Who is Jana Kramer? Net Worth, Age, Boyfriend, Height, Family, Relationship, Instagram, Facts, Wiki, Biography

Jana Kramer is an American actress and country music singer who was born Jana Rae Kramer. She is best known for her performance in the television series One Tree Hill as Alex Dupre. Her musical career began in 2012, and she has since released two albums: Jana Kramer in 2012 and Thirty One three years later.

These albums have yielded seven songs, including the top 10 successes “Why Ya Wanna” and “I Got the Boy,” which have peaked on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. She also competed in season 23 of Dancing with the Stars, where she came in fourth place.

Jana has dabbled in not only acting but also singing and dancing. “Why Ya Wanna,” her solo debut single, reached number 52 on the Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the Billboard chart. She was also a contestant on Season 23 of Dancing With Stars, where she and her partner Gleb Savchenko placed fourth.

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Jana Kramer Biography / Wiki

The superstar was born on the 2nd of December, 1983 in Rochester Hills, Oakland, Michigan. Rochester Adams High School was where Kramer received her education. She’d always wanted to be an actress since she was a child. She used to play minor roles in school plays when she was younger. Her first film, Dead/Undead, was a horror-thriller in which she played a major part.

All My Children, in which she made a cameo appearance, was her first television series. She has appeared in a number of television shows, including Extra Ordinary, One Tree Hill, A Welcome Home Christmas, Return of the Living Dead, 90210, and others. Love At First Bark, Heart of Country Country CRUSH, Prom Night, Click, Friday Night Lights, Blue Demon, The Poker Club, Soccer Mom, and more films have featured her.

Real Name	Jana Rae Kramer
Nick Name	Jana Kramer
Birth Place	Rochester Hills, Oakland, Michigan
Date Of Birth	2 December 1983
Age(as of 2022)	38 Years
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	American
Profession	Singer and Actress

Jana Kramer Age

As per Jana Kramer’s date of birth, her age is 38 years (as of now, in 2022). She celebrates her birthday on the 2nd Of December every year with her friends and family.

Jana Kramer Height and Weight

Jana Kramer’s height is about 5 feet 4 inches and her weight is approximately 52 kgs.

Jana Kramer Career 

Kramer first appeared on screen in the low-budget independent horror flick Dead/Undead in 2002. Kramer made her television debut the following year, appearing as a guest on All My Children. Kramer has since appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, and CSI: New York, among other shows. She’s also appeared in films including Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis, Click, Prom Night, Heart of the Country, and Country Crush in modest supporting roles. Spring Breakdown was also on her mind.

Kramer had a recurring appearance on Friday Night Lights, an NBC sports drama series, in 2007. During the second season of the show, she played Noelle Davenport. Kramer made her screen appearance in The CW’s adolescent drama series 90210, a revival of the 1990s teen drama Beverly Hills 90210.

 Kramer played Portia Ranson, a high school girl who made her first appearance in the first season’s second episode “The Jet Set.” Kramer’s involvement lasted six episodes, with her final appearance in “The Party’s Over,” which aired on May 5, 2009. Kramer had an appearance on HBO’s dramedy television series Entourage in 2009. Kramer featured in four episodes as a sorority girl who seduces Turtle (Jerry Ferrara).

Kramer was cast in the seventh season of the CW drama television series One Tree Hill in June 2009. Kramer portrayed Alex Dupre, a tabloid darling who becomes the new face of Brooke Davis’s fashion line, “Clothes Over Bros,” and causes chaos for the Tree Hill residents. Kramer makes her first appearance in the first episode of the season.

 Her role on the show was originally intended to be recurring, but by the fourteenth episode of the season, “Family Affair,” she had been promoted to a series regular. Kramer revealed in March 2012 that she will not return for the show’s ninth and final season in order to focus on her music career. Kramer made her final appearance on January 18, 2012, in the second episode of the ninth season, “In the Room Where You Sleep.” 

She joined Elektra Records in February 2011 and signed a recording contract. That same month, she released her promo single “I Won’t Give Up,” which debuted in the One Tree Hill episode “Holding Out for a Hero” and was exclusively available on iTunes and Amazon the next day. On the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States, the single peaked at number 75. Kramer started writing her debut album the next month. 

