Jamie Clayton is an American actress. She plays in films and appears on television. Jamie is known to viewers for her role as Nomi Marks in the Netflix series "The Eighth Sense". The actress grew up in San Diego, California.
Biography
Jamie Clayton was born on January 15, 1978 in San Diego. Her father is a criminal defense attorney. The actress's mother is an event planner. In her youth, Clayton moved to New York to work as a makeup artist. Jamie is a transgender woman. In 2011, for her creativity and position, she was included in Out magazine's list of awarded representatives of the LGBT community.
Filmography
In 2014, along with such actors as Stephanie Begg, Holly Curren, Kelly Sebastian, Pauline Singer, Jamie played in the American short film Scissr. This comedy drama was directed by Stephanie Begg. The painting is only 10 minutes long.
In 2016, the actress played in the movie "The Neon Demon". The rest of the roles were played by Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abby Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendrix, Keanu Reeves, Charles Baker. This is a horror film co-produced by Denmark, France, USA and UK. The thriller is directed by Nicholas Winding Refn. He also wrote the script with Mary Lowes and Polly Stanam. The painting was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won an award for the work of composer Cliff Martinez. The film tells about the career of a model, which became a reality for a provincial girl. However, she fails to enjoy fame due to the intrigues of competitors.
In 2017, together with such actors as Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Jonas Karlsson and Michael Yates, Clayton starred in the thriller Snowman. This crime detective is co-produced by the UK, Sweden and the USA, directed by Thomas Alfredson. The roles in the film were played by Ronan Weibert, J. K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, David Densick and Toby Jones. The screenplay was written by Peter Strohan, Hussein Amini and Soren Svejstrup. The film tells about the murders that take place after the first snow.
TV series
In 2009, Jamie was invited to the TV series "Stallion" for the role of Kayla. This comedy-drama is directed by Daniel Etties, Bronwen Hughes and Uta Breezwitz. The script was written by Colette Burson, Dmitry Lipkin and Brett S. Leonard. The series starred such actors as Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Charlie Sexton, Sianoa Smith-McPhee and Anne Heche. The Stallion also features Rebecca Creskoff, Gregg Henry, Eddie Jamison, Lenny James, and Marylouise Burke. The series follows a former basketball star who is currently coaching. His wife left him, and he is trying to survive with 2 children. The main character believes that work in the field of escort can save him from lack of money, and begins to provide male services to ladies. Thomas Jane was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in 2010, 2011 and 2012. One of the female roles, Jane Adams, was also nominated for a Golden Globe.
In the period from 2010 to 2012, the actress starred in the role of Carla in the TV series "Well, here we go?" Her partners on the set were Keisha Sharp, Teela Dunn, Essen Atkins, Terry Crews, Coy Stewart and Christian Finnegan. The series also stars Thelma Hopkins, Joseph D'Onofrio, Ice Cube and Michael Hall D'Addario. The directors of this comedy were Eli Leroy, Alfonso Ribeiro, Rich Correll. The episodes were scripted by Jason M. Palmer, Eli Leroy, Owen Smith. According to the plot, the main character marries a woman who already has children. They don't really like their mother's new spouse.
In 2011, Jamie was invited to the TV series "Vanity" for the role of Nadia. The main roles were played by Sebastian Lakos, Jessica Press, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gerald McCullough, Kevin Alcoholas, Sharon Washington, Mara Davi and Gary Cowling. There were 3 seasons in total. This drama was written by Sebastian Lakos and Jennifer M. Houd. Lakos also played the role of the director.
In 2012, Clayton starred in Eric Appel's Aaron Shuar's Dirty Work. The rest of the cast stars Hank Harris, Matt Jones, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Moira Quirk and Ron Bottitta. Gabrielle Christian, Melissa Christine and Greg Collins also played on the show. This comedy series was written by John S. Newman, Zach Schiff-Abrams and Aaron Shuar.
Together with Christine Lehman, Luis Ferreira, Brendan Penny and Lauren Holly, the actress starred in the 2013-2016 series Motive. The plot tells about an unusual detective who uses a non-standard approach to investigating crimes. The series also stars Warren Christie and Roger R. Cross, Valerie Tian and Louise D'Oliver, Cameron Bright and Laura Mennell. Jamie got one of the small roles. Daniel Ceron, James Thorpe, Thomas Pound worked on the script for the episodes. The directors are Andy Mikita, Sturla Gunnarsson, David Frazi. There were 4 seasons in total.
Since 2014, the animated series BoJack Horseman has been running, in which Jamie plays a cameo role. The series has worked on actors Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul, Paul F. Tompkins, Adam Conover, Keith Albermann, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Kristen Schaal and Patton Oswalt. The script was written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Elijah Aron, Alison Tafel. The directors included Anne Walker, Aaron Long and Joel Moser. So far, 6 seasons of the series have been released. BoJack Horseman was nominated for the 2017 and 2018 Saturn Awards.
Along with actors such as Tuppence Middleton, Brian J. Smith, Aml Amin and Tina Desai, Jamie starred in The Eighth Sense, which ran from 2015 to 2018. The plot tells about a group of mentally connected people, for whom ill-wishers begin to hunt. The script was written by J. Michael Strazhinski, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski. Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, James McTeague.
