# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:20.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-butler"
name: "Jean Butler"
slug: "jean-butler"
description: "Jean Butler is an American stepdancer, Irish dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is best known for originating the principal female role in the Irish dance theatrical production Riverdance. In January 2020 it was announced she is a member of the Irish America Hall of Fame, an honor presented by Irish America magazine."
tagline: "American dancer, choreographer and actress"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1971-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.801276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124965/"
    handle:    "nm0124965"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeanbutler.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جان باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جان باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جین باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジーン・バトラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Батлер, Джин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Butler"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2448843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934415"
    title: "Jean Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump