
2016

The Revenge of Al Capone
1989

Revenge for Jolly!
2012

12 and Holding
2006

Recount
2008

Between Two Women
1986

Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
2021

Law & Order
1990

Joan of Arcadia
2003

Beauty and the Beast
1987

24
2001

Moonlighting
1985

Clarice
2021

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Gossip Girl
2007

The Practice
1997

Criminal Minds
2005

The X-Files
1993

A Year in the Life
1987

Law & Order
1990

Parenthood
1990

Zoo
2015

Blue Bloods
2010

The Following
2013

Perception
2012

White Collar
2009

House of Cards
2013

Chicago Med
2015

Death and Other Details
2024

Law & Order
1990

Stars in the House
2020

The Walking Dead
2010

Bluff City Law
2019

The Good Wife
2009

Madam Secretary
2014

A Year in the Life
1986

Tony Awards
1956