Jessica Cameron — Acting | Biography, Movies & Career

Biography

Actress Jessica Cameron was born and raised in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada and moved to Toronto to initially study fashion at Ryerson University. After finishing her degree, she moved to Ohio in order to work as a fashion designer, though after taking an acting class, and being bitten hard by that bug, Cameron decided to make acting her full-time career.

Relocating to Hollywood, CA, Cameron In the last few years has been cast in more than fifty projects including music videos, TV shows and feature films, and n 2010 won an industry award for being a Rising Movie Star. Some of her favorite recent performances include playing Princess Areola in the film Potpourri directed by Elliot Diviney, and her turn in the feature Mr. Hush, in which she starred alongside horror icon Steven Geoffreys. She also had the chance to work with legendary director Jim Wynorski on the Syfy channel film "Camel Spiders", and with established horror director Jeff Burr on Resurrection. Cameron was also thrilled to play screen legend Marilyn Monroe in The Black Dahlia Haunting, having been a fan of the Hollywood icon for many years.

2013 was the first year in which Cameron stepped behind the camera to direct and produce Truth Or Dare, a torture film that she co-wrote. Truth Or Dare would screen nearly 50 times all over the world and win 34 awards. Cameron would direct several short films in 2013 including a segment for a Blood Drive PSA. She would produce 2 more feature films in 2015 (Utero and Save Yourself) before embarking on her most ambitious project yet - filming 3 movies while traveling across the USA in a motor home with a small group of crew and cast members. The team shot 2 narrative features (Lilith and Mania) and the documentary surrounding the process called Kill The Production Assistant. Mania would mark Cameron's 2nd time directing a feature film. Mania would win 28 awards and screen at over 37 festivals. Her third film, An Ending, is in post production in 2019.

Jessica Cameron is still a busy working actress and film maker today, some of her notable credits includes a part in director Steven C. Miller's fan-favorite horror feature Silent Night, the classic holiday horror film All Through the House, the gore filled American Guinea Pig : Song of Solomon, the cult classic The Sleeper, the action packed Run Like Hell and the documentary Haunters in which she speaks about her love for extreme haunts.