Jamie Bernadette

Biography

Jamie Bernadette (born Jamie Bernadette Watkins, 14 December 1987, Kankakee, Illinois) is an American actress, producer, writer, and director. The youngest of nine children, raised by her single mother after her father's death, she began in community and school theatre before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue professional acting. She has amassed over 100 credits, specialising in the horror genre … Read more

Jamie Bernadette (born Jamie Bernadette Watkins, 14 December 1987, Kankakee, Illinois) is an American actress, producer, writer, and director. The youngest of nine children, raised by her single mother after her father's death, she began in community and school theatre before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue professional acting. She has amassed over 100 credits, specialising in the horror genre — earning the nickname "scream queen" for her roles in I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu (2019), The 6th Friend (2016, also writer and producer), and 4/20 Massacre (2017). Her directorial debut is The Desecrated Ones (2025), which she also wrote and produced. Her filmography includes: Son of Sam (2008) (Kelly Preston, Jenna Elfman); Absolute Evil (2009) (David Carradine, Lori Hecker); Mortdecai (2015) (Johnny Depp, Gwilym Lee); The 6th Friend (2016) (Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris); Fifty Shades Darker (2017) (Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan); I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu (2019) (Juliana Harkavy, Briana Evigan); Dead by Dawn (2020); Jurassic Domination (2022); Colonials (2023); Cold Blows the Wind (2024); The Haunted Forest (2025). TV: NCIS: New Orleans (2017) (Scott Foley, Shantel VanSanten), Midnight, Texas (2018) (Frankie Faison, Claudia Black), Keeping Up with the Joneses (2022) (Vivica A. Fox), Chicago Fire (2022) (Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund).