With a former
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model for a mother and an ex-president of Yale for a grandfather, this up-and-comer boasts both beauty and brains in her background. A cosmopolitan starlet who spent time in London and Rio de Janeiro before settling in New York as a teen, she launched her acting career with a three-year stint on
As the World Turns before making her big-screen debut in the 1998 horror flick
The Faculty. While she continued to be the ubiquitous stunner in youth-oriented fare (
The Fast and the Furious, the prequel
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, produced by her future husband, Andrew Form), she also found time to earn a degree from Yale and have a steamy romance with Mark Wahlberg. In 2007, she signed on as the female lead to the TV pilot
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the small-screen adaptation of the thriller that brought together Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, but the series was not picked up.
Jordana Brewster Fast Facts:
- Speaks fluent Portuguese.
- Appeared in ads for Tommy Hilfiger products.
- Studied acting at Weist-Barron in New York.
- Jordana Brewster Relationships:
- Alden Brewster - Father
- Andrew Form - Husband
- Isabella Brewster - Sister
- Kingman Brewster Jr. - Grandfather
- Maria Joao - Mother
- Mark Wahlberg - Ex-significant Other
- College:
- Yale University, New Haven, CT (degree in English, 2003)
