Jessica Cameron is a

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, and producer.

Early life

Cameron was born in

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where she graduated high school before moving to Toronto to study fashion at

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. 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 ''

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'' (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. 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, ''

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''. Eight months later, she directed ''

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'', which was part of the documentary film series Kill The Production Assistant. Cameron has also appeared in comic books, music videos, and TV shows and was named "

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of the Month" by ScreamQueen.com. She was 2015 Guest of

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based Grimmfest, where her film ''

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Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

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Bio
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on

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