Jordana Spiro | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Spiro in December 2016 | |
| Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Circle in the Square Theatre Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Columbia University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | 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 includingNetflix'sOzark andTBS comedytelevision programMy Boys.
Her debut featureNight Comes On, which she directed and co-wrote (with Angelica Nwandu) premiered at theSundance 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 shortSkin premiered at Sundance and won the Women In Film Productions award.Skin also won the Honorable Mention Award atSXSW, showed at Telluride, Palm Springs, and AFI among others. Spiro earned her MFA in Film fromColumbia University in 2015 and received theAdrienne Shelly Foundation Fellowship. She studied drama at theCircle in the Square Theatre School in New York and was selected to join the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin.
Spiro was born and raised inNew York City. She isJewish.[1] Spiro has a brother and three sisters.[2] She studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre[3][4] School and briefly attended theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art[5][6] in London. In fall 2009, she began the MFA Program in Filmmaking at Columbia University.[7] She finished the degree in 2015.[8] Spiro currently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York.
Spiro's first film role was as Catherine Reece in the 1999 film,From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, adirect-to-DVD prequel to the 1996 filmFrom Dusk till Dawn.
In 2000 Spiro starred in her first TV series, theUSA crime dramaThe Huntress. Co-starAnnette O'Toole and Spiro played mother and daughter bounty hunters, based on the lives of Dottie And Brandi Thorson. The series ran for 28 episodes, concluding in 2001.
Spiro starred in the TBS original comedy seriesMy Boys.[9] 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 comedyThe Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard alongsideJeremy Piven,Ed Helms andRob Riggle, and produced byWill Ferrell andAdam McKay.The Goods was directed byNeal Brennan.[10]
Additional credits includeThe Year of Getting to Know Us, which premiered at the 2008Sundance film festival,IFC'sAlone with Her, as well as guest appearances onCold Case,[11]Out of Practice,[12] andCSI: NY.[13]
Spiro was scheduled to star in the planned 2010–11 television seriesLove Bites, but fell out of the role in June 2010 due to other contractual obligations.[14] Spiro was also cast alongsideNicolas Cage andNicole Kidman in the thriller,Trespass.[15] She was a guest star on theShowtime 2011 season ofDexter.[16] For the 2012–13 season, she had the lead role in the Fox-TV medical/crime dramaThe Mob Doctor.
Recently, Spiro starred as Rachel Garrison in theNetflix crime dramaOzark.[17][18]
In February 2024, Spiro joined the cast ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit as Shannah Sykes, an FBI agent on loan to the show's special victims unit squad.[19]
She is married to Matthew Spitzer[20] with whom she has a daughter.[21]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | From Dusk till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Catherine Reece | |
| 2003 | Playas Ball | Tonya Jenkins | |
| 2004 | The Greener Grass | Heather | |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs | Sherry | |
| Partner(s) | Anne | ||
| 2006 | Alone with Her | Jen | |
| Argo | Becca | Short film | |
| 2007 | Living & Dying | Mary Jane | |
| 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 | |
| 2019 | To the Stars | Francie Deerborne | |
| 2021 | Fear Street Part One: 1994 | Mrs. Lane | |
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | Nurse Mary Lane | ||
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | The Widow / Mrs. Lane | ||
| Small Engine Repair | Karen Delgado |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Maybe This Time | Chase | Episode: "The Other Mother" |
| 1996 | Her Last Chance | Waitress | TV movie |
| If These Walls Could Talk | Alison (segment "1974") | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Callie Anderson | Episode: "Reptile Boy" |
| 1998 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Carrie Knox | Episode: "Dealer's Choice" |
| City Guys | Zoey | Episode: "A Guy and a Goth" | |
| Silk Stalkings | Freddie Benton | Episode: "Rage" | |
| One World | Alex | 3 episodes | |
| 1999 | Undressed | Merrith | 3 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | The Huntress | Brandi Thorson | 28 episodes |
| 2004 | Beck and Call | Jemma | TV movie |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Tavia Greenburg | Episode: "Tanglewood" |
| Cold Case | Suzanne | Episode: "Revolution" | |
| JAG | Navy Lt. Catherine Graves | 3 episodes | |
| Out of Practice | Bianca/Roberta | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Kitchen Confidential | Alison | Episode: "Praise Be Praise" |
| 2006–2010 | My Boys | P.J. Franklin | 49 episodes |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Rachael Miller | 7 episodes |
| Dexter | Beth Dorsey | 2 episodes | |
| Lost and Found | Jo | TV movie | |
| 2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Dr. Grace Devlin | 13 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | The Good Wife | Detective Jenna Villette | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Tyrant | Dana | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015–2016 | Royal Pains | Jen | 3 episodes |
| 2015–2016, 2020 | Blindspot | Sarah Weller | 11 episodes |
| 2016 | The Wilding | Margaret Hayes | TV movie |
| 2017–2018, 2022 | Ozark | Rachel Garrison | 24 episodes |
| 2020 | Evil | Ema Serpagli | Episode: "Justice x 2" |
| 2022, 2024 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Delia Hackman / Special Agent Shannah Sykes | 6 episodes |
| 2025 | Criminal Minds: Evolution | Tessa Lebrun | Episode: The Disciple |
| The Savant | TBA | Upcoming miniseries[22] |
I started going to grad school at Columbia University to get my MFA in directing and I spent a lot of time shadowing ['My Boys' showrunner] Betsy Thomas in pre-production and then the editing room.
Alumni Barbara Cigarroa '18, Ellie Foumbi '17, Jordana Spiro '15, and current student Johnson Cheng were selected as participants for The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Artist Academy, an immersive four-day program that nurtures up-and-coming filmmakers by providing workshops, talks, screenings, and mentorship with industry professionals.
US actress Jordana Spiro poses with her daughter and her husband Matthew Spitzer…
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