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Jessica Cameron

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

Early life

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Cameron was born in Owen Sound, Ontario[1] 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

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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.[2]

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.[3][4] Eight months later, she directed Mania, which was part of the documentary film series Kill The Production Assistant.[5] Cameron has also appeared in comic books, music videos, and TV shows and was named "Scream queen of the Month" by ScreamQueen.com.[6] She was 2015 Guest of Manchester based Grimmfest,[7] where her film Truth or Dare had its European premiere.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Solitude of Love Jennifer Short
2009 The Wrong Damn Thing to Say Jane Short
Absolution Tori Short
2010 Waiting Fear Moon Short
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
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
The Family Laura
2012 The Sleeper Cindy
Zombiewood Zusan Short
The Black Dahlia Haunting Young Norma Jeane Baker
Silent Night Nurse
Strain Waitress Short
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
2014 WiH Massive Blood Drive PSA Driver Short
Virginia Obscura -
The Tour Morgan Short
Run Like Hell Jennafer
A Grim Becoming Life
Klymene Klymene Short
2015 Black Angels - Short
The Evil Gene Amanda
All Through The House Sheila
Save Yourself Kim Tobin
2016 South32 Michelle
Unwanted Guest Shannon TV movie
2017 Red Eye Bea
American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon Mary
Buckout Road Seppuku Suicide
2018 An Ending Florence
2019 The Listing Jenna
Puppet Killer Vengeance/Reporter
Slice & Dice Dr. Weaver Short
The Tombs Harriet
Rest Stop Ellen Short
2020 Human Zoo Contestant 103
Camp Twilight JoAnn Warner
Breakdown Melissa
Make It a Scary One Morgan
The Sunday Night Slaughter Doctor Mika St. Jean
2021 Shelter in Place Karen
Crypto Heads Brooke O'Hara
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
2024 Those Who Inherit the Earth Heather
The Haunted, the Possessed and the Damned Vanessa Collins

Television

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Year Show Role Notes
2012 Brides of Beverly Hills Bridal Stylist TLC channel reality show
2011-12 Two Doors Down Summer Perkins TV series; all 13 episodes
2011 The Funny Man Mildred TV series; ep. 1-9[9]
2011 Aidan 5 Rachel TV / web series; 2 ep.
2011 Caught: The Web Series Narria 'Dix' Dixon Web series; 1 episode
- Night Out Ohio Host TV series; 2 episodes

Music videos

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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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  1. ^ "Jessica Cameron Biography". JessicaCameron.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Women Of Horror: Jessica Cameron" Archived 2017-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. Horror Movie Reviews.
  3. ^ "Women in Horror Month – Exclusive Interview With Jessica Cameron". Dread Central. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "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
  5. ^ "First NSFW Photos from Jessica Cameron’s 'Mania'". Horror Movies, Chris Savage Dec 8th, 2014
  6. ^ "Scream Queen of the Month, February 2011". ScreamQueen.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ Grimmfest 2015
  8. ^ Grimmfest 2015
  9. ^ ""Mildred": Character Information (IMDb) "
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