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A wide-eyed, dark-haired performer, Jami Gertz won a nationwide talent search sponsored by producer Norman Lear and was cast at age 16 in the breakout role of preppy Muffy Tepperman in the short-lived CBS sitcom "Square Pegs" (1982-83) featuring Sarah Jessica Parker. With her parents' permission, the young actress left her home in Illinois and settled in L.A. to play the snobbish Muffy. Following the demise of "Square Pegs", Gertz went on to a recurring role on NBC's "The Facts of Life" in 1983 and a co-starring berth on the equally short-lived John Stamos vehicle "Dreams" (CBS, 1984)....

Filmography

Keeping Up With The Steins - ( Joanne Fielder / 2006 / Released / MGM Home Entertainment )
Kat and Allison - ( Kat / 2000 / Released / )
Seven Girlfriends - ( Lisa / 2000 / Released / )
Twister - ( Melissa / 1996 / Released / )
Jersey Girl - ( Toby Mastallone / 1993 / Released / )
Don't Tell Her It's Me - ( Emily / 1990 / Released / Pathe International )
Sibling Rivalry - ( Jeanine / 1990 / Released / Forum Film Limited )
Silence Like Glass - ( Eva Martin / 1990 / Released / Ljubljanski Kinema )
Listen to Me - ( Monica Tomanski / 1989 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Renegades - ( Barbara / 1989 / Released / Greater Union Distributors )
Less Than Zero - ( Blair / 1987 / Released / )
The Lost Boys - ( Star / 1987 / Released / )
Crossroads - ( Frances / 1986 / Released / )
Quicksilver - ( Terri / 1986 / Released / )
Solarbabies - ( Terra / 1986 / Released / )
Mischief - ( Rosalie / 1985 / Released / )
Alphabet City - ( Sophia / 1984 / Released / )
Sixteen Candles - ( Robin / 1984 / Released / )
Endless Love - ( Patty / 1981 / Released / Barber Rose International Films Ltd )
TV Credits
Shark ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Funny Flubs & Screw-Ups XII ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Undercover Christmas ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Still Standing ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Still Deceitful ( 2006 )
TV Episode Judy Miller

Still Graduating ( 2006 )
TV Episode Judy Miller

Still Coaching ( 2006 )
TV Episode Judy Miller

Still Bad ( 2006 )
TV Episode Judy Miller

Still Eighteen ( 2006 )
TV Episode Judy Miller

2001 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Ally McBeal ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Hudson Street ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Make A Wish ( 1997 )
TV Episode Dr Nina Pomerantz

TV Episode Dr Nina Pomerantz

TV Episode Dr Nina Pomerantz

Faith ( 1997 )
TV Episode Dr Nina Pomerantz

Who's Appy Now? ( 1997 )
TV Episode Dr Nina Pomerantz

Related By Birth ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
This Can't Be Love ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Sibs ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
TGIF Comedy Preview ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Dream On ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Seinfeld ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Dreams ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
For Members Only ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Square Pegs ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
The Facts of Life ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

A wide-eyed, dark-haired performer, Jami Gertz won a nationwide talent search sponsored by producer Norman Lear and was cast at age 16 in the breakout role of preppy Muffy Tepperman in the short-lived CBS sitcom "Square Pegs" (1982-83) featuring Sarah Jessica Parker. With her parents' permission, the young actress left her home in Illinois and settled in L.A. to play the snobbish Muffy. Following the demise of "Square Pegs", Gertz went on to a recurring role on NBC's "The Facts of Life" in 1983 and a co-starring berth on the equally short-lived John Stamos vehicle "Dreams" (CBS, 1984). Although she had made her feature film debut in the notorious bomb "Endless Love" (1981) and had supporting roles in "Sixteen Candles" and "Alphabet City" (both 1984), the actress landed her first starring role opposite Kevin Bacon in "Quicksilver" (1986). Later that year, Gertz was seen both on stage (in "Out of Gas on Lover's Leap" in L.A.) and on screen (in "Solarbabies") opposite Jason Patric, with whom she also co-starred in "The Lost Boys" (1987), Joel Schumacher's stylish vampire thriller. She went on to do fine work in films that didn't click with either critics or the public. Gertz was impressive as a vacuous, rich party girl in the drug-soaked world of "Less Than Zero" (1987), as Kirk Cameron's fellow college debate team member in "Listen to Me" (1989) and as Kirstie Alley's critical sister in "Sibling Rivalry" (1990).

