Jan Levinson

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Jan Levinson
Gender	Female
Job	Candlemaker (home business); Former Corporate Manager
Played by	Melora Hardin

Jan Levinson (formerly Jan Levinson-Gould), is a fictional character played by Melora Hardin in the television series The Office.

Contents 1 Season 1: 2 Season 2: 3 Season 3: 4 Season 4: 5 Family 6 Trivia 7 Appearances

[edit] Season 1:

During the first season Jan and Michael have a traditional boss-employee relationship. Jan is frustrated with Michael's immaturity; Michael in return dislikes Jan because she is demanding and humorless.

Michael refers to her as "Hillary Rodham Clinton", not to her face but quickly stating that he is not afraid of her. During their meeting in "Pilot" a phone call from Todd Packer reveals another nickname - "Godzillary".

Jan appears in "Health Care" where she tells Michael to choose a health care plan for the office, and later berates him for putting Dwight in charge.

[edit] Season 2:

Jan Levinson has dropped Gould, and actually likes Michael. She kissed him twice. (parking lot and elevator) She also shows interest in Michael when she drives to Scranton for casino night.

[edit] Season 3:

In "The Job", Jan got a breast augmentation, which led Michael to decide not to break up with her, in spite of the fact that the female employees were all supporting him in his decision to end his relationship with Jan. Michael: "Jan's reason was bigger." She was fired for being extremely unstable. Her boss said she would smoke in her office all day, took too many days off without explanation, and took too many trips to Scranton. After Michael told her they were going to fire her, she cursed at her boss on the way out the door. She then moved in with Michael.

[edit] Season 4:

Jan has moved in with Michael. Her insanity has grown, as she recklessly spends his money and sleeps at home all day. Michael and Jan break up because of their uneasy relationship. In Goodbye Toby, she reveals to Michael that she is pregnant, however, she got inseminated at a local sperm bank.

[edit] Family

Jan has a sister in Scottsdale, Arizona. She often uses her as an excuse for her various unexplained absences such as going to Jamaica with Michael (Back From Vacation*).

Jan admits (Cocktails*) to being overly litigious with her family. Her family will not talk to her "on advice of counsel" (Money).

[edit] Trivia

• Jan worked for corporate until season 4.
• After leaving Dunder-Mifflin, Jan took up Candlemaking, and launched a line of homemade candles called "Serenity by Jan", which reportedly smell awful.

[edit] Appearances

• Pilot
• Health Care
• Hot Girl (voice)
• The Dundies (voice)
• Sexual Harassment
• Halloween (voice, deleted scene)
• The Client
• Performance Review
• Booze Cruise (deleted scene)
• Boys and Girls
• Valentine's Day
• Drug Testing (voice, deleted scene)
• Casino Night
• Gay Witch Hunt
• The Convention
• The Coup
• Grief Counseling (voice)
• Initiation
• Diwali (voice, deleted scene)
• Branch Closing
• The Merger (voice)
• The Convict (voice)
• Back From Vacation
• Traveling Salesmen (voice)
• Ben Franklin (voice)
• Cocktails
• The Negotiation
• Women's Appreciation
• The Job
• Fun Run
• Dunder Mifflin Infinity
• Launch Party (voice)
• Money
• The Deposition
• Dinner Party
• Chair Model (voice)
• Goodbye, Toby

* deleted scene.

Characters of The Office
Main characters
Michael Scott | Dwight Schrute | Jim Halpert | Pam Beesly |Ryan Howard
Recurring characters
Accounting: Angela Martin | Oscar Martinez | Kevin Malone Sales: Stanley Hudson | Phyllis Lapin | Karen Filippelli | Andy Bernard Product oversight: Kelly Kapoor | Meredith Palmer | Creed Bratton Warehouse: Roy Anderson | Darryl Philbin | Lonny | Madge | Philip | Lester Corporate: Toby Flenderson | Todd Packer | David Wallace
Other characters
Jan Levinson | Carol Stills | Bob Vance | Mose Schrute | Josh Porter | Katy | Devon | Billy Merchant | Tony Gardner | Martin Nash | Hannah Smoterich-Barr | Ed Truck