Jessica Cameron

{{Short description|Canadian actress and film director}}

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Jessica Cameron is a Canadian horror film actress, director, screenwriter, and producer.

Early life

Cameron was born in Owen Sound, Ontario{{cite web|title=Jessica Cameron Biography|url=http://jessicacameron.com/biography/|publisher=JessicaCameron.com|accessdate=30 September 2014|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402131135/http://jessicacameron.com/biography/|url-status=dead}} where she graduated high school before moving to Toronto to study fashion at Ryerson University.She worked as a Fashion designer through, after taking an acting class, and being bitten hard by that bug. Cameron decided to make acting her full-time career.

Career

Cameron secured a job as a clothing designer in Ohio where she lived for a few years. After taking an acting class through her work, she was selected for a role in the movie The Dead Matter (2010) which was filmed in 2008. Cameron won the award for "Rising Movie Star" from the 2010 Golden Cobb Awards. Cameron co-starred in the Roger Corman produced SyFy Channel movie Camel Spiders (2011) and the remake Silent Night (2012) which starred veteran actor Malcolm McDowell. She acted in several independent productions in the Midwestern United States before making the move to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.[http://horror-movie-reviews.com/women-of-horror-jessica-cameron/ "Women Of Horror: Jessica Cameron"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309105134/http://horror-movie-reviews.com/women-of-horror-jessica-cameron/ |date=2017-03-09 }}. Horror Movie Reviews.

Cameron played herself on the TLC series Brides of Beverly Hills (2011-2012). She runs Small Town Girl Productions, a production company primarily producing genre films, and in 2013 directed her first film, Truth or Dare.{{cite web|title=Women in Horror Month – Exclusive Interview With Jessica Cameron|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/89246/women-horror-month-exclusive-interview-jessica-cameron/|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=30 September 2014}}[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/monster-fest-star-jessica-cameron-shows-theres-more-to-her-than-a-great-set-of-lungs-20141111-11k91c.html "Monster Fest star Jessica Cameron shows there's more to her than a great set of lungs"]. Sydney Morning Herald, November 13, 2014 Craig Mathieson Eight months later, she directed Mania, which was part of the documentary film series Kill The Production Assistant.[http://www.horror-movies.ca/2014/12/first-nsfw-photos-jessica-camerons-mania/ "First NSFW Photos from Jessica Cameron’s 'Mania'"]. Horror Movies, Chris Savage Dec 8th, 2014 Cameron has also appeared in comic books, music videos, and TV shows and was named "Scream queen of the Month" by ScreamQueen.com.{{cite web|title=Scream Queen of the Month, February 2011|url=http://www.screamqueen.com/scream-queens/jessica-cameron.shtml|publisher=ScreamQueen.com|accessdate=30 September 2014}} She was 2015 Guest of Manchester based Grimmfest,[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/92422/grimmfest-2015-submissions-now-open/ Grimmfest 2015] where her film Truth or Dare had its European premiere.[http://grimmfest.com/grimmupnorth/grimmfest-2015/ Grimmfest 2015]

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2008

| Solitude of Love

| Jennifer

| Short

rowspan="2"| 2009

| data-sort-value="Wrong Damn Thing to Say, The" | The Wrong Damn Thing to Say

| Jane

| Short

Absolution

| Tori

| Short

rowspan="7"| 2010

| Waiting Fear

| Moon

| Short

data-sort-value="Dead Matter, The" | The Dead Matter

| Female Victim

|

Loki and SageKing Go to GenCon

| Herself

| Short

Mr. Hush

| Julie

|

Resurrection

| Lenore

|

Next

| Young Wife

| Short

Ninety Degrees and Sunny

| -

| Short

rowspan="10"| 2011

| Hell-O-Ween

| Megan

|

Camel Spiders

| Ashley

| TV movie

Accomplice

| Jess

| Short

Orange You Super?

