Jaime Ray Newman

Jaime Ray Newman
Newman in 2009
Born	(1978-04-02) April 2, 1978 Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Guy Nattiv (m. 2012)

Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Newman is best known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in soap opera General Hospital, as Kat Gardener in ABC's Eastwick, and as Dr. Tess Fontana in Syfy's Eureka.

Career

Early work

Newman started performing at age 11 in the debut of Israel Horovitz's play, A Rosen by Any Other Name. She worked consistently around Detroit, acting in many of the regional theaters. Newman's elementary education took place at the Jewish Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit where she starred in the role of Ado Annie Carnes in the 8th grade play of Oklahoma.

After Hillel, Newman attended the private Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills (also the alma mater of actress Selma Blair) and spent her summers at the Interlochen Center for the Arts where she won the Corson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting. While in high school at Cranbrook, she won first place in the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association, a state-wide dramatic competition, for three years in a row. At 16, Newman founded Apollo Theatre Productions. She rented out a theater, hired a well-known local director, professional actors and an entire crew to put up their first show. She acted as both producer and director, and found such a warm reception that she produced two more shows the following year. She graduated from Cranbrook Kingswood in 1996.

Newman then attended Boston University's School for the Arts theater conservatory for two years before transferring to Northwestern University as an English and Drama major. At Northwestern, she founded the "Ignition Festival for Women in the Arts". Through that, she produced and acted in Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned To Drive. She also discovered a love for music. While living in Chicago, she performed with her own jazz quartet along with the popular funk band, Sweet Sweet Candy.

Los Angeles

Newman officially moved to Los Angeles in September 2000. She earned a living performing with her jazz quartet, as well as landing parts in several short films and making an appearance on The Drew Carey Show. But soon after moving she landed the role of Kristina Carter Cassadine on the soap opera General Hospital. While there, she continued with her music career, putting together her cover band, School Boy Crush. She also landed a part in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, with a scene opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

Newman at the 2009 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.

In January 2003 Newman starred with David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman and Tom Everett Scott in the play Turnaround, Roger Kumble's (Cruel Intentions, The Sweetest Thing) dark Hollywood satire. The play caused a tremendous amount of buzz around Los Angeles, and ran to sold-out audiences for almost four months.

In October 2006, Newman began an eight-episode run in a recurring role in the critically acclaimed CW show Veronica Mars. She also became a fan favorite with her appearance on Stargate Atlantis as Lt. Laura Cadman. Along with fellow Stargate actor Michael Shanks she appeared in the Christmas 2006 TV movie Under the Mistletoe. Other high profile guest starring roles include E-Ring, Heroes, Supernatural, Related, CSI and Medium.

Recent appearances

Most recently, Newman has appeared on NCIS, Grimm and Castle. She starred alongside Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Paul Gross in the 2009 serialization of Eastwick, playing Kat Gardener, a nurse and mother of five who discovers her magical powers. In 2010, she held major guest-star roles in Eureka as Dr. Tess Fontana, and in Drop Dead Diva as Vanessa Hemmings.

In January 2011, Newman played Cynthia in David Auburn's revival of The New York Idea by Langdon Mitchell at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York.

She is currently starring opposite James Van Der Beek, Kathy Baker and Chris Mulkey in the American stage premiere of the Australian play The Gift at The Geffen Playhouse.

School Boy Crush

Newman and School Boy Crush have played regularly at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica, California, at Moomba in West Hollywood, Nick's Martini Lounge, Café Cordiale, and the Lux in Beverly Hills, covering a wide variety of music from funk and soul to R&B and blues. Most recently, they played the ESPN Awards party at The Highlands, the adjoining venue to the Kodak Theatre.

The group's musicians include: guitarist Yogi Lonich (The Wallflowers, Buckcherry, Chris Cornell), saxophonist/flutist Katisse Buckingham (Herbie Hancock, Steve Weingart), bassist Danny "Creamy Fingers" Dunlap, drummer Aaron Sterling (popular session musician) and keyboardist/pianist Kristopher Pooley (Jane's Addiction, Gwen Stefani).

