Jamie Clayton appears as Nomi Marks in the Lana and Lily Watchowski-directed "Sense8." The actor also appeared in "The L Word: Generation Q," playing a bartender who works alongside Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moennig) and has a complicated relationship with her.
She started her career as a makeup artist and cohost on VH1's makeover show, "TRANSform Me." Since then, she has appeared as Michelle Darnell in the web series "Dirty Work," and also played Carla Favers in "Are We There Yet?" She also had roles in 2016's "Neon Demon" and 2017's "The Snowman" and starred as Sasha Brooker in the third season of the Netflix original "Designated Survivor" and as Charlie Cameron in the second season of "Roswell" in 2020.
Also in 2020, she portrayed groundbreaking trans celebrity Christine Jorgensen in the HBO+ series "Equal," and in November 2020, she spoke to Gay Times about the importance of honoring queer histories dating to before Stonewall. "I don't know why our queer history is all based from Stonewall forward," she said. "It's so important to tell these stories because it shows society at large, not just our community, but the cisgender community and the straight community, that we've been around for just as long as y'all have been around. We're not going anywhere. We've been fighting. We didn't just start fighting at Stonewall. We've been fighting for a really, really, really long time."
Later in the interview, she emphasized the importance of equity in casting. "Every actor should be able to play any kind of role," she said. "Trans people don't have to just play trans, but that's been the hard and fast rule for so long."
Up next, she will be playing Pinhead in the remake of the horror classic "Hellraiser." She'll also be reprising her role as Nomi Marks in the third season of "The L Word: Generation Q" in 2023.
