How Jamie Luner made it big?

Jamie Luner
4 min readDec 18, 2020

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You must remember the gorgeous Jamie Luner who played various memorable roles on the silver screen. And a few of those roles managed to form an engaging bond with the audience.

The story begins with “Just the Ten of Us,” a sit-com from the last 80s that aired on ABC. The show was a spin-off of another successful sit-com called the Growing Pains and debuted on April 26, 1988. It quickly escalated among the most loved shows on American TV behind its sister show. The people loved the characters, the comedy, and of course, the story.

The audience connected with each character as the cast justified each role they played. And among the cast was a young Jamie Luner who played Cindy Lubbock on the show. Cindy was a young teenager in the story and one of Coach Graham T. Lubbock’s seven children. And that’s how it all began.

Young talent is discovered

Some people believe Jamie Luner was meant to be a star. And her mother nudged her in the right direction as she hired a local talent agency when Jamie was a baby. The talent agency didn’t disappoint as Jamie got her first gig opposite Suzanne Somers when she was just four. It was a tissue commercial, and Jamie had to sneeze on cue.

Around the time Jamie was 15 she participated in and won a local Shakespeare competition. And being on the stage and winning the competition made her realize what she wanted to do. In a later interview, when they asked Jamie about the competition, she said, “Performing gave me such a high. My body was tingling.”

While Jamie was enjoying her first win on the stage, Growing Pains started airing on ABC. Jamie, then, managed to bag a small role on the show within its first year of airing. She appeared on the show a couple of times, and while she was doing that, her mother flew Jamie to New York. There, Jamie went to the Professional Children’s School.

Jamie Luner — A Star

Just the Ten of Us had a successful run for three seasons, and then the producers canceled the show in 1991. After the show went off-air, Jamie also took a break from acting and joined a culinary school. But it wasn’t long before she was back on the silver screen. We have seen her as Cindy Lubbock, Lexi Sterling in Melrose Place, Rachel Burke in Profiler, and Payton Richards in Savannah to name a few. The list is a long one, and it is difficult to select a pinpoint one single role.

A Short Walk-through Jamie Luner’s Hollywood Career

Who doesn’t remember the beautiful Jamie Luner from Just the Ten of Us, Melrose Place, Savannah, etc.? Everyone does! Jamie played some astonishing roles on the silver screen that we all still remember. She has always tried new characters that challenged her as an actor.

Jamie Luner’s journey began with Just the Ten of Us, an American sitcom that aired on ABC in the late 80s. It debuted on April 26, 1988, and was a spin-off show of another successful sit-com: Growing Pains. And it did not take long for Just the Ten of Us to catch the fancy of the people. Within the first two seasons, the show joined the list of most loved television series in American history, along with its sister show. The people loved everything about the show: the comedy, characters, the story, and the cast.

The audience of the show felt connected with each character and shared their ordeal. Among the cast was a feisty-looking, young Jamie Luner who portrayed Cindy Lubbock on the show. Jamie’s character, Cindy, was a beautiful teenager in the story and one of Coach Graham T. Lubbock’s seven children.

Starting young

Jamie Luner took her first baby steps towards stardom when she was a baby. Jamie’s mother, Susan Luner hired a local professional talent agency for her baby. And it didn’t take long for the talent agency to bring the right project for little Jamie. She was four when she got to star in a tissue commercial opposite Suzanne Somers where Jamie had to sneeze on cue.

When Jamie was around 15 years old, she took part in a local Shakespeare competition and won. That is when Jamie realized what she was meant to do in her life. She even said in an interview that, “Performing gave me such a high. My body was tingling.”

Meanwhile, Growing Pains had started to air on ABC. And Jamie bagged a small role on the show during its first year of airing. She made various appearances on the show, but they were all blink-and-a-miss ones. Her mother then flew Jamie to New York, where her young daughter attended the Professional Children’s School.

A Hollywood star

Just the Ten of Us ran for a successful three-season until the producers pulled the plug on the show in early 1991. When the show went off-air, Jamie decided to take a break from acting and went to a culinary school. But she couldn’t stay away from the silver screen for too long. Right after her return, we saw her as Lexi Sterling in Melrose Place, Payton Richards in Savannah, and Rachel Burke in Profiler to name a few. We can only hope that Jamie never stops amazing us.

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Jamie Luner
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Jamie Luner worked extensively with several charitable organizations, namely The Unstoppable Foundation, Project Angel Food, and the Blank Theatre Company’s

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