Biography
Jamie Clayton
Jamie Clayton is a popular figure in the entertainment industry. Professionally, she is an American actress and model. You may know her from the Netflix original series Sense8 as Nomi Marks or as Sasha Booker of Designated Survivor. 43-year-old Jamie has been active in the entertainment industry since 2010.
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| Full Name | Jamie Clayton |
| Birth Date | January 15, 1978 |
| Birth Place | San Diego, California, USA |
| Father | Howard Clayton |
| Mother | Shelly Clayton |
| Nationality | American |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
| Height | 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 meter) |
| Weight | 59.8 kg (132 lbs) |
| Body Measurement | 32-24-32 inches |
| Net Worth | $1 million |
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Early Life
Jamie was born on January 15, 1978, with the name Jamie Clayton, in San Diego, California, USA. She is the daughter of father Howard Clayton and Shelly Clayton. Her father is a professional criminal defense attorney whereas his mother is a professional event planner. Jamie holds an American nationality and white ethnicity. She was born under the birth sign Capricorn.
Career
Clayton, at the age of 19, had moved to New York City to pursue her career as a makeup artist. Jamie was first spotted on the television as the makeup artist and co-host of the “TRANSform Me”, which was the VH1’s first makeover show. There she worked with a three-trans team of a woman stylist who gave an internal and external makeover to a female contestant out there.
She also had an amazing experience working with Nina Poon and Laverne Coz. The next year, she played in the third season of the HBO series “Hung” as a recurring role of Kyla sharing the screen with Rebecca Cresoff, Charlie Saxton, Jane Adams, Thomas Jane, and Anne Heche.
Later on, in 2012, Clayton played the main role of Michelle Damell in the web series “Dirty Work”, which became the Award-winning interactive web series. Also, he played the role of Carla Favors on the TV series “Are We There Yet?” she has also narrated the audiobook of the novel George, which was about a young trans girl.
Moving onto, Clayton got the opportunity in the Netflix original TV series “Sense 8” as one of the eight-man characters, which aired on June 5, 2015, where she played the role of Nomi Marks as a transgender female political blogger and hacker of San Francisco. She also made appearance was in the third season of Netflix’s “Designated Survivor” as Sasha Booker. From 2019 to 2020, she played the role of Tess Van De Berg in the series The L Word: Generation Q for 6 episodes.
Net Worth
Clayton’s net worth is about $1 million. The average salary of VH1’s hair and makeup artist is around $95 thousand per annum. Also, from her hit series “The Sense”, she earns $9 million per episode. Her total earning is $108 million from the 12 episodes.
Personal Life
Talking about her personal life, previously, she was in a relationship with Keanu Reeves, the Canadian actor, and director. Reeves has dated with many ladies named Charlize Theron, Cameron Diaz, China Crow, and Trinny Woodall. Clayton and Reeves met each other on the set of “The Neon Demon”. Though the duo is not open about their relationship now and seems like they broke up. Also, Reeves was recently spotted with another girl.
Clayton is a proud transgender woman and is very supportive of LGBTQ issues. She openly participates to support the transgender on social networking sites.
