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Jamie Luner
Actress from the "Profiler"

November 04, 1999

Actress Jamie Luner, discusses in an online interview the ins and outs of the hit NBC TV show, "Profiler."

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NBC Live: Welcome to NBC Live! Tonight we are chatting with Jamie Luner, who plays FBI profiler Rachel Burke on NBC's "Profiler". A native of Los Angeles, Jamie's television credits include starring in "Melrose Place" and in "Just the Ten of Us." She also had a cameo role in the feature film "Friends and Lovers" with Robert Downey, Jr. and Stephen Baldwin. Welcome Jamie!

Jamie Luner: Hi, everyone! What do you want to know?

Sharontime Says: What do you like most about working on "Profiler"?

Jamie Luner: Wow! It's very difficult to find the one thing I like the most, but I'd have to say the people, firstly; a truly talented group of people who are very warm. They have made it a lot of fun to work on the show. We laugh a lot. We play a lot. I also really love the challenge that this role has brought to me.

Frannyjean Says: Do you feel you have a lot in common with your character?

Jamie Luner: I always find similarities with the character and myself. Of course, it's never exact but unless you can find similarities it is very hard to connect with what you are doing. But in this role in particular, I find to have the most similarities to who I am mainly because she's a real woman in the world out there. She's unlike the vamp characters I've played the last four or five years on Aaron Spelling's shows. The producers often times listen carefully when I speak. The next script I read, I'll find things I've said and done. I love to work out, and that's a common for Rachel. They have her cooking very well, which is something I do. She can definitely be one of the guys, as well as very feminine. As strong as she is, she is vulnerable as well; very much like myself.

NBCSoapFan Says: How did you prepare for your role? Did you visit the FBI or do any research on the Bureau?

Jamie Luner: Well, honestly when I started this role, there was no time to do much of anything but get my script, learn my lines, and show up to work. It happened that fast. But during the first few episodes I was able to talk to some FBI agents as well as the other cast members who have had many years to do research and every day I learn something new. So the research never stops.

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