Jamison, Judith (c. 1943– )

US modern dancer, choreographer, and artistic director. She joined Alvin Ailey in 1965 and performed leading roles created especially for her, as in Cry in 1971. In 1980 she performed in the Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies, and her first choreography, Divining, was staged in 1984. She formed the Jamison Project in 1988, and became artistic director of the Alvin Ailey Company shortly after Ailey's death in 1989. In December 1999 she received the Kennedy Center Honors award for lifetime achievement in the performing arts.

Born in Philadelphia, she trained early in dance and music and at the Philadelphia Dance Academy before performing with American Ballet Theatre in 1964.