Jane March
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Jane March is an English
film actress and former print model.
, London
, England
. Her father, Bernard Horwood, is a secondary school teacher of English and Spanish ancestry. Her mother, Jean, is Vietnamese and Chinese. March has one brother.
At age 14, March won a local "Become a Model" contest. She signed with Storm Model Management and began working as a print model using her middle name March, which was also her birth month.
After being spotted on the cover of Just Seventeen by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud
, she was chosen to play the female lead in his film The Lover
, based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras
. False rumours that the sex scenes between March and her co-star Tony Leung Ka-fai
in the film had been real and not simulated led to her being dubbed "The sinner from Pinner
". Speaking about the rumours in 2004, March said:
Two years after The Lover, she co-starred with Bruce Willis
in the erotic thriller Color of Night
(1994), directed by Richard Rush
. The script was the first March had received since The Lover. She later said, "I didn't like the script at all, but it was a Bruce Willis film and I wasn't going to turn it down". She also had reservations about the nudity required by the part: she planned to require the filmmakers to alter some nude scenes, but she eventually didn't do so because her working experience on the film was very happy. She went on saying, "I wasn't at all comfortable with the nudity in Color of Night. ... At least in The Lover the scenes were relevant to the script. In Color of Night they were just gratuitous."
While Color of Night was in production, March began dating the film's co-producer Carmine Zozzora. The couple married in June 1993 in an 11-minute ceremony at which Willis was best man and Demi Moore
was maid of honour. They separated in 1997 and finally divorced in 2001.
March continues to perform occasionally, her most recent film, Clash of the Titans
, having been released in 2010.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
film actress and former print model.
Life and career
March was born Jane March Horwood in EdgwareEdgware
Edgware is an area in London, situated north-northwest of Charing Cross. It forms part of both the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Harrow. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Her father, Bernard Horwood, is a secondary school teacher of English and Spanish ancestry. Her mother, Jean, is Vietnamese and Chinese. March has one brother.
At age 14, March won a local "Become a Model" contest. She signed with Storm Model Management and began working as a print model using her middle name March, which was also her birth month.
After being spotted on the cover of Just Seventeen by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...
, she was chosen to play the female lead in his film The Lover
The Lover (film)
- Production :While adapting the Marguerite Duras novel into the film's screenplay, director Jean-Jacques Annaud and fellow writer Gérard Brach changed the age of "The Girl" from 15½ to 17, but tried to maintain the original structure and literary tone of the original novel. As with the Duras...
, based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
. False rumours that the sex scenes between March and her co-star Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Tony Leung Ka-fai is a three-time Hong Kong Film Award-winning Chinese film actor.Because he is often confused with actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony", while Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is known as "Little Tony", nicknames which correspond to the actors' respective...
in the film had been real and not simulated led to her being dubbed "The sinner from Pinner
Pinner
- Climate :Pinner's geographical position on the far western side of North West London makes it the furthest London suburb from any UK coastline. Hence the lower prevalence of moderating maritime influences make Pinner noticeably warmer in the spring and the summer compared to the rest of the capital...
". Speaking about the rumours in 2004, March said:
Two years after The Lover, she co-starred with Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
in the erotic thriller Color of Night
Color of Night
Color of Night is a 1994 American erotic mystery thriller film produced by Cinergi Pictures and released in the United States by Hollywood Pictures. Directed by Richard Rush, the film stars Bruce Willis, Jane March, Ruben Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, and Scott Bakula...
(1994), directed by Richard Rush
Richard Rush (director)
Richard Rush is an American movie director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is best known for the Oscar-nominated The Stunt Man. His other works, however, have been less celebrated. The next best-known of his movies is Color of Night — also nominated, but in this case for the Golden Raspberry Award...
. The script was the first March had received since The Lover. She later said, "I didn't like the script at all, but it was a Bruce Willis film and I wasn't going to turn it down". She also had reservations about the nudity required by the part: she planned to require the filmmakers to alter some nude scenes, but she eventually didn't do so because her working experience on the film was very happy. She went on saying, "I wasn't at all comfortable with the nudity in Color of Night. ... At least in The Lover the scenes were relevant to the script. In Color of Night they were just gratuitous."
While Color of Night was in production, March began dating the film's co-producer Carmine Zozzora. The couple married in June 1993 in an 11-minute ceremony at which Willis was best man and Demi Moore
Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...
was maid of honour. They separated in 1997 and finally divorced in 2001.
