Jamie Luner
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Born | Jamie Michelle Luner May 12, 1971 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Jamie Michelle Luner (born May 12, 1971) is an American actress who first came to prominence on the ABC sitcom Just the Ten of Us, but is perhaps better known for her role as Lexi Sterling on Melrose Place. She also starred on television as Rachel Burke in the final season of Profiler. Luner portrayed Liza Colby on the ABC soap opera All My Children from April 2009 until its final episode on September 23, 2011. Luner is also well known for her lead roles in many Lifetime movies.[1]
Personal life
Luner was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Susan, an actress, and Stuart Luner, a sales representative. She was raised in a Jewish family and has an older brother.[2]
Career
After guest starring in several episodes of the sitcom Growing Pains, Luner went on to star as sexy yet scatterbrained Cindy Lubbock in the Growing Pains spinoff, Just the Ten of Us (1988–1990), which also starred Heather Langenkamp, Brooke Theiss and JoAnn Willette as Luner's fictional sisters. At one point in the show, the foursome comprised a fictional singing group, "The Lubbock Babes". To date, Luner is the only one of the four who has not appeared in a Nightmare On Elm Street movie. Luner also guest starred in a Halloween-themed episode of Growing Pains in which she portrayed a vanishing hitchhiker. Luner returned to television in 1993 in the television movie, Why My Daughter?, starring opposite Linda Gray. Luner followed this up with a succession of television movies, most notably Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1994), which began her extended professional association with producer Aaron Spelling.
Luner's next big break came in 1996, when she was cast as scheming vixen Peyton Richards in Spelling's prime-time soap opera, Savannah (1996–1997). Later in 1997, Luner was cast in Spelling's Melrose Place, playing the role of scheming Lexi Sterling until the series' conclusion in 1999.[3]
In 1999, immediately following the cancellation of Melrose Place, Luner was cast as Rachel Burke, Ally Walker's replacement in NBC's Profiler. She played the role until the show was cancelled at the end of its fourth season in 2000.[3] Following the cancellation of Profiler, Luner continued to work steadily, with guest appearances on several television series including The Outer Limits, CSI: Miami and a three-episode arc on That's Life. In 2000, Luner also starred in the independent feature Sacrifice, along with Michael Madsen.
In 2003, Luner joined the cast of another Spelling drama, playing the role of Senior Deputy Ryan Layne in 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004). The series was cancelled after Luner had appeared in just five episodes. Also in 2003, Luner starred opposite Nicholas Lea in the Sci Fi Channel original movie Threshold, and in 2004 guest-starred in an episode of NCIS, called "Dead Man Talking."
In 2005, Luner appeared in four TV movies for the cable network Lifetime Television: The Suspect (2005), Blind Injustice (2005), Stranger in my Bed (2005), and The Perfect Marriage (2006). In 2007 Luner appeared as Susan in the comedy Black and Bluestein at The Santa Monica Playhouse. Also that year, Luner starred in Nuclear Hurricane, a Sci Fi Channel original movie, and made a guest appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
In April 2009, Luner joined the cast of All My Children as Liza Colby.[4] (Marcy Walker, who originally played Liza, had retired from acting several years earlier.) The soap was cancelled in 2011, after which Luner starred in the Lifetime movies Walking the Halls, Stalked at 17 and The Perfect Boss. She then guest-starred in both Supernatural and Criminal Minds in 2013.[5] In 2014, Luner was cast in the Investigation Discovery series Heartbreakers opposite Jack Wagner and Rob Estes.[6] The following year, she has appeared in two another Lifetime movies, The Wrong Girl and The Bride He Bought Online. She also had the recurring role on the second season of TNT crime drama, Murder in the First, and guest-starred on Better Call Saul and Code Black.
