Personal life

Zane was born Elizabeth Frances Zane in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Thalia and William George Zane, Sr., founders of a medical technical school. Her family's original surname, "Zanetakos", was anglicized to "Zane" by her parents. Both of her parents are of Greek descent. She is the older sister of actor Billy Zane.

Career

Zane's first film role was in the 1989 movie Heart of Dixie. She starred in Gross Anatomy the same year. Other early acting roles included Claire in Bad Influence (1990), counselor Maggie Burroughs in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and a gynaecologist in Cruel but Necessary (2005). She had regular roles as Melina Paros in L.A. Law from 1992 to 1993, JoAnne Meltzer in Profit, Diana in Roar, Le Sage in Dinotopia for Hallmark Entertainment and Sophia Keener in Law and Order in 2006. She provided the voice for She-Hulk in the 1990s cartoon The Incredible Hulk, as well as Charley Davidson in Biker Mice from Mars in the follow-up 2006 series, taking over from Leeza Miller-McGee.

She has originated many roles on stage, making her debut in David Mamet's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Goodman Theatre, and going on to perform as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss and Cleo in Lyle Kessler's Robbers. Zane has also made many guest appearances on TV shows, including Lifestories: Families in Crisis, The Outer Limits, Judging Amy, and The Division.

Zane is a singer, BMI songwriter, and recording artist. In 2006, the Songwriters Hall of Fame recognized her as one of their new songwriters of the year.

She played the part of the "alter ego" in Amanda Eliasch's play "As I Like It" in 2012, and an award winning documentary drama "The Gun the Cake and the Butterfly" (2014), in which she sang with Charles Eliasch. The same year she performed in The Girl from Nagasaki a film by Michel Comte based on Madame Butterfly. In 2013 Zane performed in The Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Heart of Dixie	M.A.
	Gross Anatomy	Luann
	Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog	Taylor
1990	Bad Influence	Claire
	The Age of Insects	Sara
1991	Femme Fatale	Cynthia
	The Passion of Martin	Rebecca
	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Maggie Burroughs
1994	Floundering	Jessica
	Unveiled	Stephanie Montgomery
1995	Terrified	Pearl
1996	Baby Face Nelson	Helen Womack
	The First Man
	The Nervous Breakdown of Philip K. Dick	Tessa	Short
1997	The Nurse	Laura Harriman
1999	A Table for One	Ariana Harpwood
	The Lovely Leave	The Wife	Short
2001	Monkeybone	Medusa
	The Secret Pact	Denise Wokowski
	The Kidnapping of Chris Burden
2005	Cruel but Necessary	Gynecologist
2013	The Gun, the Cake and the Butterfly	Opera Singer
	The Girl from Nagasaki	Jazz Singer
2016	Game Day	Ricki's Mom

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Gideon Oliver		1 Episode: Tongs
1991	My Life and Times	Lilly	1 Episode: Millennium
	Babe Ruth	Claire Hodgson Ruth	TV Movie
1992	Human Target	Robin	1 Episode: Chances Are
	Middle Ages	Nora Conover	1 Episode: The Pig in the Python
1992 - 93	L.A. Law	Melina Paros	16 Episodes
1994	Natural Selection	Elizabeth Braden	TV Movie
	Diagnosis: Murder	Meg Westlin	1 Episode: The Restless Remains
	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Lori	1 Episode: Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict
	XXX's & OOO's	Louisia	TV Movie
1995	ER	Diane Leeds	10 Episodes
	The Great Defender	Rhoda	1 Episode: Naked Truth
	Her Deadly Rival	Lynne	TV Movie
	Iron Man	Madame Masque	1 Episode: Beauty Knows No Pain
1996	The Incredible Hulk	She-Hulk / Jennifer Walters	2 Episodes: Fantastic Fortitude, Doomed
1996 - 97	Profit	Joanne Meltzer	8 Episodes
1997	Roar	Queen Diana	12 Episodes
1998	The Outer Limits	Natalie Grainger	1 Episode: Sarcophagus
2000	Stolen from the Heart	Karen Ravetch	TV Movie
	Missing Pieces	Renata	TV Movie
2002 - 03	Dinotopia	Le Sage	10 Episodes
2003	Judging Amy	Mrs. Novins	1 Episode: Ye Olde Freedom Inn
	Dragnet	Deborah Larson	1 Episode: The Brass Ring
2004	The Division	Lisa	1 Episode: It's the Real Thing
2006	Law & Order	Sophia Keener	1 Episode: Cost of Capital
	Murder in My House	Roxanne	TV Movie
	Point Pleasant	Anne Gibson	2 Episodes: Let the war Commence, Mother's Day
2006 - 07	Biker Mice from Mars	Charley / Carol / Native #1	17 Episodes
2009	Southland	Lana Schmidt	1 Episode: Westside

[ Source: Wikipedia ]