She gained more significant attention with a starring role in 1987's Less than Zero, as the friend of a doomed drug addict played by Robert Downey Jr.
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Gertz made her film debut in the 1981 romance film Endless Love, which was followed by a co-starring role in the 1982–83 TV sitcom series Square Pegs. She also had a recurring role on The Facts of Life as Blair's friend and fellow schoolmate Boots St. Īs a child actor, Gertz was in one episode of Diff'rent Strokes along with Andrew Dice Clay. She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear and studied drama at NYU.
Gertz, who is Jewish, was raised in Conservative Judaism.
Her parents are Sharyn and Walter Gertz, who was a builder and contractor, and she has two brothers, Michael and Scott. She attended public schools, graduating from Maine East High School. Gertz was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lived in the suburb of Glenview. Along with her husband Tony Ressler, she is a part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less than Zero, and Quicksilver, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs and 1996's Twister, as well as for her roles as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing and as Debbie Weaver in the ABC sitcom The Neighbors. Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress.
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