Jordana Brewster Parents: Meet Maria Joao & Alden Brewster

Jordana Brewster was born in Panama City, Panama, she is the older of two daughters. Her mother Maria Joao is a former swimsuit model from Brazil who appeared on the 1978 cover of Sports Illustrated and her father Aiden Brewster is an American investment banker.

Brewster is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster and Edward Doty. Jordana lived in London, England and moved to Brazil when she was 6 years old. She left Brazil at 10, settling in Manhattan, New York City, where she studied at the Convent of Sacred Heart and graduated from the Professional Children’s School.

Brewster’s breakthrough came with her role as Mia Toretto in the action film, The Fast and the Furious. She reprised the role in the sequels Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, F9, and Fast X.

Brewster starred in the re-booted TNT series Dallas from 2012 to 2014. She also had a five-episode arc as Denis Brown in the first season of the FX true crime anthology series, American Crime Story (2016). She also starred as Dr Maureen Cahill on the Fox buddy cop action dramedy Lethal Weapon (2016-2018).