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1992-02-18 · Washington, D.C., United States · Female

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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 acted in the Peacock crime drama series The Calling (2022) and the FX on Hulu anthology series American Horror Story: Delicate (2023–2024).

Canfield made her Broadway debut in Stereophonic (2024) earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Early life and education

Canfield earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in English and graduated cum laude from Yale College in 2014. 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. She was a debutante at the French debutante ball Bal des Débutantes in Paris in 2013.

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. 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. Canfield's role as Jordan was highlighted by The Ringer critic Jessica MacLeish who called her "one of the most compelling Succession characters".

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.

In 2021, Canfield starred as Beth DeVille, 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. 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.

Personal life

Canfield lives in New York City. She is in a relationship with actor Edmund Donovan.