The majority of the record was produced by country music producer Scott Hendricks. Kramer released a new promo single, “Whiskey,” in April 2011 that she also played on One Tree Hill. On digital sales alone, the song charted at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 Kramer was cast as the protagonist in the independent drama film Heart of the Country in February 2012, playing Faith Carraday, a privileged young woman who is pursuing her show-biz dreams but leaves it all behind and relocates to rural North Carolina after her husband is imprisoned for Wall Street fraud. Kramer is also set to star in The Gatekeeper, a horror flick.

Kramer’s official debut song, “Why Ya Wanna,” was released on January 16, 2012. On February 6, 2012, Kramer debuted the official music video, directed by Kristin Barlowe. The song reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States and number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United Kingdom. The album’s second official single is “Whiskey.”

Kramer launched her debut album on Fox & Friends on June 1, 2012, with her first broadcast live performance. In front of a packed house in New York City, she performed “Why Ya Wanna.” Jana Kramer’s debut album, titled Jana Kramer, was released on June 5, 2012. Critics praised Kramer’s vocal delivery, and the album garnered mostly excellent reviews.

Nationwide Insurance published the first of a series of ads for its “Join the Nation” campaign on June 5, 2013, starring Kramer as a sneaky woman dressed in black leather who follows a group of burglars and substituting the items they thieve with the latest versions to promote Nationwide’s “Brand New Belongings” initiative.

Kramer was signed by Nationwide in August 2012 to perform the Nationwide jingle. In April 2014, a second commercial with Kramer’s character replacing goods in a fire-ravaged flat was produced to market Nationwide’s renters’ insurance. Jana returned to her Nationwide position in November 2014, this time as a sultry Santa Claus-like persona who replaced products over the Christmas season. The advertisements were created by Nationwide’s advertising partner McKinney.

In Virginia Beach, VA, Kramer opened for Blake Shelton on his Ten Times Crazier Tour in July 2013. Approaching Midnight, an independent film starring Kramer, had its global premiere at the Emagine Royal Oak in Michigan in August 2013.

Kramer was named as one of the celebrities competing on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars on August 30, 2016. She was paired with Gleb Savchenko, a professional partner. Kramer and Savchenko made it to the show’s final four and placed fourth.

Jana Kramer Family

Nora and Martin Kramer, both of German origin, raised Kramer in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Rochester Adams High School was Kramer’s alma mater at the time. She is a German speaker. Steve, her older brother, works for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department as a sergeant.

Jana Kramer Boyfriend 

Michael Gambino and Kramer married in 2004. They divorced a few months later after Kramer was subjected to serious domestic abuse, which culminated in Gambino’s attempted murder conviction in 2005.

 Kramer married actor Johnathon Schaech, whom she met on the set of Prom Night, on December 22, 2009. They married in Michigan on July 4, 2010. A month later, the couple split up. In June of 2011, their divorce was finalized. 

Kramer met Brantley Gilbert, a country music musician, during the CMT Music Awards in June 2012. They later started dating and became engaged on his 28th birthday, January 20, 2013, but dissolved their romance in August 2013.

Kramer started dating Washington Redskins tight end Mike Caussin, whom she contacted on Twitter, in August 2014. But, just weeks later, she disclosed on social media and during a show that they had broken up because he had cheated on her. She forgave him shortly after that, and they reconciled.

 Kramer opened up about her broken relationship with Gilbert for the very first time at CMA week in November 2014, claiming she was in an unhealthy place and had chosen toxic relationships as a result. She talked about her relationship with Caussin, claiming she was in a good position and had a good relationship with him. Kramer engaged to Caussin on her 31st birthday in December 2014, and the couple married on May 22, 2015.

The couple announced they were expecting their first child, a daughter, on August 10, 2015. On January 31, 2016, Kramer and Caussin welcomed their first child, Jolie Rae Caussin. Kramer and Caussin had split up in August 2016, in the midst of Caussin’s admission to rehab for undisclosed reasons.

 They reconciled the next year, and in December 2017, they reaffirmed their wedding vows. In April 2018, Kramer and Caussin opened up about his sex addiction, saying that it was a contributing factor to his infidelity. Kramer announced she was expecting her second child, a boy, in July of that year. On November 29, 2018, Kramer gave birth to their son, Jace Joseph Caussin.

Kramer filed for divorce from Caussin on April 20, 2021, claiming “inappropriate marital conduct, irreconcilable differences, and adultery.” A temporary restraining order was issued by a Williamson County, Tennessee court two days after the couple split up.