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Revision as of 02:22, 22 March 2006 by Wwagner (talk | contribs) (Much more info, removed stub)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Andrea James (born 16 January, 1967) is an American transsexual woman, film producer, screenwriter, actress, and transgender activist.
She majored in Latin and Greek in college, initally planning to teach English. She received her Master's degree in English from the University of Chicago. After graduating, James worked in various Chicago advertising agencies for a decade, writing advertising for high-profile clients, including some which aired during the Super Bowl.
With her business partner Calpernia Addams, she started Deep Stealth Productions in 2003, to raise awareness of the epidemic of violence perpetrated against transpeople, and to combat the poor image of transpeople in the media. James is also the host of the instructional film Finding Your Female Voice, which is produced by Deep Stealth. She also operates the free TS Roadmap site, an exhaustive source of information for transsexuals, concerning physical, social, and legal aspects of transition. A section of TS Roadmap on hair removal proved so popular, James spun it off into its own site, Hair Facts, with a companion discussion forum at Hair Tell.
On 21 February, 2004, James was a member of the first all-transgender cast, as well as a producer, of the Vagina Monologues, performed on V-Day in Los Angeles. She gave the welcome alongside Calpernia Addams, and performed the monologues "The Woman Who Liked to Make Vaginas Happy" and "They Beat the Girl Out of My Boy - Or So They Tried 04", and took part in the introduction of the Vagina Warriors, along with Monlogues writer Eve Ensler and Addams. She has also consulted for the production of a documentary film project about the 2004 V-Day performance entitled Beautiful Daughters.
James was a script consultant for the 2005 film Transamerica, and also consulted with actress Felicity Huffman on her role in the film. She also made a brief appearance, in an excerpt from her voice video, shown as the opening of the movie.
James appeared in the HBO production Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She, which aired on 6 December, 2005.