Biography[edit]
Clayton grew up in San Diego and moved to New York when she was 19 to pursue a career as a makeup artist.[2][3][4][5] She is a trans woman.[6][7] In 2011 she was honored by Out magazine as part of their annual "Out 100" awards.[8]
Career[edit]
In 2010 Clayton was the makeup artist and co-host on VH1's first makeover show TRANSform Me.[9][10][11] The following year she played the recurring role of Kyla in the third season of the HBO series Hung. In 2012 Clayton played the lead role of Michelle Darnell on the Emmy Award winning interactive web series Dirty Work and the role of Carla Favers on the TV series Are We There Yet?[12][13][14]
Clayton currently stars as one of the eight main characters in the Netflix original television series Sense8 that premiered on June 5th, 2015.[15] In Sense8 she plays Nomi Marks, a San Francisco transgender female political blogger and hacker.[16] The characters of the main cast are called "Sensates".[16]
She is due to appear in the upcoming 2016 movie The Neon Demon.[17]