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Jim Carreypassed along his entertainment industry chops to his first and only child, daughter Jane Erin Carrey, 36.
Fittingly, theAce Ventura: Pet Detectivestar met his future wife Melissa Womer at a comedy store and quickly fell in love. Carrey and Womer welcomed Jane six months after their wedding on Sept. 6, 1987. Although the couple later divorced on Nov. 1, 1994, they continued to co-parent Jane and decided to put her through a public high school so she could have a normal upbringing. During her teenage years, she participated in her school’s band and was also in a few of the school’s theater productions.
Jane ultimately followed in her famous father’s footsteps and pursued a career in entertainment as a singer. She even appeared onAmerican Idol.
“It was definitely fun growing up with [Carrey] as a father,” she said of her dad during her an interview onAmerican Idol. “He’s not the most extravagant celebrity so life’s been fairly normal … fairly."
She added: “Everyone growing up has their issue with identity and trying to find themselves. It is difficult kind of growing up in the shadow behind something and trying to find your place in the world underneath this huge shadow.”
Here’s everything to know about Jim Carrey’s daughter, Jane Erin Carrey.
She was born in 1987
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Carrey and Womer welcomed their only child together on Sept. 6, 1987. They divorced seven years later.
The comedian largely kept Jane out of the spotlight throughout her childhood, though she did join him for a few red carpet events, including his 1995 Footprint Ceremony at Los Angeles' Mann’s Chinese Theatre.
She appeared onAmerican Idol
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She immediately called her dad after to share the exciting news.
“She’s so wonderful and amazing, so I can’t wait for the world to understand what she has to offer,” Carrey said over the phone.
She formed her own band
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After leavingAmerican Idol,Jane returned to her band,The Jane Carrey Band, which consisted of guitarist Daniel Sahagun, bassist Ian Sloane and drummer Terry Goldberg. The alternative band recorded and released their debut, self-titled album in 2009. They continued to tour and play gigs in Southern California for a few years, however, they have not been active since 2012.
“Music probably became my passion when I was around 14,” Jane said in an interview withLA’s The Place. “I was always a ham in school, so I always liked being in school plays. I met someone who really inspired me when I was around fourteen and we started writing together and I soon realized that I could not live without music in my life.”
She’s worked with her father
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Over the years, Jane and Carrey have worked together on several occasions. In 2013, they worked on audio recordings for his children’s book,How Roland Rolls. She later released an EP to coincide with the audiobook.
She and her band are also credited with writing two songs on the soundtrack of 2014’sDumb and Dumber To,and she was a playback singer on Carrey’s 2017 shortJim Carrey: I Needed Color.
She is a mother
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The singer is a proud mom to three kids: son Logan James Bordelon, 20 months old, daughter Erin Rey Bordelon, 3, and son Jackson Riley Santana, 13.
She shares Jackson with her ex-husband, Alex Santana, and Logan and Erin with her husband, Chase Bordelon.
Jackson was born on Feb. 26, 2010, making Carrey a first-time grandfather.
“Jane is going to be a great mom,” the proud new grandpa added at the time.
During a February 2020 appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson Show, Carrey opened up about his daughter and grandson, noting that Jackson loves video games.
“He’s schooling me on the Sonic game,” said Carrey, who stars in the movie adaption ofSonic the Hedgehogand its sequel.“He’s wiping the floor with me in every respect. I get angry, and I put money in the swear jar … I finally got fed up because he likes to trash talk me too … he’s 9, it’s really scary …”
He continued, “I said ‘You know next time you come back here I will practice and I’m going to kick your butt.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, if you go back and get born again and start playing at the age of 2.’ "
She convinced her father not to quit acting
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While promotingDumb and Dumber To, Carrey revealed toScreen Slamthat it was his daughter that kept him from quitting show business. Seeing it from his daughter and grandson’s point of view is what kept him continuing his career.
“My daughter, she loves what I’m doing,” he said. “She loves it. There’s been a couple of times where I said, ‘I don’t know if I want to do this anymore.’ She goes, ‘Dad, you gotta. That’s what you do. You don’t have it; it has you.’ ”
source: people.com
