birth_place article_title name birth_date
spokane , washington , u.s. jana marie hupp
 jana marie hupp 2 april 1964
jana marie hupp

jana marie hupp -lrb- born april 2 , 1964 -rrb- is an american actress .
born in spokane , washington , she studied at the north carolina school of the arts and the western washington university and worked on stage in theatre productions in seattle .
she later relocated to los angeles and in 1985 made her feature debut in `` vision quest '' .
her early television roles were on `` scarecrow and mrs king '' and `` my sister sam '' .
she had roles in `` knots landing '' , '' '' , `` brooklyn south '' and `` public morals '' .
she appeared as mindy hunter-farber in the tv sitcom `` friends '' .
she has also featured in the films `` splash , too '' , `` in the line of duty : smoke jumpers '' , `` the devil takes a holiday '' and `` independence day '' .
she is best known for her role on the nbc television program `` ed '' as nancy burton , the friend of the protagonist , ed stevens .
