Trained in performance at the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School, Jayne remained in Paris after graduating in 2004 work in theatre, and as a translator and bilingual copywriter.

Jayne’s work in theatre and writing have been sponsored by the French Government, the Ville de Paris, the La Napoule Art Foundation and the Centre les Récollets in France, and in Australia by Bundanon Trust, Regional Arts Victoria and the Varuna National Writers House, for which she was awarded the 2021 Eric Dark Flagship Fellowship.

She has written for international journals, magazines and newspapers including The Guardian, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff.