Jaime Ray Newman

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Recent Role:
Holly Franklin on Castle
Gender:
Female
Born:
4-2-1978
Birthplace:
Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
Birth Name:
Jaime Ray Newman
AKA:
Jamie Ray Newman
A native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, American actress Jamie Ray Newman may be remembered for her role as Kristina Cassadine on the long-running ABC daytime soap General Hospital. Her inclination towards the performing arts manifested early as her stage debut came when she was only 11 in Israel Horovitz's A Rosen by Any Other Name. She would then make the rounds appearing in several regional theatrical productions as a teen.… More While she was in high school, Jaime established the Apollo Theatre Productions. Acting as producer, she was able to put up shows by renting out a theater, employing professional actors, and hiring a well-known local director or directing the shows herself.

After high school, Newman attended Boston University School for the Arts theater conservatory for two years before enrolling at Northwestern University for a degree in English and Drama. While at Northwestern, she continued her dedication to theater as she founded the Ignition Festival for Women in the Arts. It was also during that time that she discovered her passion for jazz music. Joining several bands such as the popular funk band Sweet Sweet Candy, as well as her own, Jaime landed singing gigs in Chicago clubs before she graduated in June 2000. In September 2000, she followed her family to Los Angeles in pursuit of a professional acting career. While she was still finding her way in the acting industry, Jamie kept performing in LA, this time with her jazz sextet,The Jaime Newman Jazz Band.

In 2001, she appeared in an episode of The Drew Carey Show followed by small roles in some films including the Leonardo DiCaprio-led Catch Me If You Can (2002). Her big break came in 2001 as she was tapped to play a member of the aristocratic Cassadine family on General Hospital. Jamie's other notable recurring roles on television include playing Lt. Laura Cadman on Stargate Atlantis, Natalie Hughes on E-Ring, and Mindy O'Dell on Veronica Mars. In 2009, aside from working in several episodes of the FOX psychiatry-based drama Mental and recurring as Dr. Tess Fontana, the love interest of Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) on Eureka, Newman also had the privilege of being the first to be chosen as one of the three witches for ABC's fantasy comedy Eastwick, alongside Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price.

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    i think shes such an underrated actress, in everything she does her character always ends up being likable no matter what they do. even if its something that would usually make the audience loath that character. I first saw her in Eureka where i loved her character Tess, after that i started watching Eastwick and although the show wasnt that great her acting still made it watchable. I also recently started watching Leverage where she appeared in the 3rd episode of the 1st season as a former love-interest of Eliot. And even though she acted like a b!tch towards a pretty lovable character somehow you still managed to sympathize with her.
    Shes been appearing on several shows, on all different networks and i hope this isnt the last of her. Maybe she'll get her own show soon...hopefully one better and more successful than Eastwick.

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