Growing up in the Northwest and graduating from the University of Oregon with a teaching degree, I never intended to choose acting as a career or even envisioned working in front of the camera, let alone on stage before hundreds of people. But for the last 29 years that's exactly where I've found myself…and loving every minute of it!

With over 1500 television commercials, I have worked both nationally and internationally, advertising products ranging from diaper service to luxury automobiles and have loved every minute of it.

I began as a model in 1981 and soon wound up in front of the camera in my first TV commercial in Eugene Oregon. Moving to Portland and pursuing a career in acting, I studied at the Training Ground, now Portland Actors Conservatory and believes it was here I learned the solid fundamentals of acting which lead to the 1994 Cascade Awards Oregon Media Production Association's "Judges Excellence In Achievement Award for Acting".

My career has included and continues in stage, film, television, corporate video, radio, live show presentations and print.

Updates!!

After 28 years in front of the camera, Jan has decided to take a try on the other side and started Sweet Pea Productions LLC producing the first in a line of DVD/Handbooks titled "Blitzed by Menopause, A Guys Guide for Understanding Menopause!" Great fun and lots of information!

See what Jan has been up to - visit us at: PlanetSweetPea.com.

Some of my mantra's:

"When you receive rejection or failure and feel as if you're going down, instead let it prope you forward"

"Move -- just move, sometimes it doesn't even matter what direction. Just get up and move. Action causes motivation and inertia breeds inertia"

"When it stops being fun, quit"

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