Jami Gertz
Gender: Female
Born: 28th October 1965 (currently 46 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Still Standing, Dreams, Sibs, Square Pegs, Ally McBeal, Entourage, Dream On, ER
Movies: Crossroads, Keeping Up with the Steins, Less Than Zero, Solarbabies, Twister, Jersey Girl, Quicksilver, Endless Love, The Lost Boys, Sixteen Candles, Zwei Frauen, Listen to Me, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Lip Service, Sibling Rivalry, Alphabet City, Renegades, Seven Girlfriends, Mischief, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Undercover Christmas, Still Standing - Season 1
Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films Sixteen Candles, Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, and 1996's Twister, as well as for her role as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing with Mark Addy.
She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear, and she studied drama at NYU. Gertz made her film debut in the 1981 romance film Endless Love, which was followed by a co-starring role in the 1982-83 TV series Square Pegs. After its cancellation, she appeared in the teen movie Sixteen Candles in 1984. She gained attention with a starring role in 1987's Less Than Zero, as the friend of a doomed drug addict played by Robert Downey, Jr. She also starred in the 1987 film The Lost Boys as Star, the "half vampire" girlfriend, with Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric.
After working in Paris as a scent designer for Lanvin, Gertz returned to America and landed a key supporting role in the 1996 blockbuster Twister after other films including 1986's Solarbabies and Crossroads also the 1989 film Listen to Me with Kirk Cameron and 1992's Jersey
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