Beautiful actress and singer Jana Rae Kramer was born on December 2, 1983 in Rochester Hills, Michigan, US. Her father was Martin Kramer, mother Nora Kramer. She has mixed descent, including Chilean, Croatian and German. She grew up in Rochester Hills with her brother Steve, who became a police officer. Jana studied at the Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills.


Jana Kramer debuted in 2002 in the unsuccessful film Dead/Undead, where she had an episodic role. After several minor roles, she step by step dug her way to the fame. Since 2002, she participated in many movies and TV series, including All My Children (2003), The Passage (2003), Blood Games (2003), Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005). She had an episodic role in a popular series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2006.

Basically, most of her roles up to 2009 were episodic or minor: role of Paige Rowand in CSI: NY (2006), role of Noelle Davenport in Friday Night Lights (2007), role of Lola in Grey's Anatomy (2008), role of Lyla in medical drama Private Practice, and many others.

Her most famous and regular role was in the series One Tree Hill, aired on The WB and The CW from 2003 to 2012. Jana Kramer portrayed there Alex Dupre during 38 episodes, and this role could be considered as her the most successful.

Apart from acting career, Jana developed herself as a country singer. She released two audio albums: Jana Kramer (June 5, 2012) and Thirty One (October 9, 2015). Both of the albums reached top list of albums on Billboard 200. The album Jana Kramer was sold to 185000 people and Thirty One was sold to 60000 people.

Jana Kramer released five singles: "Why Ya Wanna", "Whiskey", "Love", "I Got the Boy" and "Said No One Ever". Almost all of them were super popular. "Why Ya Wanna" reached #3 on US Hot Country Songs and US Country Airplay charts. "Whiskey" was less successful, and reached #89 US Hot Country Songs and #93 on US Country Airplay charts. "Love", released on June 9, 2014, became her average result, with positions #32 on US Country Airplay and #37 on US Hot Country Songs. "I Got the Boy" released on March 30, 2015 and almost repeated the results of "Why Ya Wanna".

Here is the short song list of Jana Kramer: "Whiskey”, "Good Time Coming On", "What I Love About Your Love", "Said No One Ever", "Don't Touch My Radio" and other lyrics.

First boyfriend of Jana Kramer was Michael Gambino. They married in 2004, and could not have kept the marriage even for a one year. They divorced also in 2004. Her second husband was an American writer and actor Johnathon Schaech. They engaged on December 22, 2009 and one year later, they married. However, this marriage was also very short. They separated in June 2011. Now she is married to a former football player Mike Caussin. They married in 2015, and still remain married.

Thanks to her popular albums and TV roles, Jana has a net worth about 2 million dollars.

Last Modified: Apr 7, 2020


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