Stepfanie Kramer

Kramer's professional acting career started in the late 1970s, while she was still in school. Kramer graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West, where she has later taught as a guest instructor. Kramer starred in the NBC sitcom We Got It Made in 1983. Her big break came in 1984, when she landed a starring role in Hunter, a creation of television mogul Stephen J. Cannell. After a rough start, the show was broadcast for seven consecutive seasons. Kramer starred in six of them, appearing in 130 episodes. In an interview with Jay Leno in 1989, Kramer admitted that she had not believed the show would be as long-lived as it was.

In 1986, Kramer stated she was working on a rock album with composer Mike Post, who had penned music for Hunter. She announced that she might put out an album the following year. No album was forthcoming, though, and in 1990, Kramer announced her departure from Hunter. The press said it was to concentrate on her music career.

Shortly after leaving Hunter, she began recording an album in England with producer Nils Lofgren. The album was never released. In 1992, Kramer married. Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter. She continued to write music and star in made-for-TV movies and indie films. She is a trained mezzo-soprano, and during her TV career, she used her musical abilities on several episodes of Hunter, as well as on Bob Hope television specials. Kramer's first album One Dream was released on October 12, 1999. It contains 10 adult contemporary songs. Most are originals. The Great American Song Book, her second album, was released in early.2008. On it, Kramer covers 14 classic songs recorded live in a one-woman show which she performs in various national venues. In 2008, she represented the US at the International Music Festival in Queretero, Mexico.

In 2015, Kramer was honored as an Icon of Television at the 55th International Television Festival in Monte Carlo.

She made a guest appearance on Pure Flix's internet series The Encounter, playing attorney Dee Sanders. She portrayed the matriarch Kate Meade in the CW series The Secret Circle (2012). In 2019 she appeared as Susan in the feature film Crossing. She portrayed Dorothy Calvin in the Hallmark film A Merry Christmas Match in 2020.