Jordana Brewster

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Biography

" She quickly rocketed to the top of men's magazines polls, and following her hiatus at Yale, picked up where she left off with roles as feisty and fearless supporting characters in horror films like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" (2006) and macho fests like "Annapolis" (2006). Well-cast on the brainy action series "Chuck" (NBC, 2008- ), Brewster seemed poised to occupy Jennifer Garner's vacated post as the next gorgeous, …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

April 26, 1980

Career Milestones

Raised in London, Rio de Janeiro and NYC

1988

First film appearance, the Brazilian-made "Super Xuxa: Contra Baixo Astral"

1995

Appeared as teen heroine Nikki Graves on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns"

1995

Briefly played the role of Anita Santos on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children"

1998

Made U.S. feature film debut in Robert Rodriguez's "The Faculty"

1999

Cast in featured role in the NBC miniseries "The 60s"

2001

Co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Christopher Eccleston in "The Invisible Circus"

2001

Landed breakout role as Paul Walker's love interest Mia Toretto in "The Fast and the Furious"

2005

Played the title role in "Nearing Grace"

2006

Co-starred with James Franco in Justin Lin's "Annapolis"

2006

Starred in the horror prequel "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"

2008

Made recurring role as the title character's former girlfriend on NBC's "Chuck"

2009

Reprised role of Mia Toretto in "Fast & Furious"

2010

Landed recurring role on the TNT series Dark Blue" as art gallery dealer Maria

2011

Once again reprised role of Mia Toretto in the fifth film "Fast Five"

2012

Joined cast of the TNT reboot of "Dallas" alongside original stars Larry Hagman and Linda Gray