Jaime Sommers, sometimes spelled
Jamie Sommers, is a fictional character portrayed by
Lindsay Wagner in
The Bionic Woman and
The Six Million Dollar Man. She is a former professional
tennis star, a teacher of
middle school students and an occasional agent of the Office of Scientific Information. Through the use of
cybernetic implants, known as
bionics, she was gifted with extraordinary strength in one arm and both legs. She also had a bionic ear which allowed her to hear at low volumes, at different frequencies than most humans, and over uncommonly long distances. In 2004, Sommers was listed in
Bravo's
100 Greatest TV Characters.
AOL named her one of the 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters.