Jaime Andrews

Jaime Andrews
Born
Jaime Allison Andrews

(1976-10-21) October 21, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Actress, producer, business director, playwright
Years active1994–present
SpouseCurt Bonnem (m. 2020)
Websitewww.jaimeandrews.com

Jaime Allison Andrews (born October 21, 1976) is an American actress, producer, business director and playwright who is known for her comedic commentary on the cable television series truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...[1][2][3] She has appeared in a number of television commercials over the years and was cast as Dottie in the Amazon Prime series Good Girls Revolt.[2][4][5]

Early life and career

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A native of Long Island, Andrews first began performing in local children's shows. She appeared in her first television pilot in 2001 as part of a comedy reality series on The Nashville Network (later Spike) called Crash Test. It aired two episodes in 2004, but the program was quickly canceled.[6]

Andrews performed regularly in live theater throughout the New York City area before moving west to Los Angeles in 2005.

After her arrival in California, Andrews became a longstanding member of Sacred Fools Theater Company. She has been part of many main-stage productions, including Goose & Tomtom, Claire Z, La Bête, The Swine Show, Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension, Fast & Loose, Serial Killers and Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody).[2][7]

She produced the shows The Gas House and Baal in 2007 and 2010, respectively, as well as writing and leading in Cookie & the Monster in 2015. The production won Best in Ensemble Theatre at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.[8] Andrews has also served Sacred Fools as a business manager, 13th Season Artistic Committee member (2009-2010), and for three years as managing director.[2] She continues to perform at theaters in her native New York from time to time.

Andrews modeled with Jamisin Matthews as the demolition couple on the DVD cover Life on the Murder Scene by rock band My Chemical Romance, which was released in 2006.[9] She has provided comedic commentary in truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... from 2008 through 2013.

Andrews has also appeared on two episodes of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! in 2008 and 2009, as well as playing the role of Betty Bobbins in the original series of Baby Geniuses. This was released on video between 2013 and 2015. She was cast as Dottie in the Amazon Prime series Good Girls Revolt, which first aired on October 28, 2016.

The show was canceled on December 2, 2016, after one season.[10][11]

Andrews played the leading role of Andi James in a 2022 drama film called Division, which she wrote. It also stars her husband, Curt Bonnem, as well as Joshua Payne.[12]

Personal life

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Andrews is married to actor and director Curt Bonnem, who was cast as Brad King in the YouTube and Hulu web television series Old Dogs & New Tricks.[13] Bonnem appeared on an episode of Criminal Minds in 2007. He was also a member of Sacred Fools Theater Company.[2][14] Andrews and Bonnem were married in June 2020. The two currently reside in Atlanta, Georgia.[15]

Filmography and theatrical roles

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Film
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1999 Let's Meet Johnny[16] Short Film
2001 Pass the Buck Short Film
2001 What a Man Wouldn't Do for a Woman
2001 Sqrat Short Film
2002 City in my Pocket Short Film
2002 Fee, Alabama Short Film
2002 It's a Haunted Happenin'! Zera
2005 Photosynthesis Young Margerie Short Film
2005 All Features Great and Small Brandy Peters Short Film
2007 Paralegal Rachel Short Film
2007 Universal Remote Short Film
2007 Making a Killing Celia Short Film
2007 Wretched Jenny Short Film
2007 The Ultimate Ceremony Short Film
2009 Scream of the Bikini
2009 Nothing for Something Janine Short Film
2010 Coffee Short Film
2010 Bold Native Agent Burke
2013 Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels Betty Bobbins
2014 Severe F**cking Drought Jaime Short Film
2014 Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt Betty Bobbins
2015 Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby Betty Bobbins
2020 Greenland Mother on Plane Supporting Role
2022 Samaritan News Reporter Supporting Role[17]
2022 Division Andi James Written by Andrews[12]
Television
Year Title Role(s) Notes
2003 AMC Interstitials[16] Herself AMC/Rainbow Media
2004 Crash Test Herself The Nashville Network/Spike
2004 Best Week Ever Herself/Guest Star VH1
2005 How to Be... [Pilot] Herself We TV
2007 Not Penn Jillette [Pilot] Herself/Guest Star Showtime
2008 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! -- "Being Green" Herself/Field Interviewer Showtime
2008 UFO [Pilot][18] Herself Meetinghouse Productions
2008 Expedition Danger [Pilot][18] Herself Meetinghouse Productions
2008-2013 truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...—78 Episodes Herself truTV
2009 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! -- "Organic Food" Herself/Field Interviewer Showtime
2013 Crash & Bernstein -- "Crash Asks Too Many Questions" Cassie Disney XD
2016 Good Girls Revolt—Episodes 4-10 Dottie Amazon Prime
2017 20 Seconds To Live -- "Medium"[19] Margaret YouTube
2020 The Oval -- "The Loving Parents" Kate Yarasloy BET
2022 Legacies -- "Was This the Monster You Saw?"[20] Nurse The CW
Theater
Year Title Role(s) Notes
2000 The Sexual Politics of Blue Jays Wearing Little Plastic Pants[21] Jams/Improvisational
2001 Finding Gräfenberg[21] Jams/Improvisational
2002 Spurn[22] Various Parts/Sketch
2005 Goose & Tomtom[16] Lorraine
2006 Claire Z Mrs. Schill/Ensemble
2006 La Bête Catherine DeBrie
2006-2009 Serial Killers Various Parts/Sketch Seasons 1-5
2007 The Swine Show Ensemble
2007 The Gas House Adria Produced by Andrews
2007-2008 Tom, Dick & Harry Katerina
2007–2009, 2012 Magnum Opus Theatre -- "Abi's Choice"[23][24] Abi
2008 Magnum Opus Theatre -- "What's Love Made Of, Anyway?" Leila
2008-2009 Fast & Loose Mare/Ensemble
2009 Tartuffe Dorine
2009 End of Civilization Lily
2010 Baal Emily/LaSoubrette Produced by Andrews
2010-2011 Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension Ex-Queen/Ensemble
2012 Wheel of Misfortune[25] Herself Written by Andrews
2013-2014 Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody)[14] Marcie
2015 Cookie & the Monster[8] Cookie Written by Andrews
2016 Serial Killers -- "Lord Wolfbane's Mistress"[26] Clarissaton Flumpenflumpf Season 11
2017 The Sirens of Titan[27] Beatrice Rumfoord
2017 Night Witches[28] Yevdokia "Yev" Bershanskaya

