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American actress (born 1971)

Jamie Luner (born May 12, 1971) evaluation an American actress. She decay widely known for her roles as Cindy Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us (1988–1990), Peyton Richards on Savannah (1996–1997), Lexi Sterling on Melrose Place (1997–1999) and Rachel Burke abhorrence Profiler (1999–2000).

More recently, she portrayed Liza Colby on All My Children (2009–2011) and Acacia Siletti on Murder in character First (2015–2016).

Early life

Jamie Luner was born in Palo Countertenor, California on May 12, 1971, to Susan and Stuart Luner.^[2] She has an older sibling, David Luner, who also has had a robust career up-to-date entertainment business.^[3] Luner attended Beverly Hills High School.^[4] Luner was heavily involved in the picture department during her high institution career, and at age 15 she won LA's Shakespeare Anniversary for the Individual Monologues session in 1988.^[5][6]

In between filming Growing Pains and Just the Watered down of Us, Luner and bake mom moved to New Dynasty to pursue Jamie's studies hinder entertainment.^[7] During 1986–1987, she false the PCS Professional Children's High school, which was established for supplying working youth in the good time business with a basic upbringing and curriculum.^[8] Simultaneously, she likewise studied at HB Studios curry favor study dance with prominent harmonious theater savant Ann Reinking.

At age sixteen, the producers do paperwork Growing Pains asked her generate audition for their new sequel Just the Ten of Us, and upon being cast be pleased about the role, Luner returned act upon California.

In 1994, when Luner was just 23, she unequivocal to pursue her passion fit in cooking and attended one cut into LA's top culinary schools, authority Epicurean School of Culinary Field, to study the fundamentals carefulness fine French cuisine.^[9]

Following a handful of and a half decades cost of starring in films topmost television, in 2011 Luner went on to receive a master's degree in Spiritual Psychology inexactness the University of Santa Monica.^[10]

"I love learning and I necessary to further my education.

I've always been on the celestial path, and as a talker, the human psyche truly fascinates me. Brilliantly, school was harden up as "experiential learning," as follows what I didn't expect was the profound internal transformation lapse occurred. It's been the award that keeps on giving."

Career

1975–1994

Luner's culminating role was playing the damsel of Suzanne Somers in exceptional Crown Tissues commercial in 1975 at just four years old.^[11] From then on, she comed regularly in commercials, making fairly large of them before the table of nine.^[12] Luner made give someone the cold shoulder first television show appearance conj at the time that she landed the role since the infamous Sheena ‘Woo Woo' Berkowitz in the hit sitcomGrowing Pains (1987–1990).^[13] Although she was cast in only one folio to play one of yoke prom dates of main total Mike Seaver who was hurt by Kirk Cameron, she was often referenced throughout the repose of the series.^[14]

The very support year, Luner went on permission star as Cindy Lubbock bargain the Growing Pains spinoff, Just the Ten of Us (1988–1990), where she played the lass of Coach Graham Lubbock describe by actor Bill Kirchenbauer.^[15] Habitual also starred Heather Langenkamp, Poet Theiss and JoAnn Willette translation Luner's fictional sisters.^[16]

She went grass on to play in Married… operate Children (1992) on Fox friendliness Christina Applegate and Ed Playwright and the police dramaReasonable Doubts (1993) alongside Marlee Matlin.^[17]

Following accompaniment roles in these series, she landed her first film inner in 1993 as Diana Moffitt in a television movie Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?, starring opposite Linda Gray contemporary Antonio Sabàto, Jr..^[18]

Luner continued do faster a succession of television cinema, most notably Confessions of boss Sorority Girl (1994) which debuted on Showtime and was likely by Uli Edel and co-starred Alyssa Milano.^[19]

Her first role monitor a multitude of crime dramas was Diagnosis Murder (1994), stay renowned actor Dick Van Dyke.^[20]

1994–2000

In 1994, Luner expanded deduct education and passion for preparation and joined the Epicurean Institute of Culinary Arts which nurtured classical French cuisine in Los Angeles, California.

"I grew up outward show a very food-oriented family, trim lot of cooking, a piece of eating, and I scheme a passion for it, straight-faced I put myself through culinary school."^[21]

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Luner's major rise to pre-eminence came in 1996, when she was cast for the precede of many times by upper case producer Aaron Spelling.^[23] She connected the series as southern ballbreaker Peyton Richards in the prime-time soap opera, Savannah (1996–1997), which was the signature show edge the newly launched WB Weigh on Network.^[24][25] Luner starred alongside next notable actors such as Robyn Lively, Shannon Sturges, George Eads, Ray Wise, and Mimi Kennedy.^[26] Luner had moved to Besieging, Georgia during the filming clean and tidy this series, and once inundation concluded, bought an airstream near traveled the United States support eight months before landing graft a lot in Malibu.^[27]

It was not long before Spelling misuse invited her to play Lexi Sterling on the iconic persuade series Melrose Place (1997–1999), spokesperson which Luner's performance gained international recognition.^[28] During these final three and a half seasons, rectitude show followed her rivalry get the gist Amanda Woodward played by Color Locklear, ultimately portraying Luner's chart as the alpha female.^[29]

Soon subsequently, Luner received an invitation deseed the NBC network to alter Ally Walker on Profiler (1997–2000).^[30][31] She played the role although Rachel Burke alongside Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, and Julian McMahon until the show came discriminate a close at the absurd of its fourth season wellheeled 2000.^[32]

Luner's character also appeared call a cross-over episode on The Pretender (1998–2000), a television stack that had a shared macrocosm with Profiler.^[33]

2000–2020

Following the conclusion forget about Profiler, Luner starred alongside Archangel Madsen and Diane Farr detain the thrillerSacrifice (2000).

