Jane McNeill
Bio
Jane McNeill first became involved in theater and acting in the sixth grade. An alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McNeill studied Drama and graduated with a BA in Journalism. She then attended the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut, and interned at the Arkansas Repertory Theater following college. McNeill worked as an actor in Wilmington, NC for one year, and then relocated to Kentucky where she joined a repertory theatre for six months. In 1990, McNeill moved to Chicago, Illinois to pursue acting and theater. By her own accounts, she "spent eight years doing theater and waiting tables." After 10 years in regional and Chicago theater, she earned a Masters degree in Education from DePaul University. She taught drama and English in the Chicago area until she returned to North Carolina in 1999. McNeill married her husband, Yoel Balter, in 1996. The couple have two children Abby (born in 2001) and Ben (born in 2004). In 2010, after surviving breast cancer, Jane returned to acting and spent much of 2011 recurring on The Walking Dead Season 2 as the character of Patricia. Subsequent film and television roles have included Dallas Buyers Club, Prisoners, Rectify, Mississippi Grind, Magic Mike XXL, and Uncle Frank. She is represented by Headline Talent Agency in NY and People Store Agency in the Southeast.