Jamie Clayton is an American transgender actress and model who is famous for her role on the Netflix original series ‘Sense 8’. She has played the character of a San Francisco transgender female political blogger and hacker ‘Nomi Marks’. Also, she has portrayed the role of ‘Sasha Booker’ in the third season of Netflix’s ‘Designated Survivor’, where Tanner Buchanan acted as ‘Leo Kirkman’.
Further, she has also received the Emmy Award for her lead role in interactive web series ‘Dirty Work’. Besides having a successful career, it was not easy for her to get what she had obtained now. Since birth, Jamie is a transgender and had to face many challenging obstacles while making her career in the industry and personal life as well. So, do you want to know more about her? then scroll below to get further details on her growing path and making a career.
Caption: The transgender actress and model, Jamie Clayton
Source: Out.com
Jamie Clayton: Bio, Family, Education
The actress who had been transgender by birth was born on 15 January 1978, in San Diego, California. She was born as the daughter to the father, Howard Clayton and mother Shelly Clayton. Her father worked as a defense attorney and her mother as an event planner. She grew up along with her sister, Toni in San Diego.
At the age of nineteen, she moved to New York City to pursue her career as a makeup artist. Besides that, she has not revealed information on her academic background.
Jamie Clayton: Career & Life Achievements
After moving to New York, she started to pursue her career as a makeup artist during 2010. At that time, she also bragged as a co-host of VH1’s first make up a show ‘TRANSform Me.’ After getting noticed from the show, she got an opportunity to appear in the third season of the HBO series ‘Hung’ as Kyla.
Moreover, she gained a role in a web series ‘Dirty Work’, for which she won an Emmy Award web series. Later in 2012, she got a role on the TV series ‘Are We There Yet?’ as Carla Favers. Jamie got huge recognition after appearing in Netflix Television series ‘Sense8’. She played the role of Nomi Marks, a San Francisco transgender female political blogger and hacker. In addition, in 2016, she also played as casting director in the film ‘The Neon Demon’ and Edda in 2017 ‘The Snowman’.
Additionally, Out Magazine has honored Jamie in their list of annual ‘Out 100’ awards.
Jamie Clayton: Personal Life & Boyfriend
You must be confused and want to know whether the actress is transgender or not? Well, yes, she is transgender and proud of who she is. Also, her fans want to know about her relationship if she is hooked up with anyone in the past and present. Then currently, she has not available the relationship status of her. In a safe zone, she possibly is single at the moment.
Previously, she had a relationship with actor Keanu Reeves. According to the sources, the duo started dating in 2015 after they met on the set of the 2016 movie ‘The Neon Demon’. However, the couple separated after having a few years-long relationships.
The controversy took place in 2016 when Jamie addressed Matt Bomer on Twitter after he played as a transgender woman in a film. She had written about his role on Twitter, “I really hope you both choose to do some actual good for the trans community one day.”
Jamie Clayton: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
As of now, Jamie’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She has earned a huge amount from working over a dozen television series, movies, and video games in her decade-long career. There are no details on her income and salary is not available at present. Working in the famous movies and television series like ‘Sense8’, ‘The Neon Demon’, and ‘The Snowman’, which has helped her to earn a profit amount.
She is also active on different social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. On Instagram, she has an account @msjamieclayton with 480k followers. She has the handle @MsJamieClayton on Twitter having 174k followers. But she does not seem to be active on Facebook.
Jamie Clayton: Body Measurements
The beautiful actress has a good height of 5 feet 10 inches or 1.77 meters. Other than this, there is no information on her body weights and statistics. She has blue eyes with blonde hair color.
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