| Vlogger #2

| Short

Breakfast Impossible: Series One

| Gnarla Foxx

|

Potpourri

| Princess Areola

|

God Don't Make the Laws

| Waitress

|

Death of the Dead

| Bambi

| Video

Deadly Dares: Truth or Dare Part IV

| Dara

| Video

data-sort-value="Family, The" | The Family

| Laura

|

rowspan="5"| 2012

| data-sort-value="Sleeper, The" | The Sleeper

| Cindy

|

Zombiewood

| Zusan

| Short

data-sort-value="Black Dahlia Haunting, The" | The Black Dahlia Haunting

| Young Norma Jeane Baker

|

Silent Night

| Nurse

|

Strain

| Waitress

| Short

rowspan="10"| 2013

| Intrusive Behavior

| Tabitha

|

Truth or Dare

| Jennifer Collins

|

Crazy About Seven Little Deaths

| -

| Short

13/13/13

| Receptionist

|

To Jennifer

| Jennifer

|

American Girls

| Lauren Hammond

|

Hello Hero: Holding Out for a Hero

| Screaming Woman

| Short

Seven Little Deaths

| Pali

|

Witches Brew

| Mom

| Short

Post Mortem, America 2021

| Maggie

|

rowspan="6"| 2014

| WiH Massive Blood Drive PSA

| Driver

| Short

Virginia Obscura

| -

|

data-sort-value="Tour, The" | The Tour

| Morgan

| Short

Run Like Hell

| Jennafer

|

data-sort-value="Grim Becoming, A" | A Grim Becoming

| Life

|

Klymene

| Klymene

| Short

rowspan="4"| 2015

| Black Angels

| -

| Short

data-sort-value="Evil Gene, The" | The Evil Gene

| Amanda

|

All Through The House

| Sheila

|

Save Yourself

| Kim Tobin

|

rowspan="2"| 2016

| South32

| Michelle

|

Unwanted Guest

| Shannon

| TV movie

rowspan="3"| 2017

| Red Eye

| Bea

|

American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon

| Mary

|

Buckout Road

| Seppuku Suicide

|

2018

| An Ending

| Florence

|

rowspan="5"| 2019

| data-sort-value="Listing, The" | The Listing

| Jenna

|

Puppet Killer

| Vengeance/Reporter

|

Slice & Dice

| Dr. Weaver

| Short

data-sort-value="Tombs, The" | The Tombs

| Harriet

|

Rest Stop

| Ellen

| Short

rowspan="5"| 2020

| Human Zoo

| Contestant 103

|

Camp Twilight

| JoAnn Warner

|

Breakdown

| Melissa

|

Make It a Scary One

| Morgan

|

data-sort-value="Sunday Night Slaughter, The" | The Sunday Night Slaughter

| Doctor Mika St. Jean

|

rowspan="2"| 2021

| Shelter in Place

| Karen

|

Crypto Heads

| Brooke O'Hara

|

rowspan="5"| 2022

| Rucker

| Darlene #48

|

Final X: The Final Experiment

| Cynthia Bradshaw

| Short

Lilith

| Heidi Cruz

|

Satanic Hispanics

| Lobby Victim #2

|

Shelter

| Karen

|

2023

| Transmission

| Sitcom Wife

|

rowspan="2"| 2024

| Those Who Inherit the Earth

| Heather

|

data-sort-value="Haunted, the Possessed and the Damned, The" | The Haunted, the Possessed and the Damned

| Vanessa Collins

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
YearShowRoleNotes
2012Brides of Beverly HillsBridal StylistTLC channel reality show
2011-12Two Doors DownSummer PerkinsTV series; all 13 episodes
2011data-sort-value="Funny Man, The" | The Funny ManMildredTV series; ep. 1-9"[https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0415672/?ref_=tt_cl_t18 "Mildred": Character Information (IMDb) ]"
2011Aidan 5RachelTV / web series; 2 ep.
2011Caught: The Web SeriesNarria 'Dix' DixonWeb series; 1 episode
-Night Out OhioHostTV series; 2 episodes

=Music videos=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Artist

! Role

2011

| "We Live Our Lives in Black"

| Coyote

| Herself

2020

| "How to Induce Amnesia"

| Herself

| Cheating Girlfriend

References

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