Personal Life

Newman married writer/director Guy Nattiv on April 2, 2012 Newman is expecting her first child with her husband, the couple will welcome a daughter this summer

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Full Blast	Bo
2002	Violent Kind, TheThe Violent Kind	Amanda
2002	Star Quality	Katie Swellhead	Short film
2002	Catch Me If You Can	Monica
2005	Lonesome Matador	Emily	Short film
2005	Living 'til the End	Audrey Gersons
2005	Rumor Has It...	Conference Greeter
2007	Raw Footage	Rachel Graham	Short film
2007	LA Blues	Jack's Ex-wife
2007	Live!	Anchorwoman
2007	Sex and Breakfast	Betty
2008	Made of Honor	Ariel / Bakery Date
2008	Line in the Sand, AA Line in the Sand	Ann Marie
2009	Dr. Dolittle Million Dollar Mutts	Emmy (voice)	Video
2009	Logorama	Dispatch Girl - Radio (voice)	Short film
2012	Rubberneck	Danielle
2012	Gauntlet, TheThe Gauntlet	Emma	Post-production
2012	Red Robin, TheThe Red Robin	Julie	Post-production
2013	Tarzan	Alice	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show	Tina	Episode: "The Warsaw Closes"
2002-2003	General Hospital	Kristina Cassadine	68 episodes
2003	Happy Family	Amanda	Episode: "The Doghouse"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Julie Waters	Episode: "After the Show"
2004	Wedding Daze	Teri Landry	TV movie
2005	McBride: Murder Past Midnight	Emily Harriman	TV movie
2005	Supernatural	Amanda Walker	Episode: "Phantom Traveler"
2005	Stargate: Atlantis	Lt. Laura Cadman	Episode: "Duet" Episode: "Critical Mass"
2006	Hollis & Rae	Hollis Chandler	TV movie
2006	Crossing Jordan	Cpt. Gwen Osbourne	Episode: "Code of Ethics"
2006	Bones	Stacy Goodyear	Episode: "The Woman in the Car"
2006	Medium	Angela Saunders / Jade	Episode: "A Changed Man"
2006	Related	Kylie Stewart	Episode: "London Calling" Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl"
2006	E-Ring	Natalie Hughes	4 episodes
2006	Under the Mistletoe	Susan Chandler	TV movie
2006-2007	Veronica Mars	Mindy O'Dell	8 episodes
2007	I'm Paige Wilson	Paige Wilson	TV movie
2007	Marlowe	Tracy Faye	TV movie
2007	Criminal Minds	Lacy Kyle	Episode: "The Big Game"
2007	Heroes	Young Victoria Pratt	Episode: "Truth & Consequences"
2008	Lincoln Heights	Sabrina Gasper	4 episodes
2008	Leverage	Aimee Martin	Episode: "The Two-Horse Job"
2009	Nip/Tuck	Daphne Pendell	Episode: "Ronnie Chase" Episode: "Gene Shelly"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Melinda Carver	Episode: "A Space Oddity"
2009	Mental	Zan Avidan	3 episodes
2009-2010	Eastwick	Kat Gardener	13 episodes
2009-2010	Eureka	Tess Fontana	12 episodes
2010-2011	Drop Dead Diva	Vanessa Hemmings	9 episodes
2010	Life Unexpected	Julia	Episode: "Honeymoon Interrupted"
2011	Life Unexpected	Julia	Episode: "Affair Remembered"
2011	Royal Pains	Stacey Saxe	Episode: "Astraphobia"
2011	CSI: NY	Claire Taylor	Episode: "Indelible" Episode: "Near Death"
2011	NCIS	Lt. Cmdr. Melanie Burke	Episode: "Engaged (Part 1)" Episode: "Engaged (Part II)"
2011-2012	Grimm	Angelina Lasser	Episode: "The Three Bad Wolves" Episode: "Over My Dead Body"
2012	Castle	Holly Franklin	Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part"
2012	Red Widow	Kat	TV series, pre-production

External links

• Jaime Ray Newman at the Internet Movie Database