Gertz once again tackled weekly series as the youngest of a trio of sisters forced by circumstances to share an abode in the middling ABC sitcom "Sibs" (1991-92). She had a rare lead in the feature comedy "Jersey Girl" (1992), but it barely received distribution. Gertz fared somewhat better supporting old pros Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Quinn in the CBS telepic "This Can't Be Love" (1994). Although she had taken time off for motherhood, the actress resumed her big screen career with a fine comic turn as Bill Paxton's spoiled fiancee in the actioner "Twister" (1996). Gertz then turned up in a recurring role as a psychologist who was a potential love interest for Anthony Edwards' Dr. Mark Greene on the NBC medical drama "ER" in 1997 and garnered an Emmy nomination as a morally upright lawyer in the Fox series "Ally McBeal" in 2000. She was also seen as an unstable drug addict in the independent feature "Lip Service/Kat & Allison" (2001).


Profession(s):
Actor
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Family
father:Walter Gertz
husband:Tony Ressler (born c. 1960; married in 1989; was misdiagnosed with a brain tumor in September 1995; underwent surgery for removal of a cyst in 1995)
son:Nicholas Simon Ressler (born on February 17, 1995)
son:Oliver Jordan Ressler (born May 6, 1992)
son:Theo Ressler (born c. 1998)

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Education
New York University New York, New York drama
The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute New York, New York
Milestones (Back to top)
2006 Cast in the indie comedy "Keeping Up with the Steins," playing the wife of Jeremy Piven
2002 Portrayed comedienne Gilda Radner in the ABC biopic tentatively titled "It's Always Something"
2001 Portrayed a heroin addict in the independent feature "Lip Service/Kat & Allison"
2000 Played recurring role of a prissy lawyer on Fox's "Ally McBeal"; garnered Emmy nomination
1999 Played one of the titular "Seven Girlfriends"
1997 Had recurring role as a psychologist on the hit NBC series "ER"
1996 Co-starred as Melissa, the fiancee of a storm chaser (Bill Paxton), in "Twister"
1994 Had memorable guest role as a woman who wouldn't share toilet paper with Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) on "Seinfeld" (NBC)
1994 Made TV-movie debut, "This Can't Be Love" (CBS), starring Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Quinn
1992 Played title role in the feature comedy "Jersey Girl"
1990 Cast as Kirstie Alley's sister in "Sibling Rivalry"
1989 Appeared opposite Kirk Cameron in "Listen to Me"
1987 Second film with Jason Patric, "The Lost Boys"
1987 Offered a fine turn as a vacuous rich girl in "Less Than Zero", co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
1986 Had first leading role in a feature with "Quicksilver"
1986 Appeared with Jason Patric in Los Angeles production of "Outta Gas on Lover's Leap"
1986 Had featured role alongside Jason Patric in "Solarbabies"
1984 Co-starred on the short-lived series "Dreams"
1982 - 1983 Made TV debut as a regular playing the popular snobbish prepster Muffy Teperman in the CBS sitcom "Square Pegs"
1981 Made feature debut, "Endless Love"
Raised in Glenview, Illinois
Bitten by the acting bug after playing Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" in the fifth grade
Played recurring role of Boots St. Clair on the NBC series "The Facts of Life"
Returned to series TV as the youngest of three sisters in the ABC sitcom "Sibs"


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