Courtney Jamison is an award winning multi-hyphenate artist born and raised in Richmond, Virginia.

She participated in her first show with the non-profit School of The Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC) at the age of 11. During her experiences with SPARC, she served as a performer, stage-manager, assistant director, and intern. This well-rounded experience fostered a love of the theater, music, film, community involvement, activism, and mentorship through the arts. Courtney attended James Madison University, where she studied Musical Theatre. She is also a graduate of The Yale School of Drama MFA Acting Program, where some of her credits include: Slave Play, If Pretty Hurts…, Some Bodies Travel, The Three Sisters, Passion, and The Winter’s Tale. Other theatre credits Include: School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater); Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); Dreamgirls and The Color Purple (Virginia Repertory Theatre). Television/Film Credits: Paper Friends (BET HER) and Alternatino with Arturo Castro (Comedy Central). With her brother Jai as director, Courtney starred in the short film, Slave Cry, which won the 2019 Commonwealth Award for Best Short Film at the Virginia Film Festival. Her directorial debut, Day 74, recently won the 2020 Curbside Shorts Film Challenge Grand Prize sponsored by Women in Film LA, IMDbPro, and Re-Frame Project. She believes deeply in the power of art as a form of activism to change minds, open hearts, spread empathy, and give all of us more insight into our own humanity. Courtney now lives in Los Angeles. She enjoys photography, traveling, cooking delicious Vegan meals and staying active. She’s also a huge nerd for text analysis!