Jordana Brewster's breakthrough came with her role of Mia Toretto in the action film The Fast and the Furious.
22 Facts About Jordana Brewster
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Jordana Brewster had a five-episode arc as Denise Brown in the first season of the FX true crime anthology series American Crime Story.
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Jordana Brewster starred as Dr Maureen Cahill on the Fox buddy cop action dramedy Lethal Weapon.
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Jordana Brewster was born in Panama City, Panama, on April 26,1980, the older of two daughters.
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Jordana Brewster's mother, Maria Joao, is a former swimsuit model from Brazil who appeared on the 1978 cover of Sports Illustrated, and her father, Alden Brewster, is an American investment banker.
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Jordana Brewster lived in London, England and moved to Brazil when she was six years old.
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Jordana Brewster left Brazil at 10, settling in Manhattan, New York City, where she studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and graduated from the Professional Children's School.
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Jordana Brewster made her debut in daytime soap operas, with a one-time appearance on All My Children as Anita Santos.
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Jordana Brewster next played the recurring role of rebellious daughter Nikki Munson on As the World Turns.
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Jordana Brewster starred with Cameron Diaz and Christopher Eccleston in the independent drama The Invisible Circus, portraying a grieving teenage girl who travels to Europe in 1976 in search of answers to the suicide of her older sister.
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Jordana Brewster's breakthrough came afterward in 2001, when she took on the role of Mia Toretto opposite Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the street racing action film The Fast and the Furious.
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Jordana Brewster starred as the love interest of a high school student in the 1970s in the independent teen drama Nearing Grace, which was screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Jordana Brewster appeared in the drama Annapolis, directed by Justin Lin and starring James Franco and Tyrese Gibson.
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Jordana Brewster next starred in the slasher horror The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, opposite Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, and Matt Bomer.
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Jordana Brewster had a four-episode arc between 2008 and 2009 on the NBC television series Chuck, as Jill Roberts, the title character's ex-girlfriend from Stanford.
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In 2010, Jordana Brewster made a three-episode appearance in Dark Blue, playing an art gallery dealer named Maria, and guest-starred in two episodes of Gigantic.
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Jordana Brewster reprised the role of Mia in the fifth film in the series, Fast Five, which making a departure from the street racing theme, revolves around Diesel, Walker and Brewster's characters as they plan a heist to steal a fortune from a corrupt businessman in Brazil.
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In 2012, Jordana Brewster starred as Elena Ramos, on Dallas, an updated version of CBS's original series of the same name about the trials and tribulations of a wealthy Texas family.
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Jordana Brewster returned for the next instalment, Furious 7, which was the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident while filming was only half-completed.
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Jordana Brewster next appeared in the independent action drama American Heist, as the girlfriend of a man involved in a crime.
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Jordana Brewster played a young and flirtatious salesperson named Dusty in the dark comedy Home Sweet Hell, released for VOD and selected theaters.
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Jordana Brewster married ValueAct Capital CEO Mason Morfit on September 3,2022 in California.