Jane Levy is an American film and television actress. Known for his roles in the films: Shameless, The Evil Dead: The Black Book, Suburb, Don’t Breathe, Twin Peaks, Castle Rock, What / If.
In the creative biography of the actress, more than forty roles in television and film projects, including participation in popular entertainment shows and Emmy Awards and American Music Awards.
Facts from the biography
The future actress was born in the winter of 1989 in the United States. Jane spent her childhood in California. She lived with her parents, who always supported her daughter in all her endeavors. She first appeared on stage at the age of seven, playing a small role in the musical Oklahoma.
Levy studied at the Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. During the years of study, the girl was carried away by hip-hop, and was also the captain of the football team. In addition, she often appeared in theatrical productions and played several major roles, including in the plays "Annie" and "The Wizard of Oz." By the end of school, Jane intended to become an actress and devote her life to cinema.
After completing her primary education, Jane continued her studies at Goucher College. True, I visited him only a year. Then she moved to New York and entered the Academy of acting and theater - Stella Adler Studio of Acting. After graduating from the academy, Levy went to Los Angeles, where she first appeared on the set.
Film career
The debut in the movie with Jane took place in the project "Shameless". She played a small role as a girl named Mandy. The series became a remake of the famous British project, which tells the story of a large family of Gallaghers and their friends, constantly falling into incredible stories. This project is very popular not only in the USA, but also in other countries. Many young actors and future stars began work in the cinema with this show.
Although the role of Levy was not central, she was noticed and was soon invited to star in the new series "Suburb". Here, the actress received the main role of Tessa, which brought her great popularity.
The film takes place in a suburb of New York. Tessa and her father George were left alone when the girl was only a few months old. The father was engaged in the upbringing of the daughter and he was well able to do this. But when the girl was sixteen years old, he realized that he could no longer cope. Then George decides to move to the suburbs in order to establish relations with his daughter and start a new life.
Levy was approved for the main role, with almost no experience in cinema. But this did not become an obstacle for the director, who discerned a talented performer in a young actress. Jane did an excellent job and received many positive reviews from critics. After the series was released, Levy entered the list of thirty rising movie stars compiled by Forbes magazine.
Soon, Jane immediately received two new roles. In the adventure comedy Shorty, she played April, and in the drama Nobody Leaves, she got the role of Carolina. Both films were well received by the audience and added popularity to the young actress.
In the winter of 2012, Levy was approved for the lead role in the horror film The Evil Dead: The Black Book. This is a remake of the famous tape, shot in the early 1980s of the last century. The director of the picture was Federico Alvarez.
Although Jane herself is not a fan of this genre, she agreed to the proposed role and did an excellent job. The plot of the picture takes place in a forest hut, away from civilization. The main character Mia is trying to get rid of drug addiction and, together with her brother and friends who decided to help her cope with the problem, goes to the forest. There, a girl accidentally finds an old book called "The Book of the Dead" and, opening it, releases the demon into the wild.
Filming for Jane was difficult. It was especially difficult in the episode when she was supposed to be buried alive. The preparation lasted a long time, but the actress herself recalled that she had to endure terrible moments, especially when she was lying in a pit, she had a plastic bag on her head and was covered with earth. Although she was breathing through a special tube attached to her ear, she was terribly scared.
The film did not become a sensation, but received good reviews and was nominated for the Saturn Award.
In 2015, Levy received one of the central roles in the thriller Do Not Breathe. The plot of the picture was unfolding in the house of a lonely blind old man, where robbers who found out that he was keeping a large amount of money penetrated. Having decided that no one and nothing could prevent them from implementing their plan, they were mistaken. The owner turned out to be a veteran of military operations in Iraq, capable of repelling anyone who entered his house and tried to harm him.
The film was highly praised by film critics and won several awards: Saturn, Golden Schmoes Awards, iHorror Awards and nominee for numerous awards awarded to horror films.
In 2017, Jane joined the cast of the famous Twin Peaks cult project, playing the role of Elizabeth in it. In the same year, she played the main role in the film "Monster Truck".
In 2018, Levy got one of the main roles in the detective series Castle Rock. The story begins in the Shawshank prison, where its boss commits suicide. After his death, a strange young man is found in the remote wing of the prison building. He does not know who he is, why he ended up here and calls only the name of the lawyer Henry Divers, who grew up in the town of Castle Rock. Now, Divers will have to return to his hometown to try to find out who this mysterious young man is.
In 2019, Jane appeared on the screen in the lead role in another series in the detective thriller genre "What / If."
