Jodi Balfour

Jodi Balfour grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She studied drama at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 2009. ==Career ==

Balfour moved to Canada for work, taking roles in Sanctuary and Supernatural. She was cast as Gladys Witham in the Canadian television drama series Bomb Girls in 2013. She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for her performance in the series' follow-up television film Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy. In February 2015, Balfour was cast in the Cinemax series Quarry. In 2017, she portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in episode eight of The Crown's second season, with Michael C. Hall playing her husband President Kennedy. From 2019 to 2023, she starred in the Apple TV+ space drama series For All Mankind. In April 2022, she was cast in the Apple TV+ football sitcom Ted Lasso. In the 2023 film ''Freud's Last Session'', she portrayed the American psychoanalyst Dorothy Burlingham, the colleague and companion of Anna Freud. == Personal life ==

Balfour was based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. she was co-owner of Nelson the Seagull, a coffeehouse and bake shop in the city's Gastown neighbourhood. On 30 June 2021, she announced on Instagram that she identifies as queer, stating that she found it freeing to "finally embrace and explore my queerness." On 24 October 2021, Balfour announced on Instagram that she and Abbi Jacobson had been romantically involved for a year. They married in Brooklyn, New York, in 2023. == Filmography ==

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