“If I open an emotional wound, I will also offer a salve to heal it. If I challenge an audience to think, I will also provide the space to feel.”

Spencer Jamison is an actor/writer/director born and raised in Richmond, VA, who believes depth and nurturing must coexist in storytelling. Her ensemble-driven narratives span genres and are rooted in care, curiosity, and community. She makes bold, nourishing work that’s as commercial as it is artistic, the kind audiences return to.

Spencer holds a BA in Musical Theater from James Madison University’s Honors Program and an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama, where she helped develop many new works as an actor, writer, and director. With her brother Jai Jamison, she starred in and produced Slave Cry, which won the 2019 Commonwealth Award for Best Short Film at the Virginia Film Festival and screened at the 2020 Bushwick Film Festival and the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, among others. Her directorial debut, Day 74, won the 2020 Curbside Shorts Film Challenge Grand Prize, sponsored by Women in Film LA, IMDbPro, and ReFrame Project. A member of both AEA and SAG-AFTRA, Spencer has appeared in Swagger (Apple TV+); The Winter’s Tale (Skylight Theatre); If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, Passion, and The Winter’s Tale (Yale Drama); School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater); Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); and Dreamgirls and The Color Purple (Virginia Repertory Theatre). Next up, she stars opposite Jean Elie (Insecure) in a romance directed by Caroline Renard (Unbraided).

Spencer’s writing has earned her spots in the 2025 Film Independent Episodic Lab, the 2026 summer cohort of Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony, and the 2025–2026 WIF Fellowship. Behind the camera, she was hired to direct the sci-fi romance short Predictr, led by Quincy Isaiah (HBO’s Winning Time) and Ava McCoy (All American: Homecoming) and produced by Chisom Ude (Joy Ride). Most recently, she wrote, directed, and starred in the short musical thriller Numina alongside Andy Allo (Prime Video’s Upload) and Chet Bashari Anekwe. Both films will premiere on the festival circuit in 2027. Spencer is currently developing her debut feature, an expansion of her audience award–winning romantic comedy short At Capacity, with Loni Rodgers (Past Lives and The Tragedy of Macbeth).