Jamie Bernadette

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Jamie Bernadette
Born
Jamie Bernadette Watkins

December 14, 1987
Occupation(s) Actress
Producer
Years active2007–present

Jamie Bernadette Watkins (born December 14, 1987) is an American actress and occasional producer. She has appeared in many horror films.

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Early life

Watkins was born and raised in Kankakee, Illinois. She is the youngest of nine children, five sisters and four brothers. Her father died four months after her birth, leaving her mother to raise all of the children on her own with very limited means. [1] [2] Watkins dreamed of being on the big screen since she was around five years old. She watched movies repeatedly and acted out the scenes, mimicking the actresses she loved. [3] Watkins began acting in Community Theater productions at about age 10 and did some theater in high school as well. She studied acting at Margie Haber Studios and the Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture and Television Acting. [4]

Career

Watkins came to a crossroads in her life when she had the choice to stay in her hometown, or venture out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She came to the decision to try out Hollywood and left with $600 in her pocket and drove across the country by herself. [5]

Her first roles include the thriller Son of Sam and the short Struck (both 2008), co-starring Kelly Preston and Jenna Elfman. In 2009, she had a bigger role besides David Carradine in Absolute Evil . Since 2010, she was seen in more popular movies such as MILF (2010), Axeman (2013), What Now (2015), starring Ice-T, Mortdecai (2015), starring Johnny Depp, Jem and the Holograms (2015), and The Darkness (2016), starring Kevin Bacon. She also appeared in an episode of The Neighbors .

In 2016, she starred in Let's Be Evil and All Girls Weekend. She also played the starring role in I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008StruckHeatherShort
Son of SamSara GreenwoodVideo
2009 Absolute Evil Maggie
NightstalkerLaurieVideo
2010Mortal Kombat: RebirthJillShort
MILF AlexVideo
The Porcelain GraveVeronica DamonShort
Mirk RidersChloeShort
2011365 DaysCatherine FisherVideo
Justice on the BorderMajor Lori Stevens
2012Celebrity Sex TapeHot Goth Chick
Operation TerrorStewardess
Reel EvilClaire
Steampunk Samurai Biker ChickBoss Reeby
Manhaters!Shelby
Resident Evil: ResurrectionRebecca ChambersShort
2013 Axeman Tammy
2014The Secret ChildrenSophia
The Bunnyman MassacreKelly
The Knockout GameNewscasterShort
See MeWifeShort
2015 Mortdecai Bikini Babe
What Now Becca the Goth Girl
ScarfAlex
L.A. Slasher The Detective
Jem and the Holograms Reporter
2016 Let's Be Evil Body of Arial
The Demon in the DarkScandalShort
Hot BotSchoolgirl Bot
The Darkness Restaurant Patron
13 DaysChristine
All Girls WeekendNancy
Injustice for AllCatwomanShort
Face of EvilKaty
The 6th FriendJoey Taylor
Sinbad and the War of the FuriesJax
Elder IslandStacy Ryerson
2017 A Place in the Caribbean Sarah
American SatanJuliette
2018Killing JoanJoan Butler
4/20 MassacreJess
Every 21 SecondsProsecutor Leslie Clarkson
The Wrong Teacher Ashley HayesTV movie
2019Smothered by MothersLola
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu Christy Hills
The FurnaceMary Harris
Darling NikkiGreta
2020Reality Queen!Woman in Black
The Bone BoxDeputy Ella Kade
Dead By Dawn Snack
Axeman: ReduxTammy
2021 The Wrong Fiancé BreeTV movie
The Wrong Prince Charming MiaTV movie
2022 The Wrong Blind Date Mrs. TylerTV movie
The Wrong GuyDianaShort
The Wrong High School Sweetheart AmyTV movie
Nicole, Her Ex & the KillerDebra
Jurassic DominationColonel Ramirez
Ash and BoneAnna Lambeth
2023HomesteadBeth
Home, Not AloneKendall JonesTV movie
ColonialsZoey
Cop vs. KillerJessica Abrams
SebastianIrene Ludwick
End TimesClaire Davis
End Times (II)Claire Davis
Lonesome SoldierDoctor Chambers
A Christmas InternGemmaTV movie
2024 The Wrong Life Coach NatalieTV movie
Tall, Dark, and DangerousAliceTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Tell Me You Love Me DancerEpisode: "Episode #1.3"
2011 1000 Ways to Die Mental Patient TracyEpisode: "Ready or Not Here Comes Death"
N.Y.P.D.M.MadisonEpisode: "Sorores"
2012Broken ToyMaryEpisode: "Good Guy?"
2013-14Deadly WivesMelanie McGuireEpisode: "Body of Water" & "Vanishing Acts"
2014 The Neighbors StewardessEpisode: "Uncle Benjamin"
2014-15Coyote Munch Mini-MartAdditional Voices (voice)Recurring Cast
2017 NCIS: New Orleans Callie TillfordEpisode: "The Asset"
2018 Midnight, Texas PeachesEpisode: "Resting Witch Face"
2022The Legend of FirelilyShayEpisode: "Daddy's Girl"
Keeping Up with the JonesesEmmaRecurring Cast
Chicago Fire Ms. KatzEpisode: "A Beautiful Life"
2023As Luck Would Have ItJamieEpisode: "Old Flames, New Fires"

Music Video

YearArtistSongRole
2010 Chali 2na "Step Yo Game Up"Detective

Awards

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