Jamie Brewer

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Jamie Brewer (2015)

Jamie Brewer (born February 5, 1985 in California ) is an American actress who has been working as a stage actress since the 1990s and has also appeared in various film and television productions since 2011. The actress with Down syndrome achieved international fame mainly through her participation in five seasons of the American Horror Story series . In addition, she is active in the Arc of the United States , an organization that works for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, where she also held higher offices in the organization.

Life

Brewer began her acting career around 1999 with minor theater appearances in regional performances. She plays in various plays across the country, but mostly around her hometown of Houston . She received her acting training from Mt. San Jacinto College in Riverside County , California. She speaks the American Sign Language . Brewer mainly plays in the improvisational The Groundlings in Los Angeles Theater.

Brewer is involved in the Arc of the United States , an organization that works for people with intellectual disabilities and impaired intellectual development. In the movement, she was president of the ARC in the Fort Bend Chapter , then was elected to the Texas state's Arc Board and won the election to the Executive Board , where she held the office of treasurer .

In that position, she was spokeswoman for the State of Texas Organizing Government Committee at the Texas State Capitol , discussing a change in law with the Senators . Among other things, it was about removing the word retard (for left behind ) from Texan legislation as well as better integration and integration for people with intellectual disabilities and limited development in Texas. Since then, the term Intellectual Developmental Disability has been used instead of retard in the legislation of the state of Texas . She is also involved in other non-profit organizations such as the DSALA ( Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles ), the DSiAM ( Down Syndrome in Arts & Media ), the BTAP ( Global Movement for Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation ), the National Down Syndrome Congress , the AAPD ( American Association of People with Disabilities of the United States ) and Civitan International .

She gave a speech at the Souper Bowl of Caring Houston Food Drive for two consecutive years. Because of her popularity and her good theater education, she was given the opportunity in 2011 to participate in the television series American Horror Story . She played the role of Adelaide "Addie" Langdon in the first season , a mentally handicapped but clever and shrewd young woman. In the third season she took on the role of Nan , a young enigmatic witch who can clairvoyant, and in the fourth season that of the ventriloquist doll Marjorie. In the second episode of the fifth season of Southland , she was seen as Amanda .

In February 2015 she ran for the campaign "Role Models Not Runway Models" (German: role models, not models ) as the first model with Down syndrome on the catwalk of New York Fashion Week .

Filmography

Trivia

  • Jagatjoti Singh Khalsa's photo book I'm Down with You includes photos by Jamie Brewer. ( Jagatjoti S. Khalsa , Darren Setter: I'm Down with You . The Other Person Is You, Portland 2010, ISBN 978-0-615-35731-7 (English). )
  • Brewer is represented by the KSR Talent Agency , among others .

Web links

Commons : Jamie Brewer  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jamie Brewer, the first model with Down syndrome. Die Welt, February 13, 2015, accessed on February 13, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Brewer, Jamie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH California , United States