Juliana Canfield
American actress
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Juliana Canfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jess Jordan on the HBO series Succession (2018–2023). She is also known for portraying Beth DeVille on the post-apocalyptic drama series Y: The Last Man (2021) and Janine Harris on the Peacock crime drama series The Calling (2022).
Juliana Canfield | |
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Canfield in 2025 | |
| Born | 1992 or 1993 (age 33–34) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, MFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Relatives | Cass Canfield (great-grandfather) |
Canfield received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Stereophonic (2024).
Early life and education
Canfield earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in English and graduated cum laude from Yale College in 2014.[1] She then attended and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an MFA in Acting in 2017. Her great-grandfather was the book publisher Cass Canfield.[2] She was a debutante at the French debutante ball Bal des Débutantes in Paris in 2013.[3]
Career
In 2017, just after graduating from the Yale School of Drama, Canfield auditioned for the role of WIlla Ferreyra in the HBO comedy-drama Succession.[4] She was instead cast as Jess Jordan, Kendall Roy's executive assistant, in a recurring co-starring role. From the third season onward, Canfield was promoted to a guest starring role with her character playing a larger role with more screen time.[5] Canfield's role as Jordan was highlighted by The Ringer critic Jessica MacLeish who called her "one of the most compelling Succession characters".[6]
Canfield played the role of Christina in the 2019 revival of Maria Irene Fornes's play Fefu and Her Friends at the Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn.[7]
In 2021, Canfield starred as Beth DeVille,[8] the girlfriend of lead character Yorick Brown, the only male survivor of a virus that wipes out all others with a Y-chromosome, on the FX comic-book adaptation Y: The Last Man.[9] In 2022, Canfield portrayed an NYPD detective, Janine Harris, in the crime drama The Calling.
In 2024, she made her Broadway debut as Holly in Stereophonic. She was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[10]
Personal life
Canfield lives in New York City. She is in a relationship with actor Edmund Donovan.[11]
Acting credits
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Assistant | Sasha | |
| 2020 | On the Rocks | Amanda | |
| 2025 | The Family McMullen | Karen Martin | |
| 2027 | F.A.S.T. † | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2023 | Succession | Jess Jordan | 25 episodes |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | Nina Bowman | Episode: "The Rift" |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man | Beth DeVille | Main role |
| 2022 | The Calling | Janine Harris[12] | Main role |
| 2023–2024 | American Horror Story: Delicate | Talia Thompson | 6 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Film | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box | Kay | Theatre for a New Audience | Off-Broadway | [13] |
| The House That Will Not Stand | Maude Lynn Albans | New York Theatre Workshop | [14] | ||
| 2019 | Sunday | Gil | Atlantic Theater Company | [15] | |
| Fefu and Her Friends | Christina | Theatre for a New Audience | [16] | ||
| 2023 | Stereophonic | Holly | Playwrights Horizons | [17] | |
| 2024 | John Golden Theatre | Broadway | [18] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Actor Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Succession | Won | [19] |
| 2024 | Won | [20] | |||
| Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Stereophonic | Nominated | [21] |