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? | Diana Moffitt | Television film |
1994 | The St. Tammany Miracle | Lootie | |
1994 | Tryst | Mindy | |
1994 | Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy | Donna | Television film |
1994 | Confessions of a Sorority Girl | Sabrina Masterson | Television film |
1999 | Friends & Lovers | Model | |
2000 | Sacrifice | Naomi Cohen | Television film |
2002 | Warrior | Eldoran's Girl Friend | |
2003 | Threshold | Dr. Savannah Bailey | Television film |
2005 | The Suspect | Beth James | Television film |
2005 | Blind Injustice | Diana Scott | Television film |
2005 | Stranger in My Bed | Sara Hansen | Television film |
2006 | The Perfect Marriage | Marrianne Danforth/Annie Grayson | Television film |
2007 | Nuclear Hurricane | Linda | Television film |
2009 | Heat Wave | Kate Jansen | Television film |
2009 | Trust | Sandra | Television film |
2012 | Walking the Halls | Holly Benson | Television film |
2012 | Stalked at 17 | Trini Marshall | Television film |
2013 | The Perfect Boss | Jessica Slate | Television film |
2013 | Out of Reach | Dianne | |
2013 | The Cheating Pact | Ms. Walters | Television film |
2015 | The Wrong Girl | Ashley Allen | Television film |
2015 | The Bride He Bought Online | Rihanne Lindstrom | Television film |
2016 | Carousel |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988-1990 | Just the Ten of Us | Cindy Lubbock | 47 episodes |
1987-1990 | Growing Pains | Cindy / Kara Daye / Sheena Berkowitz | 5 episodes |
1992 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | Roxanne | TV pilot |
1992 | Married with Children | Gerri | Episode: "Frat Chance" |
1993 | Reasonable Doubts | Tiffany Beaman | Episode: "Crumbling Systems" |
1994 | Diagnosis Murder | Kimmy Marlowe | Episode: "The Last Laugh: Part One" |
1996-1997 | Savannah | Peyton Richards Massick | 34 episodes |
1997-1999 | Melrose Place | Lexi Sterling | 58 episodes |
2000 | The Pretender | Rachel Burke | Episode: "Spin Doctor" |
1999-2000 | Profiler | Rachel Burke | 20 episodes |
2000 | The Drew Carey Show | Jenny | Episode: "Drew and Kate Become Friends" |
2001 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Candace Maguire | Episode: "Mind Reacher" |
2001 | That's Life | Samantha Richardson | 3 episodes |
2002 | CSI: Miami | Nikki Olson | Episode: "Breathless" |
2003-2004 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy Ryan Layne | 8 episodes |
2004 | NCIS | Amanda Reed / Lt. Cmdr. Hamilton Voss | Episode: "Dead Man Talking" |
2006 | The War at Home | Jodi | Episode: "Three's Company" |
2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Elizabeth Rodriguez | Episode: "Lying Down with Dogs" |
2009-2011 | All My Children | Liza Colby | 312 episodes |
2012 | Supernatural | Annie Hawkins | Episode: "Of Grave Importance" |
2013 | Criminal Minds | Madison Riley | Episode: "Magnum Opus" |
2013 | The Glades | Willa Garbett | Episode: "Happy Trails" |
2014 | Two and a Half Men | Tracy | Episode: "Lotta Delis in Little Armenia" |
2014 | True Blood | Amanda H-Vamp | Episode: "Death Is Not the End" |
2014 | Heartbreakers | Teresa Stone | Miniseries |
2015 | Better Call Saul | Dreamy Woman | Episode: "Mijo" |
2015 | Murder in the First | Cassie Siletti | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
2015 | Code Black | Candace Clark | Episode: "Cardiac Support" |
References
- ^ Emily Yahr (May 24, 2013). "TV highlights for May 24: 'Queen of the TV Movie' is back". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ Lee, Luaine (1999-09-26). "Acting isn't everything to Luner". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ a b Jamie Luner- Biography
- ^ Michael Logan. "Exclusive: Jamie Luner is All My Children's New Liza" TV Guide. March 16, 2009
- ^ What to Watch Wednesday: A Horror Story Ends, Arrow Vs. Diggle, Necessary Roughness and More, TVLine, January 23, 2013
- ^ Perlman, Jake (2014-04-01). "Investigation Discovery casts '80s heartthrobs to play bad boys | Inside TV | EW.com". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
External links
- Jamie Luner at IMDb
- Jamie Luner on Twitter