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Jamie Brewer grew up loving all forms of the arts, especially movies and theatre productions. Jamie started acting in a theatre group when she was in junior high school and really loved it. She has been in theatre groups and theatre productions ever since, and recently received her Musical Theater Certificate studying theatre arts in college while working towards her Bachelor\u2019s of Fine Arts with a theatre emphasis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jamie was mainstreamed (fully inclusive) in the Southern California, and Texas public school system from Kindergarten thru High School. She took a theatre class (College for Kids) at the local college during Junior High School and performed in GODSPELL<\/em>, and Dr. Doolittle. <\/em>Jamie was also involved with her High School Drama Club. After Graduating with her High School classmates, she joined a fully inclusive theatre group named Dionysus, and became involved with the local Fort Bend ARC Chapter. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n At the age of 18, Jamie became the youngest President of the ARC Fortbend Chapter. She held this office for three years, while doing theatre productions That\u2019s What Friends Are For...<\/em>, and Yada, Yada, Yada, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Sayin\u2019<\/em>, and Return to LOVE IS A DISABILITY<\/em>. When 19, she was appointed to the State of Texas ARC Board. Jamie was 1 of 17 people to represent all individuals with a handicap for the entire state of Texas and served for 4 years on this board. While being on Texas ARC Board, Jamie was elected to the Executive Board for the State of Texas ARC as Treasurer, and served for three years. Then while being on both of these boards, Jamie was asked to serve on the Governmental Affairs Committee for the State of Texas where she was the only person with a disability and served for 2 years. The Committee spoke and advocated for the disabled at the Texas State Capitol with the state lawmakers to change the state\u2019s wording to \u2018intellectually disabled\u201d. And continually was involved with the theatre group and performed in Hanu-Rama-Kwanza-Mas<\/em>, and HAIKU <\/em>playing the dramatic lead. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Jamie became a resident troupe member of Dionysus and performed in many original musicals and plays including Violet<\/em>, and You\u2019re A Good Man, Charlie Brown(Musical) <\/em>playing Sally. She also had the honor of being in the touring theatre portion of the group where they performed at schools, churches, and the Houston Children\u2019s Museum for the Arts and Accessibility campaign. Prior to the Super Bowl, there's a campaign for the food banks and Jamie was lucky enough to get cast for two consecutive years in a Public Service Announcement that aired on NBC, ABC, and CBS for the Super Bowl of Caring Houston Food Drive<\/em>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Her family moved back to Southern California, and it\u2019s here where she started attending a local college putting emphasis on theatre arts. Jamie continues to learn as much as she can about acting from all types of mediums. Jamie has also attended classes at The Groundlings, <\/em>and The Ruskin School of Acting, Meisner Technique. <\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Through the affiliation of the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles, and Gail Williamson who now reps her at KMR, Jamie was fortunate to get an audition, then cast for American Horror Story<\/em>: Murder House <\/em>playing Adelaide. She also appeared in the final season of SouthLand. <\/em>Jamie returned to AHS in season 3, with roles in season 4 and 7. Jamie is the ambassador for Changing The Face of Beauty. <\/em>She was also the first person with Down Syndrome to walk New York Fashion Week <\/em>in Carrie Hammer\u2019s show. Recently she was cast as Amy in Amy and The Orphans, <\/em>off Broadway. Becoming the 1st person with Down syndrome to star in a off-Broadway show. As well as becoming the 1st person with Down syndrome to win a Theater World Award<\/em> and Drama Desk Award<\/em>. Jamie also received the Industry Excellence in Entertainment Award<\/em> in November \u201818 from ARC for her portrayal in Amy and the Orphans. She continues to spread her wings in the entertainment industry by starring and producing critically acclaimed feature film Turnover<\/em>. Currently, you can catch her in the upcoming film Cherry<\/em> directed by the Russo Bros. premiering Feb. 26th, 2021 in theaters and March 12th on Apple TV.<\/p>\r\n","website":"","alt":null}