Jaime Ray Newman

Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress. Newman is becoming best known for starring alongside Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Paul Gross as Kat Gardener in ABC's 2009 serialization of Eastwick. She is known for her portrayal of Kristina Cassadine on the American soap opera General Hospital. Newman currently plays Dr. Tess Fontana, a regular character, on Syfy's Eureka. Newman was born in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Mi... more

Jaime Ray Newman (born April 2, 1978) is an American actress. Newman is becoming best known for starring alongside Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Paul Gross as Kat Gardener in ABC's 2009 serialization of Eastwick. She is known for her portrayal of Kristina Cassadine on the American soap opera General Hospital. Newman currently plays Dr. Tess Fontana, a regular character, on Syfy's Eureka. Newman was born in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan. She started performing at age 11 in the debut of Israel Horovitz's play, A Rosen by Any Other Name. She worked consistently around Detroit, acting in many of the regional theaters. At 16, while attending the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills (also the alma mater of actress Selma Blair), Newman founded Apollo Theatre Productions. She rented out a theater, hired a well-known local director, professional actors and an entire crew to put up their first show. She acted as both producer and director, and found such a warm... less