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Jaime Ray Newman 
Born April 2, 1978
Farmington Hills, MichiganOccupation Actor, Singer Years active 2000-present 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,[1] and as Dr. Tess Fontana in Syfy's Eureka.
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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[2] 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.
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 a 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, Nip/Tuck and Mental. 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.[3]
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).
Filmography
Year Production Role Notes 1997 Full Blast Bo Film 2001 The Drew Carey Show Tina 1 episode: "The Warsaw Closes" 2002 The Violent Kind Amanda Film 2002 Star Quality Katie Swellhead Short film 2002 Catch Me If You Can Monica Film 2003 Happy Family Amanda 1 episode: "The Doghouse" 2001–2003 General Hospital Kristina Carter Cassadine 68 episodes 2004 Wedding Daze Teri Landry TV film 2005 McBride: Murder Past Midnight Emily Harriman TV film 2005 Lonesome Matador Emily Film 2005 Supernatural Amanda Walker 1 episode: "Phantom Traveler" 2005 Living 'til the End Audrey Gersons Film 2005 Stargate Atlantis Lt. Laura Cadman 2 episodes: "Duet" and "Critical Mass" 2005 Rumor Has It... Conference Greeter Film 2006 Hollis & Rae Hollis Chandler Pilot for a TV series 2006 Crossing Jordan Cpt. Gwen Osbourne 1 episode: "Code of Ethics" 2006 Bones Stacy Goodyear 1 episode: "The Woman in the Car" 2006 Related Kylie Stewart 2 episodes: "London Calling" and "Daddy's Little Girl" 2006 Medium Angela Saunders 1 episode: "A Changed Man" 2006 E-Ring Natalie Hughes 4 episodes: "Acceptable Losses", "Friends and Enemies", "Brothers in Arms" and "Isolation" 2006 Under the Mistletoe Susan Chandler TV film 2007 I'm Paige Wilson Paige Wilson TV film 2007 Marlowe Tracy Faye TV film 2007 Criminal Minds Lacy Kyle 1 episode: "The Big Game" 2006–2007 Veronica Mars Mindy O'Dell 8 episodes: "President Evil", "Hi, Infidelity", "Spit & Eggs", "Show Me the Monkey", "There's Got to be a Morning After Pill", "Postgame Mortem", "Mars, Bars" and "Papa's Cabin" 2007 Raw Footage Rachel Graham Film 2007 LA Blues Jack's Ex-Wife Film 2007 Live! Anchorwoman Film 2007 Heroes Young Victoria Pratt 1 episode: "Chapter Ten: Truth & Consequences" 2007 Sex and Breakfast Betty Film 2008 Made of Honor Ariel Film 2008 A Line in the Sand Ann Marie Film 2008 Lincoln Heights Sabrina Gasper 4 episodes: "The New Wild Ones", "The Day Before Tomorrow", "Number One with a Bullet" and "Disarmed" 2008 Leverage Aimee Martin 1 episode: "The Two-Horse Job" 2009 Nip/Tuck Daphne Pendell 2 episodes: "Gene Shelly" and "Ronnie Chase" 2009 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts Emmy (voice) Direct-to-video film 2003, 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Julie Waters, Melinda Carver 2 episodes: "After The Show" (2003) and "A Space Oddity" (2009) 2009 Logorama Dispatch Girl - Radio Short animated film 2009 Mental Dr. Zan Avidan 3 episodes: "Obsessively Yours", "House of Mirrors" and "Coda" 2009–2010 Eastwick Kat Gardener 13 episodes 2009–2010 Eureka Dr. Tess Fontana 12 episodes 2010-2011 Drop Dead Diva Vanessa Hemmings Recurring role 2010–2011 Life Unexpected Julia 2 episodes: "Honeymoon Interrupted", "Affair Remembered" 2011 Royal Pains Stacy 1 episode: "Astraphobia" 2011 CSI: NY Claire Conrad 1 episode: "Indelible"; deceased wife of Mac Taylor 2011 NCIS Navy Lieutenant Commander Melanie Burke 2 episodes: "Engaged (Parts I and II)" References
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2010-09-03). The Year in Television, 2009: A Catalog of New and Continuing Series, Miniseries, Specials and TV Movies. McFarland. pp. 49–. ISBN 9780786458448. http://books.google.com/books?id=GoKJZanh6TsC&pg=PA49. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.hillelday.org/ftpimages/157/download/download_group3145_id273635.pdf
- ^ Brantley, Ben (January 26, 2011). "‘New York Idea,' Revised by David Auburn at Lortel - Review". The New York Times. http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/theater/reviews/27idea.html.
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Categories:- 1978 births
- American film actors
- American Jews
- American television actors
- American soap opera actors
- Living people
- Actors from Michigan
- Jewish actors
- Northwestern University alumni
- People from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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