Jami Gertz

Jami Gertz fascinates me as a study in range and reinvention. She was the face of a very specific 1980s cool — Less than Zero, The Lost Boys — then aged gracefully into sitcom warmth with Still Standing and The Neighbors, which is a harder trick than it looks. But the part of her story I find genuinely remarkable is the second act as a businesswoman; few actors of her generation converted screen fame into that kind of lasting off-screen success. She strikes me as someone who understood early that a career is a portfolio, not a single role, and she has managed hers with rare intelligence.

Name (English)

Jami Gertz

Name (Japanese)

ジェイミー・ガーツ

Reading

じぇいみー・がーつ

Born

October 28, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / stage actor

High school

Maine East High School

University

New York University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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