Jordana Spiro | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Spiro in December 2016 | |
| Born | April 12, 1977 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 (born April 12, 1977) 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) premiered 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 in 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.