A multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner, recipient of the Office of the British Empire (OBE), Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media. the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Her love of art has led to her great success as a painter in water colors and oils and as a designer.

In Summer 2005, Seymour will be seen in the New Line Cinema feature film' "The Wedding Crashers" with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, playing the sexually charged wife of Christopher Walkin's character.

In 2003, Saks Incorporated announced an exclusive agreement with the celebrated actress, artist and author to develop a branded line of Jane Seymour lifestyle home products and children's apparel in its Saks Department store group. She partnered with the California Pistachio Commission in 2004 to create a set of limited edition note cards that are currently being sold to raise awareness and funds for women's heart disease prevention.

Seymour's success as an author has been exemplified by the recent success of her non-fiction novels, "Two at a Time: A Journey through Twin Pregnancy and Birth" and "Remarkable Changes" and her children's series of books co-authored with her husband James Keach, "This One and That One." Awarded a Golden Globe for her role as "Dr. Quinn," Seymour made history with her six season " Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" series, blazing a trail for family-worthy programming to return to series tv.

Seymour has reached success with a star career encompassing international movie stardom with such films as " Somewhere in Time and "Live and Let Die, " Broadway and London stage acclaim including creating the role of "Costanza" in "Amadeus" and television achievments in " Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman," " War and Remembrance," and "East of Eden" in addition to a number of highly-regarded and rated movies and miniseries.

Her film deput was as a chorus girl in Richard Attenborough's "Oh What a Lovely War," which resulted in her being discovered by the top agent in the United Kingdom. But it was as Winston Churchill's first love Pamela Powden, in the Carl Foreman motion picture, "Young Winston," that Jane attracted the attention of top producers. Her first (and only other) television series was the BBC project "The Onedin Line,"and this lead to her casting in the starring role of Solitaire in one of the most popular James Bond films, "Live and Let Die." This attracted Hollywood interest, but Seymour opted to return to the boards of English repertory theatres to tackle such classic leading ladies as Shakespeares Ophelia and Lady MacBeth and Ibsen's Nora in "A Doll House."

Able to convey virtually any accent ith accuracy, she demonstrated this with her first Hollywood starring role in the six-hour television miniseries, "Captains and Kings." Her portrayal of a proper Bostonian brought her the first of many emmy nominations. Jane was soon cast opposite Christopher Reeve in "Somewhere in Time" a favorite romantic film for many. She then starred with Chevy Chase in "Oh Heavenly Dog," followed by the highly acclaimed ABC- TV adaptation of John Steinbeck's," East of Eden," for which she won the Golden Globe Best Actress award as Cathy/ Kate.

On the broadway stage she originated the role of Constanza Weber, wife of Mozart in the broadway hit, "Amadeus." Television miniseries also proved to be a favorable medium for Jane's talents. She won recognition for her work in Jack, The Ripper and "War and Remembrance and for the latter, she was nominated on two successive years in the Best Actress category for both the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. She won the Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Maria Callas in ABC-TV's "The Richest Man Alive," based on the life of Aristotle Onassis. and was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actress Award for her performance as the Duchess of Windsor in the CBS-TV movie -The Woman He Loved."

Actively involved in numerous charitable causes, Jane is a member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and works for Childhelp USA, a national organization dedicated to the research, treatment and prevention of child abuse. As International Ambassador Seymour, is also the Honorary Chairperson for City Hearts," an organization that enriches the lives of abused children, inner-city children, and disadvantaged youths by teaching the performing arts, including running, dancing and acting. She is as well ambassador for children's issues for the film world's charitable arm, Entertainment Industries Foundation/ Permanent Charities.

Seymour's talents as a fine artist led to the production of a series of greeting cards sold on her website to support her charities. One of her watercolors was featured on a special "private Issue" Discover Card, which raised $25,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at a charity auction at the Guggenheim Museum. A subsequent painting sold for an additional $20,000.

She was also asked to design a special edition bottle for Korbel Champagne, and a silk scarf for Escada another charitable endeavor. She recently designed sets and costumes for the Houston Ballet's "Five Poems" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of artistic director Ben Stevenson.

Additionally, she is the extremely hands-on mom for twins John and Kristopher, Sean and Katie, her stepdaughter Jenni and step- son Kalen. Seymour and Keach reside in Malibu, and she owns a 15th century historic manor house near Bath, England, which she is dedicated to preserving- called St. Catherine's Court.

Biography used with permission of California Pistachio Commission.