Jazzmun

Jazzmun (born February 10, 1969) is the stage name of Jazzmun Nichala Crayton, who is an American actress and nightclub performer, often working in the Los Angeles Area.

Background

Originally from San Diego, California, Jazzmun made her first national television appearance on the talent variety show Puttin' on the Hits in 1984, in which she split her body half in male drag and half in female drag, lip synching as a "duet".

In 2017, Jazzmun participated in a filmed letter to Hollywood written by Jen Richards, produced by GLAAD and ScreenCrush, asking for more and improved roles for transgender people.

She serves as an associate director of the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT).

Select film resume In Full Bloom: Transcending Gender (film) (2015) – Participant Dreamgirls (2006) – Studio 54 Drag Queen Wristcutters (film) A Love Story (2006) – Transvestite The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) – Prostitute Hellbent (2004) – Black Pepper Punks (2000) – Chris/Crystal Blast from the Past (1999) – Hooker The Big Brass Ring (1999) – Little John John

Select television resume Big Shots – Dontrelle Desperate Housewives – Transgender woman CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Mercedes CSI: NY – Bambi Nip/Tuck – Transgender Man The John Larroquette Show – Pat/Patrick Drag Queen The Shield – Frank Gilmore Union Square – Drag Queen Doorman NYPD Blue – Peaches Roseanne – Diana Ross ER – Drag Queen The Cleaner – Tanya The Closer – Nancy The Wayans Bros – Albert/Alberta Transvestite Sons of Anarchy – Transgender Drug Dealer Gilmore Girls 2nd Season ep. 3 – Janet Jackson When We Rise – Bobbi Jean Baker