March continues to perform occasionally, her most recent film, Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name . The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010...
, having been released in 2010.
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | L' Amant The Lover (film) - Production :While adapting the Marguerite Duras novel into the film's screenplay, director Jean-Jacques Annaud and fellow writer Gérard Brach changed the age of "The Girl" from 15½ to 17, but tried to maintain the original structure and literary tone of the original novel. As with the Duras... aka The Lover The Lover (film) - Production :While adapting the Marguerite Duras novel into the film's screenplay, director Jean-Jacques Annaud and fellow writer Gérard Brach changed the age of "The Girl" from 15½ to 17, but tried to maintain the original structure and literary tone of the original novel. As with the Duras... |
The Young Girl | |
| 1994 | Color of Night Color of Night Color of Night is a 1994 American erotic mystery thriller film produced by Cinergi Pictures and released in the United States by Hollywood Pictures. Directed by Richard Rush, the film stars Bruce Willis, Jane March, Ruben Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, and Scott Bakula... |
Rose | In 2000, Maxim Maxim (magazine) Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude.... named her sex scenes Sex in film Sex in film refers to the presentation in motion pictures of sexuality and sex acts, including love scenes. Sex scenes have been depicted in film since the silent era of cinematography. Many actors and actresses have exposed parts of their bodies or dressed and behaved in ways considered sexually... in Color of Night Color of Night Color of Night is a 1994 American erotic mystery thriller film produced by Cinergi Pictures and released in the United States by Hollywood Pictures. Directed by Richard Rush, the film stars Bruce Willis, Jane March, Ruben Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, and Scott Bakula... as the best sex scenes in film history |
| 1996 | Never Ever | Amanda Trevane Murray | |
| 1998 | Provocateur Provocateur (film) Provocateur is a 1998 movie directed by Jim Donovan, written by Roger Kumble, and starring Lillo Brancato Jr. and Jane March. Original score by Mark Nakamura and Mark Shannon... |
Sook Hee/Miya | |
| Tarzan and the Lost City Tarzan and the Lost City (film) Tarzan and the Lost City is a 1998 American action-adventure film directed by Carl Schenkel, and starring Casper Van Dien, Jane March and Steven Waddington.... |
Jane Porter Jane Porter (Tarzan) Jane Porter is a major character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels, and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film.- In the novels :... |
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| 2000 | Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula is a horror-war television film, which premiered in the United States on the USA Network on Halloween, October 31, 2000... |
Lidia | USA Network USA Network USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various... TV film |
| 2003 | Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (2003 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2003 film which is based on the folktale "Beauty and the Beast" and is set during the time of the Vikings. It is rated PG-13 for battle scenes and some violence.-Plot:... |
Freya | filmed in South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... and the UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
| 2006 | The Stone Merchant | Leda | |
| 2009 | My Last Five Girlfriends My Last Five Girlfriends My Last Five Girlfriends, a 2010 film starring Brendan Patricks, is a British Romantic Comedy based on pop-philosopher Alain De Botton's book, Essays In Love My Last Five Girlfriends, a 2010 film starring Brendan Patricks, is a British Romantic Comedy based on pop-philosopher Alain De Botton's... |
Olive | |
| 2010 | Exposé | Linda | In production. Remake of Exposé Exposé (film) Exposé is a 1976 video nasty starring Udo Kier, Linda Hayden and 1970s sex symbol Fiona Richmond. On release, it sparked controversy due to graphic scenes of sex and violence, resulting in a re-release in 2006, with around 30 cuts... |
| Clash of the Titans Clash of the Titans (2010 film) Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name . The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010... |
Hestia Hestia In Greek mythology Hestia , first daughter of Cronus and Rhea , is the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family. She received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum... |
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| 2011 | Will Will (2011 film) Will is an upcoming British sports drama film directed by Ellen Perry and starring Damian Lewis, Jane March and Bob Hoskins. An eleven-year old Liverpool fan runs away from home and travels across Europe to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul... |
Sister Noell | |
Television series
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Relic Hunter Relic Hunter Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third... |
Suzanne | 1 episode: "Possessed" |
| 2001 | Dark Realm Dark Realm Dark Realm is an anthology series hosted by Eric Roberts. The series aired in syndication in the United States for a total of 13 episodes, from May to December 2001.-Episodes:... |
Sharon Steppling | 1 episode: "Murder One" |