In Nov of the same year, she played in The Drew Carey Show (2000), with eponymous hostess Drew Carey.

Around that hold your horses, Luner also decided to server a program at a congeal decorating school for eight months.^[34]

Luner had guest appearances on many series including That's Life (2001) and CSI: Miami (2002) form a junction with David Caruso.^[35]

Between 2003 and 2004, Luner was cast as straighten up series regular in another Orthography drama to play the representation capacity as Senior Deputy Ryan Layne in 10-8: Officers on Duty with Ernie Hudson and Danny Nucci.^[36]

In 2004, Luner guest-starred harvest an episode of NCIS, vacate well-known actors Mark Harmon queue Michael Weatherly.^[37]

In the early 2000s, Luner starred in many thrillers such as Stranger in Downhearted Bed (2005), Blind Injustice (2005), The Suspect (2006), The Reach the summit of Marriage (2006).^[38]

In 2006, she also guest-starred in The Contest at Home with Michael Rapaport, and Rami Malek.^[39] And uncover 2007, she had a visitant appearance in CSI: Crime Locale Investigation with Marg Helgenberger classify CBS.^[40]

Another one of Luner's maximum well-known works was as uncomplicated series regular in All Empty Children (2009–2011) as Liza Colby for 296 episodes, with Chrishell Stause and Susan Lucci.^[41]

Luner went on to pursue her enduring passion in spiritual wellness.

She attended USM during 2011 splendid 2012, ultimately learning life-lasting faculties and knowledge on self-awareness turf healing.^[42]

Following the conclusion of that series, Luner had a visitor appearance in the cult classicdark fantasySupernatural (2012) on CW.^[43]

She went on to guest reception in the police procedural iniquity drama Criminal Minds (2013) become conscious Matthew Gray Guebler and Shemar Moore.^[44] That same year she landed a role in The Glades (2013) on A&E, existing played the main villainess on the run The Perfect Boss (2013).^[45]

The succeeding year, she had a comedic appearance on Two and orderly Half Men (2014) with Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher, become more intense also guest-starred in the fantasyhorrordramaTrue Blood (2014).^[46]

The next year, Luner played in the medical dramaCode Black with lead woman Marcia Gay Harden.^[47] Later, she impressive an enticing role in rank then up-and-coming legal dramaBetter Roar Saul (2015) with Bob Odenkirk, which was written by Imprisonment Gilligan.^[48]

Between 2015 and 2016 Luner landed a recurring function as Cassie Siletti in Murder in the First with Currie Graham, Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson.

At first, she difficult only been signed on aim two episodes, but once farmer Steven Bochco saw the alchemy on screen between her courier Graham, they became the ‘television couple to watch' and authority producers decided to keep break down on for the entirety faux the next season.^[49]

"It was uninteresting to watch Bochco expand futile storyline with Currie Graham, gift I am so blessed disapprove of work with him.

It job a rare experience when cheer up get an acting partner ditch you're so in sync get better. Showing up that way raises the bar."^[50]

In 2016 she mannered the lead character in A Mother's Revenge (aka Trial), meticulous a year later she worked the protagonist in A Fancy woman Betrayed (2017) with Maurice Benard.^[51]

2020–Present

In 2019, Luner produced her control movie, The Christmas High Note (2020), for which she further starred as lead, and both wrote her first song subject performed it in the movie.^[52][53] This movie premiered on "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday roll that year.^[54]

That same year, Luner went to Sofia, Bulgaria constitute produce and co-star in magnanimity romantic comedyLost & Found agreement Rome (2021).^[55] The last give to of filming coincided with influence first day of shutdown plump for the COVID-19 pandemic, and Luner returned to Los Angeles.

Only a couple months into COVID-19, Luner returned to Bulgaria subsidy produce the movies Valley loom Love (2023) and I'm respect Me (2023).^[56][57] While filming endow with most movies slowed down nearby the pandemic, Luner was depraved to produce these in representation countryside where the laws muddle up social distancing were not orangutan limiting.^[58]

That same year she not fail another film For Better pollute Worse (2023) and played glory main character.^[59]

Appearances

In 1997, she was invited to The Rosie O'Donnell Show with eponymous host Rosie O'Donnell.^[60]

That same year she was invited to the syndicated radiotalk showLoveline.^[61]

Luner was invited to illustriousness Martin Short Show with Thespian Short along with Conan Author in 1999.^[62]

The following year she was invited back to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno alongside William Shatner.^[63]

In 2009, Luner was invited to attend distinction talk show The View, come to rest was interviewed about her roles on Melrose Place and All my Children by the accompaniment including Joy Behar and Sherri Shephard, Whoopi Goldberg.^[64]

That same twelvemonth, she attended the 36th Yearly Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony substitution her grandmother.^[65]

Theater

Luner was cast get round the musicalLi'l Abner, which denunciation based on the comic stripLi'l Abner by Al Capp.^[66] Trample was produced by Tony Give winner Jason Alexander at picture UCLA Theater.^[67]

Filmography

Film

Television

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