Other theatrical performances done by Andrews, primarily in New York:[16]

Andrews also had parts, including improvisational and sketches, in Campaign 2025, Ka-Baam!, Scrambled Eggs, and 600 Days of Pain.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2007 Instant Films[16] Best Cast The Ultimate Ceremony Won
2008 South African Horrorfest Best Lead - Female Wretched Won
2008 L.A. Weekly Theater Award Best Ensemble The Swine Show Nominated
2006 & 2008 Sacred Fools Theater Company Actress Award Serial Killers Won
2013 L.A. Weekly Theater Award[29] Best Ensemble Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody) Won
2014 New York International Fringe Festival[30] Overall Play Absolutely Filthy (An Unauthorized Peanuts Parody) Won
2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival[8] Best Ensemble Theatre Cookie & the Monster Won
2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival[28] Best Ensemble Theatre Night Witches Won
2022 Lady Filmmakers Festival[31] Best Actress - Feature Film Division Won
2022 Lady Filmmakers Festival Best Ladies First - Feature Film Division Won
2022 Lady Filmmakers Festival Blockbuster - Feature Film Division Won

References

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  1. ^ Blogspot - Not Very Famous...But Should Be - Jaime Andrews by Mike Trippiedi, March 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sacred Fools Theater Company - Members. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Intelius, Jaime A. Andrews. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  4. ^ SerialTV - Good Girls Revolt Season 1, AfterBuzz TV Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Amazon.com - Good Girls Revolt. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  6. ^ Multichannel News - TNN Readies Flex, Crash Test, February 20, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  7. ^ Absolutely Filthy - Cast/Crew Archived 2016-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c Hollywood Fringe Festival, Cookie & the Monster. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  9. ^ My Chemical Romance - Music Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  10. ^ The Atlantic, "The Infuriating Cancellation of Good Girls Revolt" by Marianne Cooper, 12 December 2016.. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  11. ^ Deadline Hollywood, ‘Good Girls Revolt’ Is Officially Over After Rescue Efforts Fail, Says Creator by Nellie Andreeva, January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  12. ^ a b Internet Movie Date Base, Division (2022), Retrieved Oct. 10, 2022.
  13. ^ Jaime Andrews (Main Page). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  14. ^ a b Absolutely Filthy (Main Page) Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  15. ^ Shoutout Atlanta, Meet Jaime Andrews | Actress, Writer & Producer, July 29, 2021, Retrieved Oct. 10, 2022.
  16. ^ a b c d e Jaime Andrews - Resume. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  17. ^ Internet Movie Data Base, Samaritan, Retrieved Oct. 10, 2022.
  18. ^ a b Breakdown Express - Jaime Andrews (Resume). Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  19. ^ 20 Seconds To Live (Official Website), Retrieved Aug. 25, 2020.
  20. ^ Internet Movie Database, Legacies -- "Was This the Monster You Saw?", Season 4, 2022, Retrieved Oct. 10, 2022.
  21. ^ a b trip. New York (History). Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  22. ^ Spurn (2002). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  23. ^ All About the Stage - 5-minute interview with Jaime Andrews, June 23, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  24. ^ Sacred Fools Theater Company - Magnum Opus Theater. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  25. ^ Sacred Fools Theater Company - Jaime Andrews' Wheel of Misfortune, July 2012]. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  26. ^ Sacred Fools Theater Company -- "Lord Wolfbane's Mistress". Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  27. ^ Sacred Fools Theater Company -- "The Sirens of Titan". Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  28. ^ a b Hollywood Fringe Festival -- "Night Witches". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  29. ^ The Observer, Charlie Brown Is Dead and the NYC Fringe Festival Has Gotten Absolutely Filthy by Nicole Vranjican, August 20, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  30. ^ TheaterMania, 2014 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award Recipients Announced, August 25, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  31. ^ Lady Filmmakers Festival, 2022 Awards, Retrieved Oct. 10, 2022.
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