Jordana Spiro
Biography
Jordana Spiro, an American actress, director and writer, got her first film role in From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000). In 2000 she led the USA crime drama The Huntress; it ran for 28 episodes and ended in 2001. She then played P.J., a sports reporter, in the TBS comedy My Boys, which finished its fourth season in 2010. She had a role in The Year of Getting to Know Us and appeared in the thriller Trespass (2011) with Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman. She guest starred on Dexter in 2011 and had the lead in Fox's The Mob Doctor. From 2017 to 2022 she was part of the Netflix crime drama Ozark, playing Rachel Garrison, and in 2024 she joined Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as FBI agent Shannah Sykes. She directed and co-wrote Night Comes On, which premiered at Sundance in 2018, and her short Skin won the Women In Film Productions award.
49years old
Turns 50 on April 12in 182 days
- Born Manhattan
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Jordana Ariel Spiro
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 21 years2000 to 2021
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Behind the camera
Jordana Spiro directed and co-wrote Night Comes On, her first feature, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. The film was developed at the Sundance Institute's Directors, Screenwriters, and Composers Labs.
Behind the camera
Spiro's short film Skin had its premiere at Sundance, where it earned the Women In Film Productions award. It also took an Honorable Mention Award at SXSW.
Early training
In 2015, Spiro received an MFA in Film from Columbia University. She was also awarded the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Fellowship.
Early training
Spiro trained in drama at New York's Circle in the Square Theatre School, and she was chosen for the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin.
First role
In 1999, Jordana Spiro played Catherine Reece in From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, a direct-to-DVD prequel. It was her first film role.
A role that slipped away
In June 2010, Spiro left the planned 2010-11 television series Love Bites, where she had been scheduled to star, because of other contractual obligations.
Jordana Spiro movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Leigh Janiak directed two of these films. Tony Hale appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tony Hale's page
Shea Whigham's page
Liana Liberato's page
Fred Hechinger's page
Kiana Madeira's page
Tina Parker's page
Leigh JaniakDirector, 2 films, 2021
All films by Leigh Janiak
Also two films together6 more actors
- Benjamin Flores Jr.Fear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
- Darrell Britt-GibsonFear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
- Ashley ZukermanFear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
- Olivia Scott WelchFear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
- Matthew ZukFear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
- Julia RehwaldFear Street: 1666 (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.