Which actress plays Jane Carter in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol?

Paula Patton plays Jane Carter in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Jane is an IMF agent and the handler of Trevor Hanaway, whose murder in Budapest helps set the film’s central mission in motion.

After the Kremlin bombing triggers the President’s Ghost Protocol, the IMF is publicly disavowed and Ethan Hunt must operate without official support. Jane joins Ethan, Benji Dunn, and William Brandt as they pursue Kurt Hendricks, a nuclear strategist using the code name Cobalt. She contributes fieldcraft, deception, and combat skills while helping the team track the stolen launch codes.

Patton’s role is sometimes confused with the film’s other prominent female characters. Maggie Q does not appear in Ghost Protocol; she played Zhen Lei in Mission: Impossible III. Michelle Monaghan plays Julia Meade, Ethan Hunt’s wife, in other entries, while Léa Seydoux plays assassin Sabine Moreau in Ghost Protocol. Released in 2011, the film was directed by Brad Bird and became especially known for its Burj Khalifa sequence.