Eva Victor
American actor, writer, and director
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Eva Victor (/ˈeɪvə/ AY-və;[1] born 1994) is a French-American actor, writer, and director. They[a] were featured 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, education and personal life
Eva Victor was born in Paris, France, in 1994.[5] Her family later moved to San Francisco, where she grew up.[6]
Victor went to The International School of San Francisco, a French-speaking high school, and sung in a choir.[5] They went to college at Northwestern University to study acting, with a minor in playwriting. While there, they took part in comedy as part of the improv team. After graduating, they gained representation after performing a dramatic acting showcase.[7]
Victor is non binary and uses both they/them and she/her pronouns. They are queer. [8]
They are a survivor of sexual assault, which served as an inspiration for Sorry, Baby.
They are very passionate about reading and literature.
Career
Victor began working at feminist satire website Reductress as an intern.[7][9] 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]
They have received press for the videos they post on Twitter that have gone viral.[7][9][10][11] They performed some of these videos at a live event hosted by Buzzfeed in 2019.[12] Victor also makes videos for Comedy Central.[9]
Victor appeared as Rian beginning in the fifth season of Billions and the first season of Super Pumped as Susan Fowler on Showtime. In December 2019, Victor was cast in Jonah Feingold's directorial debut Dating and New York.[13]
In 2025, Victor made their directorial debut and starred in Sorry, Baby produced by Barry Jenkins, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.[14] They won the festival's Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[15]
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)
