Jamie Luner

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 M.J. Watson on The Amazing Spider-Man. 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.

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.

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.

Luner's next big break came in 1996, when she was cast as Tabitha Jill Miller in FOX'S real world adaptation of Spider-Man. However once the live action property rights were settled, FOX opted to make a more faithful adaptation of the source material. The character of Tabitha then became the series' version of Mary Jane Watson, though the TV version was not particularly faithful to the source material. Regardless Luner became the first person to play a live action version of the character.

Luner remained with the show for the first six years, but eventually became discontent with the part. Wishing to move on, she announced to the producers that she would be leaving after the sixth season was completed. Appealing to his co-star, Michael Dee promised to lighten her workload on the series if she remained throughout the end. The series' end had been written in advance and he had no wish to re-cast the part or kill off Mary Jane and remove her place within the narrative.

Luner agreed and remained with the series, appearing in only half of the 48 episodes for seasons 7 and 8. 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 Aaron 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. (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.

In 2011 Luner rejected an offer to return to the Spider-Man TV universe in the follow-up mini-series Civil War feeling that in such a special effects (& super-hero) laden plot, there was no need for her presence.

Luner guest-starred in both Supernatural and Criminal Minds in 2013.

In 2014, Luner was cast in the Investigation Discovery series Heartbreakers opposite Jack Wagner and Rob Estes.

Filmography[]

Film[]

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
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
2014	Fatal Friends	Ashley Allen	Television film
2015	Flirting with Madness		Television film

Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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"
1996-2004	The Amazing Spider-Man	Mary Jane Watson	Starring Role (1996-2002), Recurring (2003-2004)
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

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