Eva Victor
American actor, writer, and director
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Eva Victor (/ˈeɪvə/ AY-və;[1] born 11 February 1994) is a French-American actor, writer, and director. They[a] appeared in the television series Billions from 2020 to 2023, and made their directorial debut with the self-starring independent film Sorry, Baby (2025), for which they were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.
Early life
Eva Victor was born in Paris, France, in 1994.[5] Their family later moved to San Francisco, where they grew up.[6]
They attended The International School of San Francisco, which they describe as "an intensely disciplined French speaking school," and sung in a choir.[5] They went to college at Northwestern University to study acting, with a minor in playwriting. While there, Victor took part in comedy as part of the improv team. After graduating, they gained representation after performing a dramatic acting showcase.[7]
Career
Victor began working at feminist satire website Reductress as an intern.[7][8] They later became an associate editor and staff writer at Reductress. They have written for the New Yorker's Daily Shouts section and have appeared on MTV's Decoded.[7] Victor worked as an actress with the arts education organization Story Pirates, based in New York City.[7]
A number of comedy videos they have posted on Twitter have gone viral.[7][8][9][10] They performed some of these videos at a live event hosted by BuzzFeed in 2019.[11] Victor also makes videos for Comedy Central.[8]
Victor appeared as Rian in Billions and as Susan Fowler in the first season of Super Pumped on Showtime. In December 2019, Victor was cast in Jonah Feingold's directorial debut Dating and New York.[12]
They became interested in film-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. Films that inspired them included Persona, In the Mood for Love, The Spirit of the Beehive, Burning, Margaret, and Losing Ground. They also shadowed filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun on the set of I Saw The TV Glow. [13]
In 2025, Victor made their directorial debut with Sorry, Baby, a film about a college literature professor named Agnes living through the aftermath of a sexual assault she experienced while in graduate school. Produced by Barry Jenkins, the film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[14][15] While writing the script, Victor sublet their cousin's home in rural Maine, secluding themselves for three weeks in the middle of winter with just their cat.
During a Q&A session with Le Cinema Club, Victor stated the goal of making a film "feel safe enough to laugh" despite a focus on depression and sexual assault.[16]
Personal life
Filmography
- Dating and New York (2021) as Jenna 'The Rebounds' Brookes
- Boys Go to Jupiter (2024) as Gail 5000 (voice)
- Sorry, Baby (2025; also writer and director) as Agnes
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
- Behemoth! (TBA)
