Hi! I’m Jamie.
I’m an actor and writer based in Los Angeles.
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JAMIE CRISS
SAG-Eligible jamiecriss@gmail.com
FILM & TELEVISION
Outcast | Cinemax | dir Howard Deutch | Co-Star
Drama School | dir Nathan Markiewicz | Lead
Elevator Romance | dir Dave Gaw | Lead
Matt & Kory Show | dir Savannah Smith | Guest Star
Dr Awkward | dir Daniel Auber | Supporting
Try Hard | dir Dave Gaw | Lead
THEATRE
Significant Other | Diversionary Theatre, dir Anthony Methvin, SAN DIEGO | Kiki
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot | Trinity Theatre Co, dir Sean Boyd, SAN DIEGO | Freud/St Thomas
Three Birds Alighting on a Field | Tristan Bates Theatre, dir Tony Graham, LONDON | Biddy Andreas
Doña Rosita the Spinster | The Cockpit Theatre, dir Rosamunda Hutt, LONDON | Ayola
The Tellers’ Tales | Corbett Theatre, dir Chris Meads, LONDON | Dortchen Wilde*
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | The Cockpit Theatre, dir Ian Brown, LONDON | Sir Eglamour
Probably Definitely | East 15, dir Leon Rubin, LONDON | Kayla*
Pornography | East 15, dir Robin Sneller, LONDON | Sister
Macbeth | Shakespeare’s Globe, dir Phillip Cumbus, LONDON | Lady Macbeth
Tales of a Fourth Grade Lesbo | Carrie Hamilton Theatre, dir Gina Young, LA | Tiffany
Of Mice and Men | Mary Hill Theatre, dir Monica Ganas, LA | Curley’s Wife
The Insanity of Mary Girard | Mary Hill Theatre, dir Jeremiah Blessinger, LA | Polly Kenton
*World Premiere
**Artist Residency
COMMERCIAL
Conflicts Available Upon Request
TRAINING
MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex. Loughton, UK. 2015.
BA in Theatre Arts from Azusa Pacific University. Azusa, CA. 2008.
2 years in the Meisner Technique with William Alderson Acting Studio. Los Angeles, CA. 2013.
Acting: Robin Sneller, William Alderson, Dr Monica Ganas, Jill Lincoln
Dance/Movement: Laban - Tracy Collier, Grotowski - Marcin Rudy, Somatics - Fabio Culora, Classical Ballet - Pamela Hayes
Voice (Mezzo): Colin Sell, Katie Morrill
Workshops: -Residency at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. London, UK.
-Giles Block, Cal McLean, Luis Guzman, Marcin Rudy.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects: California (Native), General American, Received Pronunciation, London, Essex
Dance/Movement: Laban, Contact Improv, Yoga, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip Hop, Swing, African, Flamenco.
Wrote a produced comedy webseries Drama School, directed by Nathan Markiewicz, and featured at the London Independent Film Awards. Wrote short film Duet, directed by Dri Sommer.
“Notable dramatic virtues Criss’ hauteur, especially her snarled zingers.” - San Diego Story
“A force. A powerhouse. A Leslie Knope after mainlining Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath.” - Nick Wakely, Actor (no, not one you know)
“Tiny but scary.” - ex
ABOUT JAMIE
Jamie is a classically trained actor and writer based in Los Angeles. She has traveled the world from London, Massachusetts, New York, Charlotte, San Diego, performing on stage and screen.
Overseas, she got her MFA from London’s top conservatory, East 15 Acting School. Before that, she also completed a two-year Meisner Program at William Alderson Studio in LA and got a BA in Theatre Arts from Azusa Pacific University.
Her specialty as an actor is grounded, dark comedy rooted in awkward vulnerability and wrapped with a prickly defense mechanism. An Aubrey Plaza/Abbi Jacobsen mash-up if you will.