Jordana Spiro
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![]() Jordana Spiro goes over a scene for JAG with Chris Beetem (left) and director Vern Gillum (right) in 2005 | |
Born |
Jordana Spiro New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1995–present |
Spouse(s) | Matthew Spitzer |
Children | 1 |
Jordana Spiro is an American actress, director, and writer. As an actress she has starred in numerous films and television series including Netflix's Ozark and TBS comedy television program My Boys.
Her debut feature Night Comes On, which she directed and co-wrote (with Angelica Nwandu) premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. She developed the film at the Sundance Institute’s Directors, Screenwriters, and Composers Labs, and through a Cinereach development grant. Her short Skin premiered at Sundance and won the Women In Film Productions award. Skin also won the Honorable Mention Award at SXSW, showed at Telluride, Palm Springs, and AFI among others. Spiro earned her MFA in Film from Columbia University (2015) and received the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Fellowship. She studied drama at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York and was selected to join the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin.
Early life and education
Spiro was born and raised in New York City. She was raised Jewish.[1] Spiro has a brother and three sisters.[2] Spiro studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre[3][4] school and briefly attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[5][6] in London. In fall 2009, she began the MFA Program in Filmmaking at Columbia University.[7] Spiro currently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York.
Career
Spiro's first film role was as Catherine Reece in the 1999 film, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, a direct-to-DVD prequel to the 1996 film From Dusk till Dawn.
Spiro starred in the TBS original comedy series My Boys.[8] She played the role of P.J., a twenty-something “guy's girl”, and sports reporter who tries to find romance within her world that is dominated by male friends. The series wrapped its fourth and final season on TBS in 2010.
Spiro also appeared in the 2009 comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard alongside Jeremy Piven, Ed Helms and Rob Riggle, and produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The Goods was directed by Neal Brennan.[9]
Additional credits include The Year of Getting to Know Us[10] which premiered at the 2008 Sundance film festival, IFC's Alone with Her,[11] as well as guest appearances on Cold Case,[12] Out of Practice,[13] and CSI: NY.[14]
Spiro was scheduled to star in the planned 2010–11 television series Love Bites, but fell out of the role in June 2010 due to other contractual obligations.[15] Spiro was also cast alongside Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman in the thriller, Trespass.[16] She was a guest star on the Showtime 2011 season of Dexter.[17] For the 2012–13 season, she had the lead role in the Fox-TV medical/crime drama The Mob Doctor.
Personal life
She is married to Matthew Spitzer[18] and they are the parents of one child, a daughter.[19]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Maybe This Time | Chase | TV series, 1 episode: The Other Mother |
1996 | Her Last Chance | Waitress | TV movie |
1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Alison (segment "1974") | TV movie |
1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Callie Anderson | TV series, 1 episode: Reptile Boy |
1998 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Carrie Knox | TV series, 1 episode: Dealer's Choice |
1998 | City Guys | Zoey | TV series, 1 episode: A Guy and a Goth |
1998 | One World | Alex | TV series, 3 episodes |
1999 | From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Catherine Reece | |
1999 | Undressed | Merrith | TV series, season 2 |
2000 – 2001 | The Huntress | Brandi Thorson | TV series, 28 episodes |
2003 | Playas Ball | Tonya Jenkins | |
2004 | Beck and Call | Jemma | TV movie |
2004 | The Greener Grass | Heather | |
2005 | CSI: NY | Tavia Greenburg | TV series, 1 episode: Tanglewood |
2005 | Cold Case | Suzanne | TV series, 1 episode: Revolution |
2005 | JAG | Navy Lt. Catherine Graves | TV series, 3 episodes |
2005 | Must Love Dogs | Sherry | |
2005 | Out of Practice | Bianca/Roberta | TV series, 2 episodes |
2005 | Partner(s) | Anne | |
2006 | Kitchen Confidential | Alison | TV series, 1 episode: Praise be Praise |
2006 | Alone with Her | Jen | |
2006 | Argo | Becca | Short film |
2006 – 2010 | My Boys | P.J. Franklin | TV series, 4 seasons (49 episodes) |
2007 | Living & Dying | Mary Jane | |
2007 | Resigned | Alison | short film |
2008 | The Year of Getting to Know Us | Kim Temple | |
2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Ivy Selleck | |
2011 | Trespass | Petal | |
2011 | Harry's Law | Rachael Miller | TV series, 7 episodes |
2011 | Dexter | Beth Dorsey | TV series |
2012 – 2013 | The Mob Doctor | Dr. Grace Devlin | TV series |
2013 – 2014 | The Good Wife | Detective Jenna Villette | TV series,4 episodes, recurring |
2015 – 2016 | Blindspot | Sarah Weller | TV series[20][21] |
2017–present | Ozark | Rachel Garrison | TV series |
TBA | To the Stars | Francie Deerborne | Post-production |
References
- ↑ "SI.com – She's all that – Jul 3, 2007". CNN. July 3, 2007.
- ↑ Jordana Spiro Interview Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "TV Guide: Jordana Spiro Biography"
- ↑ "Circle in the Square Theatre School - Acting and Musical Theatre Workshops in NYC". circlesquare.org.
- ↑ "Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: Alumni Overview" Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Jordana Spiro is up to bat for Season 2 with 'My Boys' - USATODAY.com". usatoday.com.
- ↑ ""Columbia University: Film MFA Program"". columbia.edu.
- ↑ "My Boys on TBS" Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "The Goods: Official Website" Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ linkmagnum (24 January 2008). "The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)". IMDb.
- ↑ Justin Stokes (4 July 2008). "Alone with Her (2006)". IMDb.
- ↑ "CBS: Cold Case"
- ↑ "CBS: Out of Practice"
- ↑ "CBS: CSI: NY"
- ↑ "Exclusive: Jordana Spiro exits 'Love Bites'". Ausiello Files. June 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 27, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ↑ Jordana Spiro joins 'Trespass' cast Hollywood Reporter. July 29, 2010
- ↑ Dexter Exclusive: Jordana Spiro to Rendezvous With (Spoiler)! TVLine. August 29, 2011
- ↑ "Jordana Spiro Is Pregnant, Mob Doctor Star Expecting First Child". Us Weekly. May 31, 2014.
- ↑ Triballeau, Charlie (September 4, 2018). "US actress Jordana Spiro poses with her daughter and her husband Matthew Spitzer". Gettyimages.ca. Seattle, WA: Getty Images.
- ↑ "Jordana Spiro on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ "'Blindspot': Weller Thinks He Knows Who Jane Is". The Hollywood Reporter.