Krakowski grew up surrounded by the local theater scene as a result of parents' activities, said in an interview, Instead of hiring baby sitters, they took me with them. She took ballet lessons from age four, but later stopped because she was wrong body shape, rather than moving more toward Broadway dance. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City.
He played an office assistant Elaine vassal of the TV series Ally McBeal for five seasons until 2002, she got the role her a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress in 1999. In 2003 Guest Krakowski star in the TV drama Everwood as psychologist Dr. Gretchen Trott, a love interest for Treat Williams' Dr. Andrew Brown.
