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Jamie Clayton

1978-01-15 (46 years old) in San Diego, California, USA

Jamie Clayton (born January 15, 1978) is an American actress and model. Clayton is best known for starring as Nomi Marks in the Netflix original series Sense8, Sasha Booker in the third season of Designated Survivor and Tess Van De Berg in Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q. She portrays Pinhead in the 2022 Hellraiser film. Clayton was raised in San Diego, California. Her father, Howard Clayton, was a criminal defense attorney, and her mother, Shelley, is an event planner. When she was 19, Clayton moved to New York City to pursue a career as a makeup artist. In 2010, Clayton was the makeup artist and co-host on VH1's first makeover show TRANSform Me. The following year she played the recurring role of Kyla in the third season of the HBO series Hung. In 2012, Clayton played the lead role of Michelle Darnell on the Emmy Award winning interactive web series Dirty Work and the role of Carla Favers on the TV series Are We There Yet? She also narrated the audiobook for the children's novel Melissa about a young transgender girl. Clayton starred as one of the eight main characters in the Netflix original television series Sense8 that premiered on June 5, 2015. In Sense8 she played Nomi Marks, a trans woman, political blogger, and hacker living in San Francisco. Clayton said that she was primarily interested in Sense8 because of the opportunity to play a transgender character written by filmmakers Lilly and Lana Wachowski and to be on set with them. Being a fan of science fiction and J. Michael Straczynski in particular also attracted her to this project. Clayton appeared in the 2016 film The Neon Demon and the 2017 thriller film The Snowman. In 2019, Clayton starred as Sasha Booker in the third season of the Netflix's Designated Survivor. From 2019 through Season 3, Clayton starred in The L Word: Generation Q, the sequel to the Showtime original The L Word. She also guest starred in The CW’s Roswell: New Mexico. In 2022, Clayton starred as 'The Priest', the antagonist in Hellraiser.

Movies

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Hellraiser
62.01 %|Sep 28, 2022
Horror, Mystery
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Disclosure
79 %|Jun 19, 2020
Documentary
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The Chain
52 %|May 31, 2019
Thriller
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The Snowman
52 %|Aug 24, 2017
Crime, Thriller
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The Neon Demon
65 %|May 31, 2016
Thriller, Horror
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Sense8: Creating the World
78 %|Aug 1, 2015
Documentary

Series

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Twilight of the Gods
79 %|Sep 19, 2024
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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Equal
15 %|Oct 22, 2020
Documentary, Drama
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The L Word: Generation Q
76 %|Dec 8, 2019
Drama
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Roswell, New Mexico
78.36 %|Jan 15, 2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
68 %|Oct 31, 2016
Reality
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Designated Survivor
71 %|Sep 21, 2016
Drama, War & Politics
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Sense8
77.55 %|Jun 5, 2015
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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BoJack Horseman
85.58999999999999 %|Aug 22, 2014
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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Motive
63.9 %|Feb 3, 2013
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Hustling
60 %|Nov 19, 2011
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Hung
65.75999999999999 %|Jun 28, 2009
Comedy