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Jordana Brewster

Biography, filmography, and news on the actress behind Mia Toretto — since 2001.

A1 Jordana Brewster went online on July 4, 2001 — two weeks after The Fast and the Furious hit theaters and made its star a household name. Twenty-five years later, the site is back: rebuilt from the ground up with a fact-checked biography, a complete filmography, and coverage of everything she's doing now.

BornApril 26, 1980 · Panama City, Panama
Known forMia Toretto in the Fast & Furious saga
EducationB.A. in English, Yale University (2003)
LatestCast in Prime Video's Bishop (2026)

The short version

Jordana Brewster is a Panamanian-American actress whose career spans nearly three decades, from daytime soap As the World Turns to one of the biggest film franchises in history. Cast as Mia Toretto in The Fast and the Furious (2001) while still a student at Yale, she has played the role across seven films and more than twenty years, making Mia one of modern cinema's longest-running characters. Along the way she has led TV series like TNT's Dallas and FOX's Lethal Weapon, and earned cult status with The Faculty and D.E.B.S.

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Latest headlines

March 2026

Brewster joins Prime Video's Bishop. She plays seasoned San Francisco PD inspector Kat Claiborne in the crime thriller from creator Little Marvin, starring Joel Kinnaman and John Malkovich.

2026

Mia returns for Fast Forever. Brewster is confirmed for the franchise finale, scheduled for March 17, 2028, and has been vocal about wanting Mia to have more agency and the films to return to practical stunts.

February 2025

Heart Eyes hits theaters. Brewster plays Detective Jeanine Shaw in the Valentine's Day slasher rom-com from Screen Gems.

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This site has one job it has kept since 2001: be the fastest, most reliable reference on Jordana Brewster anywhere on the open web. No pop-ups, no gossip, no filler — just her story, her roles, and what she's doing next, compiled from public, verifiable sources and re-checked whenever news breaks. Quick answers live in the FAQ.