Artemis Jamison

Artemis Jamison is an actor, writer, and musician. Artemis was born in Durham, North Carolina. Artemis attended and graduated from High Mowing School in Wilton, New Hampshire. After high school, Artemis took a year off from school, in which she continued to pursue her passion for music, writing songs for piano and voice. After attending Earlham College in Indiana, for a semester, she came back to NC. There, Artemis continued to pursue her passion for the dramatic arts. She began to study Acting at UNC Greensboro. She continued to work on her music and transferred to Guilford College in Greensboro, where she received her BA in German literature, with a minor in Philosophy. Artemis loves to speak in German and also enjoys reading German poetry, especially Rainer Maria Rilke. Artemis wrote Die Sonette an Persephone, a collection of 10 sonnets in German, in the style of Rilke (2014). Artemis graduated from Guilford College in 2014. Artemis also wrote English adaptations of her Sonnets to Persephone (2015). In 2021 Artemis Jamison and Penney De Pas began collaborating on an illustrated poetry collection project. Penney is illustrating Artemis' Sonnets to Persephone. It will come out in 2022. In 2014, Artemis Jamison was cast in a supporting role in her first feature length film: Five Rounds (2021). This independent film is directed by George Christopher Hayes of Greensboro, North Carolina, and produced by Kareem Alston and George Christopher Hayes. Artemis is playing Laura, the best friend of the female protagonist. She is also writing a song for the soundtrack, a ballad written from the perspective of the main character, Tina/Dawn. In 2015, Artemis was cast as the leading role in her second feature length film, Sedated. Artemis played a supporting role in the acclaimed short film, Journey Home, Inspired by Trayvon Martin and directed by Quinton Littlejohn of Greensboro, NC (2013). She also played the female lead in Prime Mate (2014), a romantic comedy produced by Fly-By-Night Theatre Company in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first short play Artemis wrote, entitled Vienna Game, was produced in Greensboro in 2011. Artemis is writing a memoir, entitled Artemis Awakens: finding hope and thriving after descending into the Underworld. She is also writing the novel, screenplay, and the music for her episodic film musical, Persephone's Revenge. She is producing and directing the film and her friend Andrew Nellenbach is the Assistant Director. Additionally, Artemis enjoys competing in chess tournaments.