Portrait of Jan Hooks

Acting

Jan Hooks

Career

Active from 1983 to 2005, with a break from 1995 to 2004, busiest in 1986 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Not Necessarily the News
Not Necessarily the News
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jan Hooks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    3.4, average 6.0
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    2.6, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Sketch Comedy 2
  • Pop Culture Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 61
Fish Hooks
Fish Hooks (2010)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Savannah Salmons (voice)

The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Various (archive footage)

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 61
30 Rock
30 Rock (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Verna Maroney

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dixie Glick

Game Over
Game Over (2004)

TV show ยท as Nadine (voice)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2003)
GoodWatch score 79

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

Primetime Glick
Primetime Glick (2001)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Dixie Glick

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 60
Futurama
Futurama (1999)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Anglelyne (voice)

Providence
Providence (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Doreen Dunfey

Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Various (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Simon Birch
Simon Birch (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Miss Leavey

3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Vicki Dubcek

The Martin Short Show
The Martin Short Show (1994)

TV show ยท as Meg Harper Short

A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
GoodWatch score 45

as Makeup Girl

Coneheads
Coneheads (1993)
GoodWatch score 48

as Gladys Johnson, Driving Student

Frosty Returns
Frosty Returns (1992)
GoodWatch score 41

as Lil (voice)

Batman Returns
Batman Returns (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

as Jen

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 61
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon (voice)

Dear John
Dear John (1988)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Suzanne

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

as Brenda Wilkes

Funland
Funland (1987)
GoodWatch score 36

as Shelly Willingham

Designing Women
Designing Women (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Carlene Frazier Dobber

Wildcats
Wildcats (1986)
GoodWatch score 39

as Stephanie Needham

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tina

The Joe Piscopo Special
The Joe Piscopo Special (1984)

as Various

Not Necessarily the News
Not Necessarily the News (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour (1983)

TV show ยท as Various