Jamie Clayton

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 ...

The Neon Demon (2016)

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When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST:  Elle Fanning  •  Karl Glusman  •  Jena Malone  •  Bella Heathcote

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST:  Elle Fanning  •  Karl Glusman  •  Jena Malone  •  Bella Heathcote

Sense8: Creating the World (2015)

Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lana Wachowski  •  Josh Oreck
CAST:  Tuppence Middleton  •  Bae Doona  •  Brian J. Smith  •  Aml Ameen

Go behind the scenes and around the world with the "Sense8" cast and crew in this in-depth look at how the hit series is made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lana Wachowski  •  Josh Oreck
CAST:  Tuppence Middleton  •  Bae Doona  •  Brian J. Smith  •  Aml Ameen

The Snowman (2017)

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomas Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Fassbender  •  Rebecca Ferguson  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Val Kilmer

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomas Alfredson
CAST:  Michael Fassbender  •  Rebecca Ferguson  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Val Kilmer

Disclosure (2020)

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Feder
CAST:  Laverne Cox  •  Michaela Jaé Rodriguez  •  Lilly Wachowski  •  Yance Ford

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Feder
CAST:  Laverne Cox  •  Michaela Jaé Rodriguez  •  Lilly Wachowski  •  Yance Ford

The Chain (2019)

When Mike finds out that he has he same neurological disease as his father, he decides to enter a chain of assisted suicides, which operates under one rule: if you want to die, you must kill someone first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Martín Porras
CAST:  John Patrick Amedori  •  Ray Wise  •  Madeline Zima  •  Adrienne Barbeau

When Mike finds out that he has he same neurological disease as his father, he decides to enter a chain of assisted suicides, which operates under one rule: if you want to die, you must kill someone first.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Martín Porras
CAST:  John Patrick Amedori  •  Ray Wise  •  Madeline Zima  •  Adrienne Barbeau

Hellraiser (2022)

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Bruckner
CAST:  Jamie Clayton  •  Odessa A'zion  •  Drew Starkey  •  Brandon Flynn

A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Bruckner
CAST:  Jamie Clayton  •  Odessa A'zion  •  Drew Starkey  •  Brandon Flynn

Re-Live

Rowena, a transgender actress returns to her home on Guam for her high school reunion’s “do-over week,” to live out a big regret… her childhood dream of becoming a cheerleader. But she must then confront a different kind of reunion, with her estranged family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rain Valdez
CAST:  Rain Valdez  •  Yoshi Sudarso  •  Jamie Clayton  •  Vico Ortiz

Rowena, a transgender actress returns to her home on Guam for her high school reunion’s “do-over week,” to live out a big regret… her childhood dream of becoming a cheerleader. But she must then confront a different kind of reunion, with her estranged family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rain Valdez
CAST:  Rain Valdez  •  Yoshi Sudarso  •  Jamie Clayton  •  Vico Ortiz