Jana Kramer

Jana Rae Kramer (born December 2, 1983) is an American country singer and actress.

She is known for her role as Alex Dupre on the television series One Tree Hill.

Jana Rae Kramer was born on December 2, 1983 in Rochester Hills, Michigan to Nora and Martin Kramer, who are of German descent.

She has an elder brother, Steve, who is a sergeant at the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

She speaks some German.

Kramer lived in Dearborn for some time after her parents divorced.

She attended Rochester Adams High School, where she graduated in 2002.

Kramer subsequently moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

She later moved to Nashville, Tennessee.

In 2002, Kramer made her acting debut in the low-budget independent horror film Dead/Undead.

The following year Kramer guest appeared on All My Children, which marked Kramer's television debut.

Kramer has since continued to appear in a number of television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and CSI: NY.

She has also had small supporting roles in films such as Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, Click, Prom Night, Heart of the Country, and Country Crush.

She was also in Spring Breakdown.

In 2007, Kramer appeared in a recurring role on the NBC sports drama television series Friday Night Lights.

She played the role of Noelle Davenport in the series' second season.

In 2008, Kramer appeared in The CW teen drama series 90210, a reboot of the 1990s teen drama television series Beverly Hills 90210.

Kramer played the role of high school student Portia Ranson and made her debut in the first season's second episode "The Jet Set".

Her role went on for six episodes and Kramer made her final appearance in "The Party's Over", which aired May 5, 2009.

In 2009, Kramer appeared on the HBO dramedy television series Entourage.

Kramer played the role of a sorority girl who seduces the character Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), and appeared in four episodes.

In June 2009, it was announced Kramer would star in the CW drama television series seventh season of One Tree Hill.

Kramer played the role of Alex Dupre, an actress and tabloid darling who becomes the new face of Brooke Davis's fashion line, "Clothes Over Bros", and creates havoc for the residents of Tree Hill.

Kramer made her debut in the season's first episode.

Initially Kramer's appearance on the show was meant to be in a recurring form, but her role was upgraded to a series regular by the season's fourteenth episode, "Family Affair".

In February 2011, Kramer signed a recording contract with Elektra Records.

That same month she premiered her promo track, "I Won't Give Up", which premiered in the One Tree Hill episode, "Holding Out for a Hero", and was released the following day exclusively on iTunes and Amazon.

The song reached number 75 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The following month Kramer began work on her debut album.

Country music producer Scott Hendricks produced the majority of the record.

In April 2011, Kramer released another promo track, titled "Whiskey", which she also performed on One Tree Hill.

The song reached number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on digital sales alone.

Kramer began her musical career in 2012 and has released two albums: Jana Kramer (2012) and Thirty One (2015).

The albums produced seven charted singles on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, including the top 10 hits "Why Ya Wanna" and "I Got the Boy".

She competed on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in fourth place.

In March 2012, Kramer made the announcement that she would no longer be making regular appearances in the show's ninth and final season, as she decided to focus on her music career.

Her last appearance on the show occurred in the second episode of the ninth season, "In the Room Where You Sleep," which was aired on January 18, 2012.

In February 2012, Kramer was cast as the protagonist in the independent drama film, Heart of the Country, playing the role of a privileged young woman, Faith Carraday, who is following her show-biz dreams but leaves it all and moves to rural North Carolina after her husband is jailed for Wall Street fraud.

Kramer is also attached to a horror film named The Gatekeeper.

On January 16, 2012, Kramer released her official debut single, "Why Ya Wanna".