Jamie Luner
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| Born | Jamie Michelle Luner May 12, 1971[1] Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Jamie Michelle Luner (born May 12, 1971) is an American actress who first came to prominence as Cindy Lubbock on the ABC sitcom Just the Ten of Us, and later as Peyton Richards on Savannah, Lexi Sterling on Melrose Place and Rachel Burke on Profiler. More recently, Luner portrayed Liza Colby on the ABC soap opera All My Children and Cassie Siletti on Murder in the First. Luner is also well known for her lead roles in many Lifetime movies.[2]
Early life[edit]
Luner was born in Palo Alto, California, an affluent suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area, the daughter of Susan, an actress, and Stuart Luner, a sales representative. She was raised in a Jewish family and has an older brother, David.[3] At the age of four, she appeared in her first commercial playing Suzanne Somers' daughter.[4] She later attended Professional Children's School in New York City.[4]
Career[edit]
After guest starring in several episodes of the sitcom Growing Pains, Luner went on to star as 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. After Just the Ten of Us ended, Luner took a break from acting and attended the Epicurian Cooking School, eventually becoming a chef at a popular Los Angeles, California restaurant.[5]
In 1993, Luner returned to television, playing a teenager in the TV movie Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?, starring opposite Linda Gray. Luner followed this up with a succession of television films, most notably Confessions of a Sorority Girl (1994), which began her extended professional association with producer Aaron Spelling.[citation needed]
Luner's next big break came in 1996, when she was cast as 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 Lexi Sterling until the series' conclusion in 1999.[6][7][better source needed]
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.[7] 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, "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.[citation needed]
In April 2009, Luner joined the cast of All My Children as Liza Colby.[8] (Marcy Walker, who originally played Liza, had retired from show business 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.[9] In 2014, Luner was cast in the Investigation Discovery series Heartbreakers, opposite Jack Wagner and Rob Estes.[10] The following year, she appeared in two more Lifetime movies, The Wrong Girl and The Bride He Bought Online. She also had a recurring role in the second and third seasons of TNT crime drama, Murder in the First, from 2015 to 2016, and guest-starred on Better Call Saul and Code Black.[11] In the following years, she starred in more than ten Lifetime movies, most recently The Christmas High Note (2020), alongside Johnny Messner.[12]
Personal life[edit]
In 1995, Luner began dating John Braz, a personal trainer. The relationship ended in 1999.[5]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1999 | The Force | Stacey | Television film |
| 2000 | Sacrifice | Naomi Cohen | Television film |
| 2002 | Warrior | Eldoran's Girl Friend | |
| 2003 | Threshold | 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 | Trial | Jennifer Clarke | Television film, also executive producer |
| 2016 | A Mother's Revenge | Jennifer Clark | Television film |
| 2017 | A Lover Betrayed | Tess Nolans | Television film, also executive producer |
| 2018 | Deadly Runaway | Suzanne | Television film |
| 2019 | My Adventures with Santa | La Befana | Also associate producer |
| 2019 | Tell Me I Love You | Julie | |
| 2020 | The Christmas High Note | Rachel | Television film |
| 2021 | Lost & Found in Rome | Diana Jensen | Television film |
| 2022 | For Better or Worse | Jessa Putman | Television film, also executive producer |
| 2022 | Valley of Love | Television film, producer | |
| 2022 | I'm with Me | Television film, producer |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1990 | Growing Pains | Cindy / Kara Daye / Sheena Berkowitz | 4 episodes |
| 1988–1990 | Just the Ten of Us | Cindy Lubbock | Main cast |
| 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" |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway | Sabrina Masterson | Episode: "Confessions of a Sorority Girl" |
| 1996–1997 | Savannah | Peyton Richards Massick | Main cast |
| 1997–1999 | Melrose Place | Lexi Sterling | Main cast (seasons 6–7) |
| 1999–2000 | Profiler | Rachel Burke | Title character (season 4) |
| 2000 | The Pretender | Rachel Burke | Episode: "Spin Doctor" (Profiler crossover) |
| 2000 | The Drew Carey Show | Jenny | Episode: "Drew and Kate Become Friends" |
| 2001 | The Outer Limits | 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" |
| 2015–2016 | Murder in the First | Cassie Siletti | Recurring role |
| 2015 | Code Black | Candace Clark | Episode: "Cardiac Support" |
References[edit]
- ^ "Jamie Luner | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ Yahr, Emily (May 23, 2013). "TV highlights for May 24: 'Queen of the TV Movie' is back". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ Lee, Luaine (September 26, 1999). "Acting isn't everything to Luner". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ a b "Jamie Luner". TVGuide.com.
- ^ a b Jewel, Dan (April 29, 1996). "Luner Takeoff". People. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Hontz, Jenny (1997-06-23). "Luner, Ashby joining 'Melrose Place' cast". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ a b "Jamie Luner-Biography". Yahoo. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
- ^ Logan, Michael (March 16, 2009). "Exclusive: Jamie Luner is All My Children's New Liza". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009.
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (January 23, 2013). "What to Watch Wednesday: A Horror Story Ends, Arrow Vs. Diggle, Necessary Roughness and More". TVLine.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (April 1, 2014). "Investigation Discovery casts '80s heartthrobs to play bad boys". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ Luner, Jamie [@officialjamieluner] (October 20, 2015). "Filming episode of "Code Black" tomorrow. I play a mother with questionable morals. Fun! #Codeblack" – via Instagram.
- ^ Highman, Kari (December 22, 2020). "Lifetime's 'The Christmas High Note' Starring Jamie Luner & Johnny Messner, See Trailer & Full Cast List". Feeling the Vibe magazine.
External links[edit]
- Jamie Luner at IMDb
- Jamie Luner on Twitter
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